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BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program
by Roy Berko - November 12, 2021
INTO THE WOODS is a musical with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Six Musician Appointments During 2021-22 Severance Season
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2021
Today, The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst have announced updates to musician personnel with the appointment of five new members and one member in an assistant principal position.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek at the Cleveland Orchestra's REMEMBRANCE & REFLECTION Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2021
The Cleveland Orchestra streamed Remembrance & Reflection on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:00PM.
ANASTASIA is Coming to EJ Thomas Hall This Month
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2021
The national tour of ANASTASIA will visit EJ Thomas Hall as part of the Broadway in Akron series November 30 and December 1, 2021.
NUTCRACKER 2021 Announced At Beck Center For The Arts
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2021
Beck Center for the Arts is elated to produce the upcoming Dance Education Production, The Nutcracker 2021. Choreographed by Associate Director of Dance Education Melanie Szucs, this ballet follows the traditional beloved classic form.
Beck Center Youth Theater to Present THE REAL VALKYRIES OF VALHALLA
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2021
Beck Center for the Arts has announced the second production of 2021-2022 Youth Theater Season. The 73rd season continues with a hilarious original comedy, The Real Valkyries of Valhalla, written and directed by Rachel Spence, running December 10 to December 19, 2021, in the Studio Theater.
Il Volo is Coming to Playhouse Square This March
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2021
Today, superstar Italian trio IL VOLO has released their highly anticipated new album IL VOLO SINGS MORRICONE (Sony Masterworks), available everywhere now. 
BWW Review: THE PROM at Cleveland's Playhouse Square
by Roy Berko - November 04, 2021
In 2010 a gay Mississippi high school student was banned from coming to her senior prom by the school’s Board of Education because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date.  She challenged the ruling, which resulted in the cancellation of the prom.  The student and the ACLU sued the district.  The federal court found the school district guilty of violating the student’s first amendment rights and said the prom must be held.  
Photos: Satya Chávez Stars In WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? At Cleveland Play House
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2021
During a third grade lesson on the Civil Rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latina child raises her hand to ask, “Where did we sit on the bus?” Her teacher can’t answer the question. This autobiographical solo show follows that kid from her childhood to adulthood as she explores her family’s history, her identity as a first-generation American, and what the world will be like for her future children. Featuring live music that brings together Latin beats, hip-hop, and looping, 
Playhouse Square CEO Gina Vernaci To Retire In 2023
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2021
Playhouse Square announced today that Gina Vernaci plans to step down as president and CEO in February 2023 after a 39-year career with the organization.
THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY is Coming to Playhouse Square This January
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2021
The internationally-acclaimed hit theater show The Simon & Garfunkel Story will stop by Playhouse Square on January 27, 2022 during the coast-to-coast U.S. tour. The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
WHITE CHRISTMAS Will Be Performed at The Renaissance This Month
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2021
Entertain all the family with the spectacular, toe-tapping production of Irving Berlin’s classic musical, White Christmas. The production will be lighting up The Renaissance this November.
BWW Review: AIRNESS at Dobama
by Roy Berko - November 02, 2021
Air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which performers pretend to play an imaginary electric guitar. Performances include exaggerated strumming motions and recorded rock music often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching.
Cleveland's Classic Company Will Perform A CHRISTMAS CAROL This Holiday Season
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2021
The stage of the Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater (GLT) presents its 33rd production of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol, running November 26 – December 23, 2021.
VIDEO: Inside the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Rehearsals of Brahm's REQUIEM
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2021
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus reunited last Thursday after an entire year apart. Their reuinion concert had them accompanied by two pianos as they performed Brahms’s A German Requiem. While the piece is technically not a requiem, Brahms called it a “human requiem”, as he wrote it to comfort the living in the face of mortality.
BWW Review: WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - October 31, 2021
For the last several years more and more attention has been placed on The Black Lives Matter and Me-Too movements, woke language, microaggression, radical feminism, transgenderism, Critical Race Theory and aggression against Asians. They have become issues for laws, politics, education, media and the arts.
Y-Haven Theatre Project 2021: 12,000 STEPS Announced at Cleveland Public Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
Cleveland Public Theatre and Y-Haven will present 12,000 Steps, created and performed by residents of Y-Haven.
ELF THE MUSICAL Announced At Beck Center For The Arts
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
Beck Center for the Arts has announced Elf The Musical, a soon to be holiday classic for the stage.  
Celtic Woman Arrives At Playhouse Square-April 2022
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
Grammy nominated Celtic Woman, the most successful all-female Irish group in history returns with an 83-city North American tour in 2022 and a stopover in Cleveland at the KeyBank State Theatre on April 13, 2022. 
Cleveland Ballet to Debut THE NUTCRACKER at the Connor Palace at Playhouse Square
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
Cleveland Ballet will open its annual production of The Nutcracker with choreography by Co-Founder and Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe on Friday December 3rd, 2021 at 11:00AM at the Connor Palace at Playhouse Square.
VIDEO: The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Rehearses Brahms's 'A German Requiem'
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
The Cleveland Orchestra posted a video of their chorus warming up for their reunion last night after an unprecedented year apart. The Chorus performed Brahms’s A German Requiem, accompanied by two pianos.
CPH Kicks Off 2021-22 Season with WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS?
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
The play was developed by Brian Quijada as a musical autobiography sharing his experience as a first-generation Salvadoran American growing up in Chicago, Illinois. Quijada’s works are heavily influenced by his upbringing, his immigrant parents, and his continued search for identity.
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Returns To Concerts For 2021-22
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2021
The Youth Orchestra, under Mr. Parameswaran's direction, will return to performing in person after a season spent meeting remotely. The ensemble will perform a three-concert series in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance on November 21, 2021, February 20, 2022, and May 8, 2022.
New Production Offers A Local Twist On The Holiday Tradition THE AKRON NUTCRACKER
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2021
The Dance Institute at The University of Akron will present the world premiere of The Akron Nutcracker in collaboration with Verb Ballets and the Akron Symphony on December 16 & 17, 2021 at E.J. Thomas Hall.
THE BACHELOR LIVE ON STAGE Comes to Cleveland in March
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2021
The Bachelor Live On Stage Official Tour will arrive at The KeyBank State Theatre on March 26, 2022. As the ultimate Bachelor Nation fan party, the show is a wildly fun, flirtatious and interactive evening hosted by former Bachelorette Becca Kufrin, who is also host of the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast and was most recently seen in the newest season of  Bachelor in Paradise.

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