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Clague Playhouse Tells an Irish Love Story with OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2017
Clague Playhouse presents its 4th production of the 89th season, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR by John Patrick Shanley. Opening on St. Patrick's Day, Friday, March 17th, and running through April 9th, 2017, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR is an Irish tale about how it's never too late to take a chance on love.
BWW Review: Ensemble Hits a Hole-in-One with RADIO GOLF
by Roy Berko - February 27, 2017
August Wilson is considered not only one of the greatest of African American playwrights, but of all theatrical writers. His themes of self-identity, racism, loyalty, religion, deception, love, gentrification and historical verification form the centerpiece of his well-received 'Century Cycle' about black life in Pittsburgh.
Blank Canvas Theatre to Present FLOYD COLLINS Next Month
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2017
In this day and age, 'fake news' is just one click away. Well it's nothing new. Trapped in a cave in 1925, Floyd Collins became one of the first media sensations of the 20th century. 
Johnny Mathis Comes to Playhouse Square On Sale Tomorrow!
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2017
Nowhere in the entertainment world is the description of "living legend" more spot-on than when "Johnny Mathis" is mentioned. 
Cleveland Public Theatre presents STATION HOPE 2017
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2017
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fourth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, April 29th, beginning at 6:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event inspired by the Underground Railroad and Cleveland's social justice heritage, featuring over 250 individual artists and 50+ community and professional arts & culture organizations from across Northeast Ohio, creating diverse original works reflecting on and engaging with contemporary themes of social justice, equity and a shared vision of hope. Station Hope is free, family-friendly and open to all.
Tony DeSare to Make Cleveland Debut with Cleveland Pops Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2017
???????The Cleveland POPS Orchestra's Severance Hall concert on Saturday, March 25th is titled "I Love a Piano," appropriately features Tony DeSare, one of today's hottest new pianists.
LET IT BE to Bring the Music of The Beatles to Playhouse Square This Month
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2017
Imagine the BEATLES reunion that never was…the concert we never got to see, with songs The Beatles had never before performed in front of an audience. LET IT BE is that concert.
A GREAT WILDERNESS Touches on Timely Themes at Beck Center
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2017
Beck Center for the Arts proudly presents the regional premiere of A Great Wilderness March 3 through April 9, 2017 in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are now on sale. Buy early and save with promo code: NATURE to receive $5 off each adult/senior ticket purchased by March 2.
BWW Review: Well-Conceived BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Lakeland Civic Theatre
by Roy Berko - February 21, 2017
The capsule judgement of my review of the Broadway production of The Bridges of Madison County stated, 'The Bridges of Madison County' is one of those special, intimate, meaningful, well-conceived and performed shows that deserved a longer shelf-life than it is getting.'
BWW Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK Underwhelming at Great Lakes Theater
by Roy Berko - February 21, 2017
Over the last number of years Great Lakes Theater has cobbled together seasons consisting of Shakespearean classics, musicals and mystery plays. The combination has proven to be very successful, with many award winning productions and audience pleasing shows being produced.
BWW Review: BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL at Beck Center For The Arts/Baldwin Wallace University's Musical Theatre Program
by Roy Berko - February 20, 2017
Mention Lin-Manuel Miranda and the musical sensation Hamilton comes to mind. If not, then, In the Heights, which had a run at Beck Center last year, is noted. Few know Miranda also wrote both the music and lyrics, along with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green for Bring It On: The Musical, with book by Jeff Whitty, which is loosely based on the 2000 film of the same name. The script centers on the competitive world of cheerleading, with side stories about bullying, teen angst and determining what's important in the world.
Photo Flash: Great Lakes Theater Presents WAIT UNTIL DARK
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2017
Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2017-18 season with Frederick Knott's classic thriller, Wait Until Dark. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, February 17 - March 12, 2017. Joseph Hanreddy directs the production. Wait Until Dark is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, and More Lead Cleveland Play House 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2017
Cleveland Play House's newly announced 2017-18 Season contains a wide range of work certain to captivate, enlighten, excite and engage Cleveland audiences. Bursting with action, adventure, romance, and suspense, audiences will find joy in unexpected places in each production this Season.  The Season will include a swashbuckling romantic comedy, an urgent revival of an international classic, soul-shaking gospel performances, a political thriller from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, a Tony Award-winning musical, and an electrifying athletic drama that packs a punch. With characters ranging from rebels and outsiders, to misfits, revolutionaries and geniuses, audiences will be swept up into the stories of one and all, and will be reminded that the most efficient way to resolve conflict whether on the stage or in life, is through collaboration.  
