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International Culture Comes To Life At CMA's World Fair
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2018
Celebrate international art, music, food, and more at the Canton Museum of Art's World Fair event on Saturday, February 10, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Admission into the event is free for all ages. Visitors will take a journey through the museum, discovering new cultural experiences at every turn. Special performances inspired by international talent will take place in the lobby, courtyard, and galleries while guests are encouraged to create unique souvenirs using traditional folk-art techniques. A special Mail Art exhibit will be on display from an international mail art call featuring handmade works from around the globe. From the gardens of Japan to the petite desserts of France, everyone is invited to celebrate international culture at the Canton Museum of Art.
BWW Review: CPH's MARIE AND ROSETTA Points the Spotlight on Future-Inductee Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
by Roy Berko - January 27, 2018
When Sister Rosetta Tharpe's name appeared on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ballot, there were many who thought, Sister who? Little did those not familiar with the history of the genre, know that 'she was wailing on the guitar before Chuck Berry, shouting call and response before Little Richard, and swaying rhythmically to the music long before Elvis shook his hips.' In fact, Elvis may have learned his slim hip swiveling from the Sister Rosetta's pelvis thrusts.
Cleveland's Very Own Variety Circus Theatre Filled with Ridiculous Acts, World Class Circus, and Professional Misbehavers
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present Pinch and Squeal's WIZBANG! featuring multiple acts performed by world-class variety performers, onstage February 2 and 3 in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre.
Playhouse Square Goes Medieval with MUSICAL THRONES
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
Hold onto your swords Game of Thrones fans! Musical Thrones, A Parody of Ice and Fire!, a 90-minute hilarious send-up of the popular HBO Game of Thrones drama is heading to Playhouse Square's Ohio Theatre Feb. 21 and 22 at 8 pm nightly. This live-on-stage fantasy fix leaves no joke unturned and features seven seasons, five actors and yes the dragon!
Cleveland Play House's 102nd Season Continues with THE INVISIBLE HAND
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018
The 102nd Season at Cleveland Play House (CPH) continues with The Invisible Hand by Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Ayad Akhtar. The Invisible Hand tells the story of American investment banker Nick Bright as he risks everything to return to his family. Held hostage in Pakistan by Islamic revolutionaries, his last chance for freedom depends on his ability to play the stock market to benefit his captors. This sharp geo-political thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar takes us to the treacherous intersection of terrorism and capitalism, where greed and deceit prevail and no one escapes without blood on their hands. Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh, The Invisible Hand runs February 17th through March 11, 2018 in the Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square.
Beck Center Presents HAIR
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Beck Center for the Arts is pleased to present HAIR, the seventh annual collaboration with the esteemed Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. This limited engagement runs February 9 through 25, 2018 in the Mackey Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Three Wednesday and Thursday performances will take place at 8 p.m. on February 15, 21, and 22. Tickets are now on sale. Buy early and save with promo code: TRIBE to receive $5 off each adult/senior ticket purchased by February 8.
Blank Canvas Theatre Announces its 2018 Season
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Blank Canvas Theatre is announcing their 7th season in Cleveland! Blank Canvas Theatre is dedicated to inspiring a new love for those new to theatre in the Cleveland community, while providing another quality venue for those who already love the arts. The annual season is diverse, designed to attract many different types of theatre-goers whether you prefer American classics, new works, off-beat musicals, drama, or comedy, you'll find something to enjoy at Blank Canvas Theatre; all at an affordable price! BCT is one of the most inexpensive professional theaters in town. Yet to be announced is our Factory Series. This series of shows focuses on new locally written plays while giving the opportunity for local actors, directors, designers, and writers a chance to collaborate on Cleveland premieres and new works. This year's Factory Series will be announced in the coming weeks.
BWW Review: Compelling GROUNDED at Dobama
by Roy Berko - January 20, 2018
Grounded is the kind of script and staging on which Dobama fulfills its goal of presenting the best contemporary plays in a professional production of the high quality.
Miche Braden and Chaz Hodges to Star in MARIE AND ROSETTA at Cleveland Play House
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2018
Cleveland Play House (CPH) has announced the triumphant return of Miche Braden to CPH, where she will star as Sister Rosetta Tharpe alongside CPH newcomer Chaz Hodges as Marie Knight in the Atlantic Theater production of Marie and Rosetta.
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents AMERICAN DREAMS
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present the world premiere of American Dreams. The production is onstage from February 8 - March 3, 2018, in CPT's James Levin Theatre.
convergence-continuum presents NEOMFA Playwrights Festival
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018
convergence-continuum presents four world-premiere plays by local graduate-student playwrights at the 2018 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival. The Festival features two full-length plays by MFA candidates Katie Wallace, and Rob M.K. Daniels, and two ten-minute plays by grad students Jonathan Wlodarski and Adam Rounick. These plays are part of a three-year intensive program of study under playwright and Cleveland State University professor Mike Geither, and are co-produced by convergence-continuum and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) in Creative Writing consortium. This will be the seventh year convergence-continuum has mounted the Festival.
