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Review: THE PROM at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Review: THE PROM at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

by Roy Berko — August 5, 2024

In 2010 a gay Mississippi high school student was banned from going to her senior prom by the school’s Board of Education because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date.

Review: ANNIE at Porthouse/Kent State University

Review: ANNIE at Porthouse/Kent State University

by Roy Berko — July 24, 2024

Terri Kent, the Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s summer home on the grounds of Blossom Center, states in her program notes for ANNIE: I believe the arts have the power to transform lives and I believe in miracles.

Review: COMPANY at Connor Palace

Review: COMPANY at Connor Palace

by Roy Berko — May 3, 2024

What did our critic think of COMPANY at Connor Palace? Stephen Sondheim is generally considered the most important composer/lyricist of the 20th century American musical theater.

Review: ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE at Great Lakes Theater

Review: ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE at Great Lakes Theater

by Roy Berko — April 29, 2024

Juke box musicals are stage theatrical presentations in which a majority of the compositions were written before the presentation was conceived, rather than being original music conceived for that show.

Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at GREAT LAKES THEATER

Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at GREAT LAKES THEATER

by Roy Berko — March 25, 2024

Sir John Falstaff is at it again!  Yes, the chubby delightful bumbler, who was in the Bard’s HENRY IV, Parts 1 and 2, is now lighting up the stage in Great Lakes Theater’s THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, thanks to Elizabeth I.

Review: ORDINARY DAYS at BWU Musical Theatre Program

Review: ORDINARY DAYS at BWU Musical Theatre Program

by Roy Berko — March 19, 2024

What did our critic think of ORDINARY DAYS at BWU Musical Theatre Program In Collaboration With Playhouse Square/Cleveland? Adam Gwon, who wrote the music and lyrics for ORDINARY DAYS, which recently finished its run as part of the Playhouse Square/Baldwin Wallace  annual collaboration, was in a

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Godspell in Cleveland Godspell
Western Reserve Playhouse (7/17-7/26)
O.A.R. in Cleveland O.A.R.
Blossom Music Center (9/11-9/11)
A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation in Cleveland A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation
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Bela Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart Tour at The Kent Stage Nov 10th in Cleveland Bela Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart Tour at The Kent Stage Nov 10th
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Honk! in Cleveland Honk!
Near West Theatre (2/12-2/28)
Cinderella, Tne Enchanted Edition in Cleveland Cinderella, Tne Enchanted Edition
Lorain Community Music Theater (7/23-7/26)