The latest news on live theater in Cleveland from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Ensemble Theatre will close its 46th season with Exit Strategy, Ike Holter's play about a Chicago public school facing closure, directed by Jeannine Gaskin and featuring a cast of local actors.
Beck Center for the Arts will present SPEECH & DEBATE, Stephen Karam's comedy about three misfit high school students in Salem, Oregon, directed by Case Western Reserve University's Don Carrier in Lakewood, OH.
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning OPERATION MINCEMEAT announced a full North American tour route spanning over 25 cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, as the Broadway production hits 500 performances.
Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of Ragtime, directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, announced today that it will launch a North American Tour in the fall of 2027.
DanceCleveland’s 69th season came to a satisfying close Saturday night at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre with the Northeast Ohio debut of YY Dance Company.
The North American Tour of Oh, Mary! has announced the dates and cities for its 2026-27 season.
BroadwayWorld is launching the May 2026 Games Challenge - a month-long streak competition open to fans across the U.
Beck Center for the Arts announced its 94th professional theater season, featuring a world premiere comedy by Cleveland playwright Eric Coble, regional premiere musicals, and a collaboration with Oberlin College & Conservatory Music Theater Program.
Summertime is approaching, and it may not be safe to go back in the water.
The BorderLight Theatre Festival has announced its 2026 lineup, featuring more than 120 performances across Cleveland’s Playhouse Square District.
Great Lakes Theater is concluding its 64th season with the madcap mystery, Ms.
Beck Center for the Arts, home to one of the oldest continuously operating youth theater programs in the country has teens tackling a story of love, loss, and coming of age in Alice By Heart.
Theatre in the Circle, a Judson Resident Theatre, will present Frankly Ben Franklin: A Musical Memoir, an engaging and imaginative musical that brings Benjamin Franklin's remarkable life to the stage.
Beck Center for the Arts will present its annual Student Visual Arts Exhibition, featuring over 100 works by students of all ages and skill levels in the Hoffman-Stach Gallery, with a free public Artist Reception planned.
After six weeks of voting, BroadwayWorld readers have crowned Newsies the Ultimate Best Movie Musical in the 2026 edition of BroadwayWorld's Annual Bracket.
The Cleveland Institute of Music has appointed François Germain as Director of CIM Opera Theater and Voice Ensembles.
Ohio Star Theater will present Elijah: Prophet of Fire, a new original musical based on the Old Testament's book of Kings, featuring 14 theater veterans including Logan Harper in the title role.
Frankly Ben Franklin: A Musical Memoir will be presented by Theatre in the Circle in Cleveland.
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The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program will present its 2026 Graduate Showcase on Thursday, April 30 at the Roe Green Theatre.
“THE SHARK IS BROKEN' will take the stage at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre from April 24 through May 3, 2026.
Cleveland Play House has released first look footage of TARTUFFE, Molière's classic French farce in a new translation by Ranjit Bolt, now playing through April 26, 2026 at the Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square.
Jay Gatsby is throwing a party at the Stranahan Theater—and it does not disappoint.
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Dobama Theatre has revealed its 2026/27 season, featuring five area and world premiere plays, including the world premiere of Netta & Ru, the holiday show A Sherlock Carol, and more.
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Guys & Dolls Renaissance Theatre (8/01-8/09) |
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Annie Near West Theatre (11/20-12/06) |
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A Christmas Carol: The Musical Ohio Star Theater (11/18-12/15) PHOTOS |
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O.A.R. Blossom Music Center (9/11-9/11) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Cleveland (9/12-9/12) |
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The Wizard of Oz Cassidy Theatre (10/06-10/25) |
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Rush at Rocket Arena Rocket Arena (9/17-9/18) |
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Honk! Near West Theatre (2/12-2/28) |
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Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon Porthouse Theatre (7/24-8/09) |
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Mean Girls Beck Center for the Arts (7/10-8/09) |
