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Beck Center for the Arts has announced its 2025–2026 Youth Theater Season.

A CHORUS LINE is considered by many theatre experts to be one of the shows that set the pattern for what is labeled the American Musical Theater.

Although it is mainly known for its mass production of the Bible, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press was also responsible for the mass distribution of Greek myths and texts to spark the age of enlightenment.

Playhouse Square has announced that the hit musical SIX will return to Cleveland for a limited engagement at the Connor Palace from November 11 to 16, 2025.

Karamu House is bringing the holiday spirit to Playhouse Square with A Motown Christmas, running for 17 performances from November 28 through December 14, 2025, at the Hanna Theatre.

Playhouse Square announced that tickets to the touring Broadway productions of Monty Python’s Spamalot and Dr.

What happens when a musical film earns over $131-million on a $35-million-dollar investment?  If you are Andrew Lloyd Webber, you buy the rights and turn it into the stage musical, SCHOOL OF ROCK, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and book by Julian Fellowes.

Offerings of the musical theater cover a vast array of topics.

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) has revealed its 2025–2026 season, titled Luminous, under the continued leadership of Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan.

Get ready for an incredible musical journey through the timeless hits and fascinating backstage stories of the Carpenters, one of the most beloved and influential duos in pop music history.

Award-winning theatre company, The Vagrancy will present Sincerely, (the diary play) by Bryanna Lee, directed by Caitlin Hart, as an official selection of the 2025 BorderLight Fringe Festival.

Few realize that when reading a Peanuts comic strip, watching a television show based on the writings of Charles M.

Beck Center for the Arts' Spotlight Gala theme, “A Standing Ovation: Celebrating Vision & Impact” celebrates Tom and Cindy Einhouse, and their outstanding legacy of leadership in the arts in Northeast Ohio.

Fresh off its London debut, Dirty Laundry Theatre will present the U.

The national tour of The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical including Best Musical, will return to Akron this fall for a limited two-night engagement at E.

Cleveland Play House (CPH) will present Freak The Mighty May 22 – June 21 2026, a co production with Seattle Rep.

The intimate Beck’s Studio Theatre is a perfect venue for meeting and greeting THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM a blue-grass, farcical musical with a book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry and music by Robert Waldman.

Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary exhibit, “SNL: Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of Music,' is now open at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

At the age of fifteen Solomon Rabinovich adopted the pseudonym  “Sholem Aleichem,” a Yiddish variant of the Hebrew expression meaning 'peace be with you' and used as a greeting.

Beck Center for the Arts will present A Chorus Line next month.

A digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance on Tuesday, June 17 in Cleveland at Playhouse Square.

Tickets are now on sale for performances of The Notebook, a new Broadway musical based on the bestselling Nicholas Sparks novel that inspired the iconic film, coming to Playhouse Square.

Gretchen Cryer (Book and Lyrics) and Nancy Ford (Composer), whose I’M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD which will soon be locally staged by The Musical Theater Project, are known for their “firsts.

The BorderLight Theatre Festival, taking place July 16th-19th across 16 stages in the Playhouse Square District, has announced its lineup, with tickets now on sale.