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BWW Review: Lincoln Center Theatre's MY FAIR LADY at Key Bank State Theatre
What did our critic think of My Fair Lady at Connor Palace? What do Rogers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser and Cole Porter all have in common? Yes, they are all composers of American musicals, but they are also just some of those who attempted, and failed, to make George Bernard Shaw's...
BWW Review: WAITRESS at Hanna (Huntington Featured Performance)
WAITRESS, which features an all-original score of music and lyrics by singer-songwriter-actress Sara Bareilles, which is now on stage at the Hanna Theatre, in a month-long Huntington featured performance, is unique in that, when it opened on Broadway, it featured an all-female production team.
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BWW Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Beck
Mathew Lopez, the author of THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE, which is now on stage in the Studio Theatre at Beck Center, also wrote THE INHERITANCE, which, in 2018 was the most honored American play in a generation, sweeping the 'Best Play' awards in both London and New York including the Tony Award, ...
BWW Review: AMERICAN MOOR at Karamu
AMERICAN MOOR, which is now on stage at Karamu, America's oldest Black Theatre, is a compelling exploration of Shakespeare, race, and America. It is brilliantly performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, who is also the play's author.
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BWW Review: ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S THE 39 STEPS at Great Lakes Theater
Read our critic's review of THE 39 STEPS - the new production of the farce at the Great Lakes Theater....
BWW Review: LIFE SUCKS at DOBAMA!
Anton Chekov, along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, were three late nineteenth and early twentieth century European playwrights who were the seminal figures in the birth of theatrical modernism. They turned their backs on the escapist romantic stories and took on real issues, and presented ...
BWW Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Connor Palace
The mockingbird is noted for its ability to duplicate the sounds they hear. The bird's reference in the title of Harper Lee's epic novel, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD supposedly refers to the statements of prejudice that are repeated over and over in the book's famous trial. Statements about Blacks, Jews, ...
BWW Review: THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND TRUE ADVENTURES OF MS. JOAN EVELYN SOUTHGATE at Cleveland Public Theatre
In 2002, Seventy-year-old Joan Evelyn Southgate, a Cleveland area retired social worker and activist, left Ripley, Ohio, on foot, with the goal of highlighting the courage and resourcefulness of freedom seekers and conductor families who risked everything on the Underground Railroad.
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BWW Review: THE LIGHTNING THIEF THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL at The Helen/Playhouse Square
THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL, which is finishing its four-performance sold out run at the Helen Theatre, is a co-production of Baldwin Wallace University's nationally recognized Musical Theatre program and Playhouse Square. It is the fifteenth collaboration between these two organi...
BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Great Lakes Theater
In Shakespeare's comedies, he writes of trickery, false accusations, restoration of harmony and romance. He uses lots of double entendre and encourages fun and farce, as well as broad performances....
BWW Review: METEOR SHOWER at Beck Center For The Arts
METEOR SHOWER, an absurdist comedy by Steve Martin, is now on stage at Beck Center for the Arts.
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BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Great Lakes Theater
Shakespeare, in his comedies, writes of trickery, false accusations, restoration of harmony and romance. He uses lots of double entendre and encourages fun and farce as well as broad performances....
BWW Review: MILLWOOD OUTPOST at Playwrights Local
MILLWOOD OUTPOST will be performed Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30pm and Sundays @ 2:30pm through March 18- April 2, 2022 at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts. Get tickets here.
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BWW Review: ANTIGONE at Cleveland Play House
Cleveland Play House's Artistic Director, Laura Kepley, in her comments in the playbill for ANTIGONE states, 'We originally programed ANTIGONE to be produced during the 2019-2020 season. The play was in its second week of rehearsals when we had to make the heartbreaking announcement that the product...
BWW Review: PRETTY WOMAN Prettier than New York Reviewers Let On
The film PRETTY WOMAN, based on the Roy Orbison song, which was originally planned to be a tale about class and prostitution, but was reconceived into a romantic comedy, opened to both critical and audience delight. It still gets a considerable audience when it is shown on television.
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BWW Review: KILL MOVE PARADISE at Dobama
When evaluating a performance at Dobama the mantra to be used is, 'Would Donald approve?' Donald, in this case is Donald Bianchi, who, in 1959, with a small and enthusiastic group of thespians, founded what we now know as Dobama, Cleveland's off-Broadway theatre.
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BWW Review: HANDEL'S ISRAEL IN EGYPT at Apollo's Fire
As the story goes, 'In 1991, Jeannette Sorrell was invited to interview for the position of Assistant Conductor with The Cleveland Orchestra. Sorrell met with Music Director Christoph von Dohnányi who told her that there was no point in trying to find time in the orchestra's schedule for an auditio...
BWW Review: MICHAEL CAVANAUGH: THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL AND ELTON JOHN at State Theatre
Cleveland native, Michael Cavanaugh, has been called the 'New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook.' He came to national fame when he was handpicked by Billy Joel to star in his Broadway musical MOVIN' OUT....
BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 50th Anniversary Tour at Connor Place
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, now on stage at the Connor Palace as part of the Key Bank Series, is a show with a history of controversy. It has been condemned by some religious groups, as well as sectarians.
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BWW Review: HURRICANE DIANE at Dobama
HURRICANE DIANE, a 90-minute play without intermission, now on stage at Dobama, has been described as 'An astonishing new play which whirls ancient myth, lesbian pulp, ecological thriller and The Real Housewives of Monmouth County into a perfect storm of timely tragicomedy.'...
BWW Review: LIGHT IT UP! at Cleveland Play House
It's that time of year again. Yes, stores are all decked out in holiday decorations, the Allen Theatre lobby is filled with Christmas Trees, and local theatres are strutting their stuff doing holiday productions. Many of the venues have run out of fresh material so they are remounting scripts from t...
BWW Review: THE 20TH CENTURY WAY at Convergence-continuum
California is noted as the home of liberal beliefs and a relaxed attitude toward sex. That wasn't always the case.
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Richie Furay bringing the hits to The Kent Stage July 16th The Kent Stage (7/16-7/16) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Goodyear Theater (6/20-6/20) |
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Speech & Debate Beck Center for the Arts (5/29-6/28) |
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The Wizard of Oz Cassidy Theatre (10/06-10/25) |
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Speech & Debate Studio Theater (5/29-6/28) |
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Kassandra Babel Box Theater (5/08-6/06) |
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The Fray & Dashboard Confessional Jacobs Pavilion (8/12-8/12) |
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Walk On: The Power of Carousel Cleveland Museum of Art, Gartner Auditorium (6/14-6/14) |
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A BEAUTIFUL NOISE The Stranahan Theater (6/16-6/21) |
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