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Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Pinch And Squeal's WIZBANG!
by BWW News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Cleveland Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present Pinch and Squeal's WIZBANG!, originated by Jason and Danielle Tilk, featuring multiple acts performed by variety performers, onstage October 25 and 26, 2019, in CPT's James Levin Theatre. (more...) 
Two Weeks Left To Nominate For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards, Presented by TodayTix!
by BWW News Desk on October 14, 2019 in Cleveland There's just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...) 
BWW Exclusive: Ben Rimalower's Broken Records with Special Guest, Santino Fontana!
by Ben Rimalower on October 14, 2019 in Cleveland In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz about Judy Collins' 1967 album 'Wildflowers.' They also discuss Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, The Supremes, 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,' Motown, 'Bye Bye Birdie,' and Leonard Cohen. Stephen talks about the conception and creation of a number of his works, including 'Wicked,' 'Godspell,' 'Pippin,' 'The Baker's Wife,' 'Working,' 'Rags,' and 'The Prince of Egypt.' He tells stories about working with artists such as Howard Ashman, Charles Strouse, Steven Spielberg, and Whitney Houston, and talks about collaborating with Alan Menken, with whom he wrote the songs for the hit Disney films 'Pocahontas,' 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' and 'Enchanted.' (more...) 
The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Celebrates the Land of Oz
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Cleveland The Cleveland Pops Orchestra brings a?oeThe Wonderful Music of Oza?? to the stage on November 1st! Frank Baum's classic 1990 novel, a?oeThe Wonderful Wizard of Oza?? inspired storytellers and composers around the world and led to the music you will hear at the show! (more...) 
Photo Flash: Y-Haven Theatre Project Celebrates Its 21st Year Of Programming With FATHER'S WATCH
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Cleveland Cleveland Public Theatre's Education Department and the Cleveland YMCA's Y-Haven Program present Father's Watch, the 2019 CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project. (more...) 
SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL National Tour Opens In Cleveland
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Cleveland The North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical celebrated its official tour press opening last night in Cleveland, OH at Playhouse Square, following technical rehearsals and tour kickoff performances at RBTL's Auditorium Theater in Rochester, NY. The musical plays in Cleveland through October 27 and will next travel to the Hollywood Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, CA for an engagement November 5-24. The three actresses that share the role of musical icon Donna Summer, Dan'yelle Williamson as a?oeDiva Donna,a?? Alex Hairston as a?oeDisco Donnaa?? and Olivia Elease Hardy as a?oeDuckling Donna,a?? were presented with bouquets of white roses during Curtain Call and met Mimi Dohler, Donna Summer's daughter. (more...)
Verb Ballets To Bring The Supernatural To Life With Rock Maestro Neil Zaza
by BWW News Desk on October 11, 2019 in Cleveland Rock maestro Neil Zaza presents One Dark Nighta??, A Rock Symphony of the Macabre, on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 8:00pm at the Akron Civic Theatre. This orchestral exploration mixes dark, powerful arrangements of macabre classical masterpieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns and more with the fury of a rock band and string orchestra. Verb Ballets will make a guest appearance, building on the inventive collaboration from the summer, to bring rock and ballet together on stage. Zaza will enthrall audiences on a musical journey with a visually impressive stage set, light show and multi-media screens to tell the evil tale of the monster within. (more...) 
Photo Flash: Cleveland Public Theatre Presents RAUSTUS AND HATTIE
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Cleveland Cleveland Public Theatre presents the world premiere of Rastus and Hattie by Lisa Langford (2018/2019 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow & 2019 Joyce Award Winner), directed by Anne McEvoy, onstage in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre from October 5 through October 26, 2019. (more...)
SHREK THE MUSICAL Returns for Encore At Beck Center For The Arts
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Cleveland Beck Center for the Arts celebrates the holidays with an encore production for the entire family, SHREK THE MUSICAL. (more...)
AFTER THE BLAST Goes Underground In Exciting New Play
by BWW News Desk on October 09, 2019 in Cleveland Zoe Kazan's latest play, After the Blast, is set to take the Black Box Stage as part of the new Firestone Theatre season. (more...) 
10-Time Tony Award-Winner THE BAND'S VISIT Premieres In Cleveland Next Month
by BWW News Desk on October 07, 2019 in Cleveland Playhouse Square is proud to announce that THE BAND'S VISIT, one of the most Tony Award-winning musicals in history, is coming to Playhouse Square's Connor Palace for a three-week engagement, November 5-24, 2019, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series. To purchase tickets, visit playhousesquare.org, call 216-241-6000 or visit the Playhouse Square Ticket Office (1519 Euclid Ave.). (more...) 
BWW Review: Women-Centric JULIUS CAESAR at GLT is Bloody-Good
by Roy Berko on October 08, 2019 in Cleveland Sara Bruner has proven once again that she is the queen of Shakespeare staging. As she did last season with her 'The Taming of the Shrew,' her women-centric version of 'Julius Caesar,' which is now on stage at Great Lakes Theater, is creative, well-formulated and long on clear message development. (more...) 
BWW Exclusive: Ben Rimalower's Broken Records with Special Guest, Stephen Schwartz!
by Ben Rimalower on October 07, 2019 in Cleveland In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz about Judy Collins' 1967 album 'Wildflowers.' They also discuss Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, The Supremes, 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,' Motown, 'Bye Bye Birdie,' and Leonard Cohen. Stephen talks about the conception and creation of a number of his works, including 'Wicked,' 'Godspell,' 'Pippin,' 'The Baker's Wife,' 'Working,' 'Rags,' and 'The Prince of Egypt.' He tells stories about working with artists such as Howard Ashman, Charles Strouse, Steven Spielberg, and Whitney Houston, and talks about collaborating with Alan Menken, with whom he wrote the songs for the hit Disney films 'Pocahontas,' 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' and 'Enchanted.' (more...) 
