Cleveland Theater Reviews

BWW Reviews: A Clevelander's View on Some Broadway, Fall, 2014 Productions

by Roy Berko — November 11, 2014

New York City is approximately 500 miles from Cleveland.

BWW Reviews: The'Whack' HOW WE GOT ON, 'Dope' and 'Fresh' at Cleveland Play House

by Roy Berko — November 3, 2014

BWW Reviews: THE NORWEGIANS - An Extremely Odd Comedy at Dobama

by Roy Berko — October 27, 2014

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BWW Reviews: A Haunting NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD at Blank Canvas

by Roy Berko — October 20, 2014

BWW Reviews: Enjoyable MAKING GOD LAUGH at Actor's Summit

by Roy Berko — October 20, 2014

Families can be interesting to observe.

BWW Reviews: Delightful [title of show] at Beck Center for the Arts

by Roy Berko — October 13, 2014

Truth, well maybe the truth, can be stranger than fiction.

BWW Reviews: Impressive, Must-See LES MIZ at Great Lakes Theater

by Roy Berko — October 13, 2014

'LES MISERABLES' is a classic historical novel by Victor Hugo.

BWW Reviews: 'Cool' MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Rocks the State Theatre

by Roy Berko — October 10, 2014

The State Theatre in PlayhouseSquare is rocking.

BWW Reviews: Superb Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Excites Audience at E.J. Thomas Hall

by Roy Berko — October 10, 2014

Dance Cleveland opened its 59th season in spectacular style with a performance of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at E.

BWW Reviews: Farcical THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Doesn't Leave Well Enough Alone at Great Lakes Theatre

by Roy Berko — October 2, 2014

'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' a version of which is now on stage at Great Lakes Theatre, is considered by many literary critics to be one of Shakespeare's 'lesser' plays.

BWW Reviews: Compelling, Must-See ANNIE CHRISTIE at Ensemble

by Roy Berko — October 1, 2014

BWW Reviews: THE PILLOWMAN - A Chilling Look at Life and Death at Convergence Continuum

by Roy Berko — September 29, 2014

Clyde Simon, Artistic Director of convergence continuum, has a knack for finding off-beat, provocative plays that incite discussion and strong reactions from the theatre's loyal following.

BWW Reviews: Lakeland Civic Theatre Presents Depressing, Well-Staged AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

by Roy Berko — September 24, 2014

The Westons of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, gives new meaning to the phrase dysfunctional family.

BWW Reviews: OCCUPANT - The True or False History of Sculptor, Louise Nevelson at Cesear's Forum

by Roy Berko — September 22, 2014

BWW Reviews: CPH Examines Greed, Ambition and Misguided Principles in THE LITTLE FOXES

by Roy Berko — September 22, 2014

Lillian Hellman, author of 'The Little Foxes,' which is now in production at the Cleveland Playhouse, was a rebel with many causes.

BWW Reviews: Thought Provoking THE SUNSET LIMITED at None Too Fragile

by Roy Berko — September 17, 2014

Cormac McCarthy, the author of 'The Sunset Limited,' which is now on stage at none too fragile theatre, probes, in his script, the topics: Why would someone want to commit suicide? Why does one person turn to religion when angst-filled, while another rejects the concept of a deity? Is traditional ed

BWW Reviews: Martin Céspedes Creates a Delightful FOREVER PLAID at Beck

by Roy Berko — September 15, 2014

Do you like close-harmonic singing? Are you harking back to experience the 'good' old days? Do you like to escape from the stressful world and just 'yak' at comedy shticks and revel in the ridiculous? Then the place for you to be is Beck Center where Cleveland's multi-award winning choreographer, Ma

BWW Reviews: Spellbinding BELLEVILLE Opens the 55th Dobama Season

by Roy Berko — September 8, 2014

Dobama may be entering its 55th year (I was present the moment founding artistic director Don Bianchi declared its existence), but it is actually in its first season.

BWW Reviews: No Bombs Greet This Version of HAIR - Just Heat and a Simulation of the Era

by Roy Berko — September 8, 2014

Theatre is representative of the era from which it comes.

BWW Reviews: It's a Choppy RIDE with Some Interesting People at None Too Fragile

by Roy Berko — August 19, 2014

Eric Lane is a prolific and prize winning playwright.

BWW Reviews: AMAZONS AND THEIR MEN Script Better Than Convergence-Continuum Staging

by Roy Berko — August 10, 2014

In 1932, Leni Riefenstahl attended a rally where Adolf Hitler spoke.

BWW Blog: A Clevelander's Views and Reviews of Canada's The Shaw Festival

by Roy Berko — August 6, 2014

'By the time the show is over, you will have been taken on a journey more compelling and magical than you could have imagined.

BWW Reviews: FROGS Fails to Create Much Excitement at Cain Park

by Roy Berko — August 3, 2014

'The Frogs,' Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove's musical adaptation of Aristophanes' ancient Greek comedy, had a novel introduction to the stage.

BWW Reviews: OLIVER Doesn't Get Standing 'O' at Porthouse

by Roy Berko — July 31, 2014

I had one of my greatest experiences in the theatre when, on June 30, 1960, I attended the opening of 'Oliver!' at the New Theatre in London, England.

BWW Review: A Clevelander's View of the Stratford Theater Festival - A Season of Being Pushed to the Edge

by Roy Berko — July 30, 2014

The Stratford Festival of Canada, whose present artistic director is Atoni Cimolino, started on July 13, 1953, when Sir Alec Guiness walked onto a stage located in a large tent and spoke the first lines of what has become the internationally-recognized celebration of theatre.