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Comedian Leanne Morgan Is Coming To Playhouse Square June 2022
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2021
As a married stay-at-home mother of three, people often accuse Morgan of spying on them because she seems to be living their same life. The fact that so many can relate to her comedy has made Morgan a hit even among the strangest of audiences.
2022 Blossom Music Festival To Include Film Scores of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and HARRY POTTER
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2021
Next summer at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, experience The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert with The Cleveland Orchestra!
Nominations Close Sunday For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards
by BWW Staff - October 26, 2021
These are the final weeks to submit nominees for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. Nominations close Sunday, October 31st, 2021.
National Center For Choreography - Akron Announces Third Artist Cohort Of Creative Administration Research Program
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2021
The National Center for Choreography - Akron (NCCAkron) announces the third cohort of the Creative Administration Research (CAR) program. This fall, five additional artists will be onboarded into the program: Dominic Moore-Dunson (Akron, OH), Iquail Shaheed (Philadelphia, PA), jumatatu m. poe (Philadelphia, PA), Pioneer Winter (Miami, FL), and Rosie Herrera (Miami, FL).
CHAINING ZERO Will Hold its First Developmental Staging at the Kent State School of Theatre and Dance Next Month
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2021
Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2021-2022 season with the first fully staged developmental production of the new musical Chaining Zero, running Nov. 5 - 14 in E. Turner Stump Theatre.
Choreographer Alice Sheppard Awarded $1 Million Neilsen Visionary Prize
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation today announced that Alice Sheppard, internationally-recognized dancer, choreographer, and founder of disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light, is a recipient of the $1 million 2021 Neilsen Visionary Prize. Fellow 2021 recipients are Kim Anderson-Erisman, PhD and Wesley Hamilton.
Canton Museum of Art Now Accepting Art Educator Of The Year Nominations
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2021
Nominations are now being accepted for the sixth annual Music Educator of the Year Award sponsored by the Canton Symphony Orchestra and the third annual Art Educator of the Year Award co-sponsored by the Canton Museum of Art and Massillon Museum.
Last Chance To Submit Nominations For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards
by BWW Staff - October 20, 2021
These are the final weeks to submit nominees for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Celebrated Pianist Evgeny Kissin To Perform Solo Recital At Severance
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2021
Today, The Cleveland Orchestra announced that acclaimed pianist Evgeny Kissin will perform a solo recital at Severance Music Center's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate Día De Muertos At Cleveland Public Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2021
Día de Muertos Ohio and Cleveland Public Theatre / Teatro Público de Cleveland presents the 17th Annual Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Festival in Cleveland's Detroit Shoreway neighborhood on Saturday, October 30 from 11am to 10pm, to take place at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6205 Detroit Avenue, in the Gordon Square Arts District. Masks are required when indoors.
Student Blog: The Campus is Buzzing Again - Frosty's World #16
by Student Blogger: Laura Frost - October 18, 2021
Beginning my senior year as a major in arts management and entrepreneurship, I've been lucky to get through some of my less-favorite academic requirements. Yes, things that involve math. The Baldwin Wallace University business management portion of the curriculum is especially rigorous. Intermediate-level accounting and economics taught me to admire students who love that material. I have to credit my accounting and economic professors for building my interest. See what I did there? Who would have guessed that you need money to run a theatre, music or arts business? After completing these required courses, my attitude changed from 'Stayin Alive' to 'I Will Survive.'
BWW Review: THE TEMPEST at Great Lakes Theater
by Roy Berko - October 17, 2021
THE TEMPEST, now on stage at Great Lakes Theatre, is thought to be Shakespeare's last known play. The script almost defies classification as it contains both tragic and comic themes, as well as romance. It explores many themes, including magic, betrayal, revenge, and family.
BWW Review: NEW BEGINNINGS (CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA) at Jack, Joseph And Morton Mandel Concert Hall
by Roy Berko - October 16, 2021
The return to a live performance program, 'New Beginnings,' staged on October 14 and 17, just reinforced the orchestra's masterful sound and ability to captivate an audience.
ETHAN CLAYMORE Continues Clague Playhouse's 94th Season
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2021
Clague Playhouse presents the holiday comedy, Ethan Claymore by Norm Foster, to continue our 94th Season.   
Adella.live and Adella Digital to Present Free Digital Streaming Premieres of The Cleveland Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2021
Today, The Cleveland Orchestra announced the premieres of three free broadcasts/episodes to be released on adella.live and the Adella digital streaming app in Fall 2021 and Winter 21/22.
Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT Marks CWRU/CPH MFA Program's Return To The Stage
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2021
The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program Class of 2022 makes their joyous return to in-person performances with Shakespeare's beloved comedy, Twelfth Night. Directed by Sam White,
THE PROM Kicks Off KeyBank Broadway Series at Playhouse Square
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2021
The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM will play at the Connor Palace from November 2 – 21, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at Playhouse Square. Tickets for the Cleveland engagement, which kicks off the national tour, are on sale now.
Playhouse Square Announces 4 Author Events for 2022
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2021
Four new shows have just been announced at Playhouse Square. Events include: An Evening with Anne Lamott, An Evening with Fran Lebowitz, An Evening with David Sedaris, and An Evening with Neil Gaiman.
BWW Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Karamu
by Roy Berko - October 10, 2021
Written in 1982, the play is set in a recording studio in Chicago in 1920. It deals with issues of race, the attitudes of Blacks regarding Whites, religion, and the historic exploitation of Black recording artists by white producers.
BWW Review: THE EXONERATED at Beck Center For The Arts
by Roy Berko - October 09, 2021
The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person.
BWW Review: THE LION KING at Key Bank State Theatre/Playouse Square
by Roy Berko - October 07, 2021
THE LION KING, whose North American touring company, which recently opened in CLE's Playhouse Square's Key Bank State Theatre, has an enviable record. It is the third longest running show in Broadway history, clocking a little over 9,300 curtain raisers. Only THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (12,370) and the revival of CHICAGO (9,692) have had longer Great White way runs.
Final Weeks To Submit Nominations For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards
by BWW Staff - October 06, 2021
These are the final weeks to submit nominees for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Cleveland Ballet's DON QUIXOTE World Premiere Opens This Month at Mimi Ohio Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2021
Cleveland Ballet opens their 7th season October 15th and 16th at 7:00PM at Playhouse Square's Mimi Ohio Theatre with the love story Don Quixote, based upon Miguel de Cervantes' enduring novel. Audiences will experience an energetic, new production by Cleveland Ballet's Co-Founder and Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe, after original choreography by Marius Petipa, showcasing a culturally diverse group of dancers from the 28-member company.
CPT Announces Update To 2021/2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2021
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)'s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces an update to CPT's 2021/2022 Season.
Rock Band KANSAS Comes to KeyBank State Theatre with Point of No Return Anniversary Tour
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2021
America's preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, will be wrapping-up their popular Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour in the United States with one final leg during the winter and spring of 2022.

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