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BWW Review: CLEVELAND THEATRE IN THE PANDEMIC
With pop, gospel, and reimagined classics, The First Noel tells the story of a family that must confront the grief of the past in order to reunite and celebrate the joy of the present. Join Tony Award winner Jason Michael Webb and CWRU/CPH MFA alum Lelund Durond Thompson for a special behind-the-sce...
BWW Review: LOUSH SISTERS at Cleveland Public Theatre
Separated by a pane of plastic to protect themselves from spreading Covid, the Loush sisters referred to their sexual antics and skills, referred to the political and social world around them, sang with vitality, and tried to take their viewers on an escape from reality. Part of it worked, part didn...
BWW Review: BUILDING BRIDGES TOGETHER at Verb Ballt And BlueWater Chamber Orchestra
In this pandemic era, where the best we can hope for are performances in Brady family-like shadow boxes, it is exciting to find arts companies going beyond the norm to bring about entertainment while still following the Covid protocols.
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BWW Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Program
In 2012, when Baldwin Wallace's number one nationally ranked musical theater program, in conjunction with Beck Center for the Arts, produced SPRING AWAKENING, my capsule judgement read: 'SPRING AWAKENING is an emotionally stirring, relevant, and well-staged production.'...
BWW Review: FULLY COMMITTED at Beck Center (Virtual)
Becky Mode, the co-creator of Fully Committed, the one-person play which was selected by Time Magazine as one of the top plays of 2000, is a producer, actor and playwright. The play's co-creator, Mark Setlock, is a native Clevelander and graduate of Kent State, who won the 2000 Outer Critics Circle ...
BWW Review: ...OR DOES IS EXPLODE? at Cleveland Public Theatre
In this age of Black Lives Matter movement and other civil rights unrest, a performance piece such as, ...OR DOES IT EXPLODE?, is both relevant and fulfills the obligation of the arts to produce works that reflect that era from which is comes.
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BWW Review: Relevant PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS places spotlight on Black Americans
The PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS is a leading showcase of new plays and new playwrights. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival marks its 25th anniversary, by presenting its offerings on-line. The resulting fest is a 25-event covering 5-weeks, all live-streamed via Zoom, and l...
BWW Review: Impressive WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID at Seat of Pants Productions
It is appropriate that on March 8, National Women's Day, which contends to end exploitation and increase equality for females, I saw Seat of the Pants production of Sarah Treem's 'WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID.'...
BWW Review: DANCE NATION at Dobama
Clare Barron, one of the new superstars of contemporary theater, who has been called an 'insanely talented playwright,' was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award for 'DANCE NATION,' now on stage at Dobama....
BWW Review: PARADE Showcases Southern Anti-Semitism and Political Corruption on Stage at Kent State
It is totally appropriate in this era of increased activity by White Supremist groups and rising anti-Semitism, that Kent State University's Musical Theatre program stage 'PARADE,' with book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown....
BWW Review: BW/Beck's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS is Both Compelling and Uneven
The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers, ages 13 to 20, falsely accused in Alabama of raping two white-women on a train in 1931....
BWW Review: IF/THEN, In Spite Of Wonderful Score Is Frustrating At Lakeland Civic Theatre
IF/THEN is a musical with score by Tom Kitt and libretto by Brian Yorkey who also collaborated on the multi-award winning NEXT TO NORMAL, which laid the foundation for a major change in the American musical theatre-the development of musical dramas. IF/THEN is now on stage at Lakeland Civic Theatre....
BWW Review: Compelling INTIMATE APPAREL at Ensemble
Lynn Nottage is an African American multi-prize-winning playwright. A rare and important theatrical voice, she is noted for her lyric and powerfully expressive use of language and her examining the plight of marginalized people....
BWW Review: “CLUE” is a farcical delight at Cleveland Play House
'CLUE' is a stage play of murder and blackmail, based broadly on the Hasbro board game, and the Paramount motion picture of the same name, has gone through several adaptations. The latest, by Sandy Rustin, with additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price, is now on stage at Cleveland Public ...
BWW Review: “JERSEY BOYS” --“Oh, What a Night,” once again, at the Connor Palace
It's back! 'JERSEY BOYS,' the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is back in residence at the Connor Palace in Playhouse Square for a short run....
BWW Review: THE ILLUSIONISTS LIVE FROM BROADWAY at Connor Palace
Sword swallowing, escape from a vat of sand while being handcuffed, inserting a needle through the tongue, the shell game of trying to figure out which cup contains a hidden pea, card tricks, changing water to wine, putting a sword through a trunk while a woman contortionist is inside and remains un...
BWW Review: THE BAND'S VISIT Is An Emotionally Seductive Slice Of Life Musical Drama
It's '1996, the Alexandria [Egypt] Ceremonial Police Orchestra, just arrived in Israel, and are waiting in Tel Aviv's central bus station. They expect to be welcomed by a representative from a local Arab cultural organization, but no one shows up....
BWW Review: Dynamic, Must See HAIR Commemorates Kent State Massacre of 1970
On May 4, 1970, over a period of 13-seconds, nearly 70 shots were fired upon Kent State University unarmed students by the Ohio State National Guard. The students, and their supporters, were protesting against the bombing of Cambodia by the United States, part of the ill-conceived Vietnam incursion....
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La Malasangre ( Bad Blood) LatinUs Theater Compay (5/22-6/07) |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up and Further In Playhouse Square (6/20-6/21) |
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'Alex Bevan And Friends' bringing his Surfing The Edge Of Legacy tour to The Kent Stage June 6th The Kent Stage (6/06-6/06) |
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O.A.R. Blossom Music Center (9/11-9/11) |
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Near West Theatre (4/16-5/02) |
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Dr. Seuss'' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Palace Theatre Columbus (12/08-12/13) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Cleveland (6/13-6/13) |
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A BEAUTIFUL NOISE The Stranahan Theater (6/16-6/21) |
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Speech & Debate Studio Theater (5/29-6/28) |
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Frankly Ben Franklin: A Musical Memoir Theatre in the Circle (6/04-6/07) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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