Cleveland Native to Drive Zombie in MONSTER JAM at Quicken Loans Arena
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2017
Cleveland native Bari Musawwir is coming home in style as he steps into the driver's seat of Zombie in Feld Entertainment Inc.'s Monster Jam, the most adrenaline-charged motorsports experience for families on the planet.
Photo Flash: First Look at I CALL MY BROTHERS at Cleveland Public Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2017
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents the regional premiere of I Call My Brothers, written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri and translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. The CPT production with be directed by 2015 National Directors Fellow, Evren Odcikin. I Call My Brothers is onstage now through March 4th, 2017 in CPT's James Levin Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The Cleveland Orchestra Presents JS BACH'S ST. JOHN PASSION, 3/5
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2017
On Sunday March 5, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-M?st convenes a panel of guest speakers at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood (26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood, OH) to probe the question: "Is Bach's St. John Passion Anti-Semitic?", a lingering claim that surrounds this seminal work.
PAW PATROL LIVE! Adds Sixth Show to Playhouse Square Run
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2017
Due to overwhelming response, a sixth performance of PAW Patrol Live! "Race to the Rescue" has been announced at Playhouse Square in Cleveland today, February 17 at 6:00 p.m.
Cleveland Public Theatre presents BARBECUE by Robert O'Hara
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2017
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce the regional premiere of Barbecue, a dark comedy by Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy, Antebellum) and directed by CPT Associate Artistic Director Beth Wood. Barbecue is onstage February 16th - March 11th, 2017 in CPT's historic Gordon Square Theatre. 
Paula Vogel's HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Set for Cleveland Play House This March
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2017
Cleveland Play House shifts gears from playful (Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery) to profound with the Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive. Written by Paula Vogel - one of the preeminent figures in American theater today - How I Learned to Drive traverses taboo territory with humor, heart, and empathy.
Irish Singer Daniel O'Donnell Comes to Playhouse Square
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2017
???????One of Ireland's best loved artists, Daniel O'Donnell has announced that he will be returning to tour in the USA next May & June. The tour will see the record breaking chart singer play a more extensive concert tour than he did in Oct 2016, when he performed in venues in the Mid-East of the USA to packed houses of ardent fans.
BRING IT! LIVE Coming to Playhouse Square This July
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017
After a massive sold-out 2016 summer tour, Lifetime's hit series Bring It! is back by overwhelming demand, and set to take the stage in Cleveland. Miss D and her Dancing Dolls, the stars of Lifetime's hit series Bring It! return to the live stage Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. at State Theatre at Playhouse Square as part of the 'Bring It! Live' 2017 summer tour.
The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Encore Presentation of Violins of Hope Education Concert
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017
Following the success of the 2015 Violins of Hope Education Concerts performed by The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall for nearly 10,000 students, thousands more will enjoy encore presentations of the Violins of Hope Education Concert March 8-10.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Documentary to Screen in Cleveland This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2017
'Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened' the acclaimed documentary featuring Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Jason Alexander and Mandy Patinkin, which premiered at the prestigious New York Film Festival, will play for this weekend only in two special screenings at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art.
Roaring Third Productions presents SHADOW OF THE RUN
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2017
The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run is hunting his next victim while severed limbs lay in the streets. Nearby, drinks are flowing, bets are placed, and morals are slipping. Can you keep your wits until Detective Eliot Ness can catch the killer?
Bollywood Musical TAJ EXPRESS Dancing Into Playhouse Square This March
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2017
A beautiful actress, a villain, a secret prince, 2,000 elegant costumes and all the extravaganza, escapism and romance that is 'Bollywood': TAJ EXPRESS is a thrilling new 'Dance Romance' direct from Film City-Mumbai.

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