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BWW Reviews: HEARTBREAK HOUSE a Long Sit, But the Acting Quality May Make It Worth the Effort
George Bernard Shaw, considered by many to be the premiere English playwright of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, had very set opinions, which he expressed in his writing. A member of the Fabian Society, which was an utopian movement dedicated to establishing a socialist society, h...
BWW Reviews: Cespedes Choreography Highlight of Cleveland Foundation Centennial Meeting
In the last century, the Cleveland Foundation, the first community foundation in the world, has given $1.78 billion dollars in grants to enrich the lives of young and old through working for sustaining a vibrant local economy, developing human potential, reimagining Cleveland, pioneering housing opt...
BWW Reviews: Acting Far Surpasses Script in POSSUM DREAMS at None Too Fragile
Ed Falco, who teaches writing and literature in Virginia Tech's MFA program, may best be known for his being the uncle of Edie Falco, who played the role of Carmela Soprano on the Sopranos. He is also noted for his work with artists and actors through exploring the healing power of drama....
BWW Reviews: Derdriu Ring, Jeremy Paul and Eric Coble Combine for an Evening of Thought Provoking Intrigue
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Eric Coble, a Cleveland Heights-based writer, is the author of the Alexandra Trilogy. Each play showcases Alex/Alexa/Alexandra at different ages and stages of her life....
BWW Reviews: MAURICE HINES is TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
'Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie,' 'Maestro: Leonard Bernstein,' 'The Devil's Music: The Life and Times of Bessie Smith,' 'One Night with Janice Joplin.' What do these all have in common? They are shows that Cleveland Play House has staged in the last several years, and they are produ...
BWW Reviews: SEMINAR gets an 'A' at Beck Center for the Arts
When a student pays $5000 for a ten-week educational seminar, s/he doesn't expect to be verbally attacked, viciously belittled, diminished, called names, and have a sexual liaison with the instructor. But that's exactly what happens in Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck's provocative comedy, 'Sem...
BWW Blog: A Cleveland Reviewer Visits Broadway
This has been an exciting year on Broadway. The Tony Awards will be announced soon. In preparation, I went to New York to see some of the nominated shows. Here's some brief comments:...
BWW Reviews: BATHROOM HUMOR Flushes at Blank Canvas
As we exited the theatre after 'Bathroom Humor, my next-to-seat neighbor said, 'Oh well, it is what it is, and I'm not sure why it was!' 'nuff said....
BWW Reviews: KIN is a Special Experience at Dobama
Every once in a while a play comes along that, without histrionics, searching for laughs or mystery plot twists, resonates with the human connection. 'Kin,' now on stage at Dobama Theatre, is such a script....
BWW Reviews: MURDER BALLAD Continues High Quality Collaboration Between BW & PhSquare
PlayhouseSquare and Baldwin Wallace's renowned music theatre program and the school's arts management program, have come together for seven consecutive years to present an opportunity for the students to interact with professional theatrical figures in a real world unique way....
BWW Reviews: BEYOND THE HORIZON - Seldom Seen Classic at Ensemble
Each year, Ensemble Theatre selects a classic play to be part of their season offerings. Last year it was 'The Iceman Cometh,' which was recognized by the Cleveland Critics Circle for 'Superior Achievement for a Non-Musical Production.' This year's choice is Eugene O'Neill's 1920 Pulitzer Prize winn...
BWW Reviews: Compelling, Humorous INFORMED CONSENT Enlightens at Cleveland Play House
'Informed Consent' is a play for all theater-goers. There is intellectual interest, mystery content, and humor, all rolled into one well-written script, which gets a superb staging! This is a must see production!...
BWW Reviews: AMERICAN IDIOT Rocks the Palace, But the Shallow Book Thwarts Over-All Effect
In 1968 'Hair,' dubbed the American Tribal Love-Rock musical, exploded on Broadway. It shocked the nation, but gave an accurate picture of a world rocked with chaos. The Vietnam war raged, the peace movement flourished, draft cards were burned, rebellion against traditional values exploded. 'Drugs, ...
BWW Reviews: The Musical Theater Project Presents DECONSTRUCTING KURT WEILL
The wording on the gravestone of Kurt Weill comes from the song 'A Bird of Passage' from his musical, 'Lost in the Stars.' It reads: 'This is the life of men on earth: Out of darkness we come at birth. Into a lamplit room, and then-Go forward into dark again.'...
BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT - Comedic Farce Delights at Great Lakes Theater
What do the phrases, 'all the world's a stage' and 'too much of a good thing' have in common? They are both quotes from Shakespeare's pastoral comedy 'As You Like It.' As is true of that genre, the play, which was written early in 1600, deals with shepherds and the rustic life, but, also concerns lo...
BWW Reviews: Actors' Summit - HANDLE WITH CARE, It's Mostly Hebrew to Me!
Picture this: on a Thursday night, an American theatrical comedy, one-third of which's dialogue was spoken in Hebrew, was viewed by an audience composed primarily of Hebrew speaking Israelis. The setting: Actors' Summit in Akron. Yes, Akron, Ohio with a small Jewish population!...
BWW Reviews: None to Fragile's GIDION'S KNOT, Riveting, Disturbing, Brilliant!
Last year, none too fragile theater's ON THE LINE was honored by the Cleveland Critics Circle as being the 'Best Non-Musical Production of 1913.' Their production of GIDION'S KNOT establishes itself as a candidate for the award this year!...
BWW Reviews: Local Actor, Corey Mach, Turns on Audience in FLASHDANCE at the Palace
On opening night, when Corey Mach made his first appearance on stage in 'Flashdance The Musical,' the audience, after being prepped about his entrance by Gina Vernaci, Senior Vice President of Theater Operations, greeted him with a lengthy ovation. During the curtain call, the audience exploded in v...
BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK - A Pulitzer Prize View of Neighborhood Integration and Gentrification
Have you ever wondered, after seeing a play, what might have happened to the characters or even the physical structure in which the story is set, before the play began or after it ended? Bruce Norris's 'CLYBOURNE PARK' does exactly that....
BWW Reviews: 'night MOTHER - Pulitzer Prize Script and Masterful Acting at Beck Center
One of the most common questions I encountered as a counselor when working with someone who had just experienced the suicide of a family member or acquaintance was 'Why did s/he do it?' Or, in confronting someone who was suicidal, the question is, 'Why do you want to do that?' Ironically, most of th...
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