BWW Review: MEMBER OF THE WEDDING is Less Than it Should Be at Beck Center for the Arts
by Roy Berko on October 06, 2019 in Cleveland The play 'Member of the Wedding' is based on Carson McCullers 1946 novel of the same name. The author also penned the script for the 1950 Broadway stage production which starred Ethel Waters, Julie Harris and Brandon DeWilde. (more...) 
Photo Flash: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's JULIUS CAESAR
by BWW News Desk on October 06, 2019 in Cleveland Great Lakes Theater (GLT) will commence its 2019-20 season at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square with a Fall Repertory that features the Tony-winning Broadway musical classic, The Music Man and Shakespeare's epic political tragedy, Julius Caesar. The productions will be performed in rotating repertory September 27 – November 10, 2019. Victoria Bussert will direct The Music Man and Julius Caesar will be directed by Sara Bruner. The Music Man (Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson / Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey) is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, www.MTIShows.com. (more...) 
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE Explorer Hilaree Nelson Announced At Playhouse Square
by BWW News Desk on October 04, 2019 in Cleveland National Geographic Live, National Geographic's touring speaker series, and Playhouse Square are proud to announce a?oePoint of No Returna?? with Hilaree Nelson, a National Geographic Explorer and mountaineer who ascended Myanmar's Hkakabo Razi with a National Geographic team to determine its exact height. Nelson is also the first woman to have climbed both Everest and its neighbor, Lhotse, in a single 24-hour period. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Mimi Ohio Theatre. (more...) 
The Musical Box Premieres A GENESIS EXTRAVAGANZA Vo. 2
by BWW News Desk on October 03, 2019 in Cleveland In a sequel to the worldwide fan and critically acclaimed A GENESIS EXTRAVAGANZAa??The Musical Box returns with EXTRAVAGANZA VOLUME 2a?? even more live visual signature stunts, outlandish costumes and museum-worthy vintage instruments. (more...) 
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra's 2019-20 Season At Severance Hall Announced, Featuring Three Cleveland Premieres
by BWW News Desk on October 02, 2019 in Cleveland The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) and its music director Vinay Parameswaran announced details of the 2019-20 season. The Youth Orchestra, under Mr. Parameswaran's direction, will perform a three-concert series at Severance Hall on November 15, 2019, March 1, 2020 (with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus), and May 3, 2020. Subscription packages and individual tickets are on sale now. (more...) 
Photo Flash: Cleveland Public Theatre Presents RASTUS AND HATTIE
by BWW News Desk on September 30, 2019 in Cleveland Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present the world premiere of Rastus and Hattie by Lisa Langford (2018/2019 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow & 2019 Joyce Award Winner), directed by Anne McEvoy, onstage in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre from October 5 through October 26, 2019. (more...) 
BWW Exclusive: Ben Rimalower's Broken Records with Special Guest, Cole Escola!
by Ben Rimalower on September 30, 2019 in Cleveland In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to actor and comedian Cole Escola about Judy Garland's beloved 1961 Grammy-winning live album Judy at Carnegie Hall. They also discuss Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Barbara Cook, and Marin Mazzie. Cole talks about how he discovered each of these legendary performers and how live albums and concert patter have helped inform his own career. Cole currently writes for and stars in Amy Sedaris's Emmy-nominated show At Home with Amy Sedaris on truTV. (more...) 
BWW Review: THE MUSIC MAN Gets Fresh, Dynamic, Engaging Production at GLT
by Roy Berko on September 29, 2019 in Cleveland We are in the midst of 'The Music Man' blizzard. In the last year, Porthouse Theatre and The Shaw Festival have done the show, and a Broadway production starring Hugh Jackman as Harold Hill, will begin performances on October 15, 2020. Two-time Tony Award-winning superstar, Sutton Foster, will co-star as Marian the librarian. The production will be directed by four-time Tony Award winner, Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle. (more...) 
Photo Flash: First Look at Great Lake Theater's THE MUSIC MAN
by BWW News Desk on September 29, 2019 in Cleveland Great Lakes Theater's Fall Repertory begins with the Tony-winning Broadway musical classic, 'There's trouble in River City...' when Harold Hill, a fast-talking salesman, attempts to con its citizens into purchasing instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he never fully intends on forming. That is until, Marian, the prim town librarian, catches on to his scheme and the two fall into an unlikely romance that is the foil to all of Harold's plans. This six-time, Tony-winning musical, which features cherished numbers such as 'Seventy-Six Trombones,' 'Ya Got Trouble' and 'Till There Was You,' is the perfect musical comedy for all ages. (more...) 
BWW Review: Intense, Well-Written and Performed, Thought-Provoking PARADISE BLUE at Karamu
by Roy Berko on September 28, 2019 in Cleveland (more...) 
BWW Previews: BLUE SKIES - IRVING BERLIN AND THE AMERICAN DREAM at THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT
by Roy Berko on September 27, 2019 in Cleveland On October 12 at 8PM in the Ohio Theatre and October 13 at 3 PM at Fairmount Temple, The Musical Theater Project (TMTP) will present 'BLUE SKIES-IRVING BERLIN AND THE AMERICAN DREAM' with Bill Rudman, Paul Ferguson, Trev Offult and Michael Shirtz, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and Joe Hunter Trio. It is a tribute to Irving Berlin. (more...)
Nominations Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards, Presented by TodayTix!
by BWW News Desk on October 01, 2019 in Cleveland Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. (more...) |
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