Review: THE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOKSTORE at KARAMU
Lisa Langford, the author of THE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOKSTORE, which is getting its world premiere at Karamu, the nation’s oldest African American theater, is a Cleveland based actress and playwright.
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Review: AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN at Dobama
What did our critic think of AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN at Dobama? Dobama bills itself as the area’s Off-Broadway theatre.
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE (TOURING COMPANY) at Key Bank Broadway Series (Connor Palace)
Every once in a while a theater-goer sees a production in which it becomes apparent that the lead actor was born to play a role.
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Beck Center
What did our critic think of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Beck Center?
Review: A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT: A HANUKKAH PLAY at Tailspinner
What did our critic think of A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT: A HANUKKAH PLAY at Tailspinner?
Review: HAIRSPRAY at Connor Palace
What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at Connor Palace? The farcical, yet message-loaded HAIRSPRAY, is the type of musical that in a bad production falls flat, but in a good production the audience gets all-kinds of involved.
Review: BLACK NATIVITY at Karma In Partnership With Cleveland Play House
What did our critic think of BLACK NATIVITY at Karma In Partnership With Cleveland Play House? Langston Hughes, the author of BLACK NATIVITY, now on stage at the Allen Theatre, in a joint production between Karamu, the country’s oldest black producing theater and the Cleveland Play House, the nati
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Dobama
What did our critic think of LITTLE WOMEN at Dobama?
Review: PIPPIN at BW Musical Theatre Program
What did our critic think of PIPPIN at BW Musical Theatre Program? In the Fall of 1971, while chaperoning a group of college students to New York, I saw PIPPIN, the Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics), Roger Hirson (book), Bob Fosse (director/choreographer) musical.
Review: TROUBLE IN MIND at Seat Of Pants Productions
What did our critic think of TROUBLE IN MIND at Seat Of Pants Productions? The late-Alice Childress, the author of TROUBLE IN MIND, now being staged by Seat of the Pants Productions, was an American novelist, playwright, and actress, who was acknowledged as the only African-American woman to have wr
Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Connor Palace
What did our critic think of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Connor Palace? David Greene, the Senior Vice President of Programming at Playhouse Square, informs theater-goers in his program notes for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY that “it is a non-traditional musical which features songs by music lege
Review: Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN at Cleveland Play House
What did our critic think of MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN at Cleveland Play House?
Review: THE ISLAND at Ensemble
What did our critic think of THE ISLAND at Ensemble? Native South Euclid resident and Brush High School grad, Dr.
Review: DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater
What did our critic think of DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater? The cast worked hard, the stagehands did their part with great enthusiasm, but all in all DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH just didn’t live up to expectations.
Review: THE GROWN-UP at Convergence-continuum
What did our critic think of THE GROWN-UP at Convergence-continuum? THE GROWN-UP, Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison’s play, which is now on stage at convergence-continuum, in its Ohio premiere, uses fantasy to explore how quickly life changes and, therefore, that life is too short to miss a
Review: MAKE BELIEVE at Dobama
What did our critic think of MAKE BELIEVE at Dobama?
Review: THE WIZ (THE TOURING COMPANY) at Connor Palace
What did our critic think of THE WIZ (THE TOURING COMPANY) at Connor Palace?
Review: CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts
What did our critic think of CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts? William Mastrosimone, the author of CAT’S-PAW, now on stage in the Studio Theatre at Beck Center, states, “In the early 80s I was shocked by the questionable methods of some activists who called themselves environmentalists.
Review: CLYDE'S at Karma
What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Karma?
Review: THURGOOD At Cleveland Play House
What did our critic think of THURGOOD at Cleveland Play House?
Review: LUNGS at Ensemble Theater
What did our critic think of LUNGS at Ensemble?
Review: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center?
Review: EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum
What did our critic think of EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum? Perhaps one of the most famous, or infamous of Shakespeare’s stage directions, ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ in Act III of THE WINTER’S TALE, sees Antigonus meet death in the most unlikely of ways: at the hands – o
Review: FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park
What did our critic think of FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park?
Review: SIX THE MUSICAL Tour at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace
What did our critic think of SIX THE MUSICAL (TOURING COMPANY) at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace?
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The FIXX, Colin Blunstone (The voice of The Zombies) and Peter Asher @ The Kent Stage September 13 The Kent Stage (9/13-9/13) |
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Black Violin - The Be Free Tour 2026 at The Kent Stage November 8th The Kent Stage (11/08-11/08) |
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The Rocky Horror Show Short North Stage - Garden Theater (10/22-10/31) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Canton Palace Theatre (10/08-10/08) |
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Godspell Western Reserve Playhouse (7/17-7/26) |
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O.A.R. Blossom Music Center (9/11-9/11) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Tinora Performing Arts Center (10/15-10/15) |
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Bela Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart Tour at The Kent Stage Nov 10th The Kent Stage (11/10-11/10) |
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Honk! Near West Theatre (2/12-2/28) |
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Cinderella, Tne Enchanted Edition Lorain Community Music Theater (7/23-7/26) |