BWW Review: BROOKLYN, THE MUSICAL at Porthouse/Kent State
BROOKLYN, THE MUSICAL, now being staged at Porthouse Theatre, on the grounds of Blossom Center, premiered on Broadway in October, 2004 and ran for 284 performances.
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BWW Review: DIRECTOR'S CHOICE: VERB BALLET at Breen Center For The Arts
Friday, June 26, after a Covid-induced period of Zoom-only dance recitals, Cleveland's 'classical ballet with a dash of American modern dance' company, joined the world of the living with a performance of three pleasing pieces, at the Breen Center.
BWW Review: QUILTERS proves to be a pleasant way to bring back live theater to Porthouse
The weather forecast was for storms, possibly a tornado.
BWW Review: THE CHOIR OF MAN at Mimi Ohio
Walking into the Mimi Ohio theatre for The Choir of Men was almost a surreal experience.
BWW Review: ORDINARY DAYS at CASSIDY THEATRE
In these days of angst, many theaters have attempted to stream various types of entertainment.
BWW Review: CALL ME ELIZABETH at Youngstown Playhouse
Call Me Elizabeth, which was recently streamed by Youngstown Playhouse, is a solo performance piece about the early life of Elizabeth Taylor.
BWW Review: BECK CENTER BROADWAY ALUMS IN CONCERT at Beck Center For The Arts/on-line
Beck's stream is a total must see!
BWW Review: GOING SOLO at Verb Ballets
VERB BALLETS BRIGHTENS THE PANDEMIC WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF 'GOING SOLO'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, .
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.
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.
BWW Review: Compelling INTIMATE APPAREL at Ensemble
Lynn Nottage is an African American multi-prize-winning playwright.
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.
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.
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