Comic Book Legend Stan Lee To Appear At Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis, Cleveland
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer, editor, actor, producer and publisher, today announced that he will attend Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis, February 3-4, and Cleveland, March 3-4. The iconic Lee, a member of both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, will greet fans, pose for photo ops, sign autographs and conduct interactive Q&A sessions in Saturday and Sunday appearances in both cities.
CMA Features New Impressionist Work In American Watercolor Exhibition
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2018
The Canton Museum of Art (CMA) presents a special exhibition, American Masters: Watercolors from the CMA Permanent Collection, which features the Museum's most recent acquisition: an 1890 Impressionist masterpiece, Bleak House, Broadstairs, by acclaimed pioneer of American Impressionism, Childe Hassam. Major watercolors by Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, George Luks, John Marin, Maurice Prendergast, and John Singer Sargent are also featured in this special exhibition, which is on view through March 2, 2018.
NEOMFA Playwrights Festival Opens 2/8 At convergence- continuum
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2018
convergence-continuum presents four world-premiere plays by local graduate-student playwrights at the 2018 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival. The Festival features two full-length plays by MFA candidates Katie Wallace, and Rob M.K. Daniels, and two ten-minute plays by grad students Jonathan Wlodarski and Adam Rounick. These plays are part of a three-year intensive program of study under playwright and Cleveland State University professor Mike Geither, and are co-produced by convergence-continuum and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) in Creative Writing consortium. This will be the seventh year convergence-continuum has mounted the Festival.
Cain Park Announces MEMPHIS as 2018 Production
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2018
The City of Cleveland Heights announces MEMPHIS will be produced in the Alma Theater June 14-July 1 as part of Cain Park s 80th Anniversary season; preview is June 14 with opening night on June 15. Cain Park Theater Artistic Director Joanna May Hunkins directs MEMPHIS with musical direction by Jordan Cooper.
MLK Community Service Awards to be Presented At The Cleveland Orchestra's Annual Concert
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2018
On January 14 at 7:00 p.m., The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Franz Welser-M st, performed its 38th annual concert in celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The sold out concert featured the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus prepared by William Henry Caldwell, soloist Ryan Speedo Green, and narrator James Pickens Jr. The concert was broadcast live on radio stations WCLV (104.9 FM) and WCPN (90.3 FM). It will air in a delayed television broadcast on WVIZ/PBS on Friday, January 26, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.
Cleveland Public Theatre Joins Forces With NNPN Member Theatres For Playwright Collaboration Project
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2018
Funded by a National New Play Network (NNPN) Collaboration Fund Grant, Core Member Theatres Cleveland Public Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA) and Kitchen Dog Theater (Dallas, TX) have embarked on a groundbreaking playwright exchange project called Cross-Pollination. Through Cross-Pollination, theatres with shared aesthetics and missions identify plays grown in their own backyards poised for larger prominence, pairing their local playwrights with a theatre sharing their artistic values. Each theatre works with a playwright outside its sphere of influence; each playwright develops a relationship with a producing organization to which they otherwise wouldn't have been able to connect. The result is an immediate, meaningful artistic connection between theatres and artists that transcends state lines and logistical limits. For the pilot year of the program, the following pairings have been arranged: James Ijames and his play history of walking (from InterAct Theatre Company) will go to Cleveland Public Theatre in January as part of the Entry Point Festival of New Works (1/18-20); Jonathan Norton and his play A Love Offering (from Kitchen Dog Theater) will go to InterAct Theatre Company in May; and Lisa Langford and her play Rastus & Hattie (from Cleveland Public Theatre) will go to Kitchen Dog Theater in June.
Comedian John Mulaney Coming to Playhouse Square This Winter
by BWW News Desk - January 12, 2018
John Mulaney will bring his new show, John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous to the Connor Palace today, January 12.
BWW Review: Pulitzer Prize Winning Angels in America, Part 1 is Compelling at Ensemble
by Roy Berko - January 11, 2018
Lucky you. It is unnecessary to go to New York to see a production of this epic. It is now running at Ensemble Theatre as part of their 'We The People' 2017-2018 season. The first segment, subtitled 'Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches,' is running until January 28. In April, 'Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika,' will be staged at the theatre.
Verb Ballets Program Highlights Recognized African American Choreographers
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2018
Verb Ballets, Northeast Ohio's premiere contemporary ballet company, has brought critically acclaimed performances to Northeast Ohio audiences for over 30 years. In celebration of Black History Month, the company will remount original works commissioned by Verb Ballets from nationally recognized African American choreographers.
Auditions for THE EXPLORERS CLUB This February
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2018
Auditions for 'The Explorers Club' by Nell Benjamin and directed by Anne McEvoy will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 and Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at Clague Playhouse, 1371 Clague Road, Westlake, Ohio. No appointment is required.
Winners Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards; CAMEO's NEXT TO NORMAL Wins Best Musical!
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2018
The votes have been counted... Check out the fill list of winners for the 2017 BWW Regional Awards!
Canton Museum of Art Observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Free Admission
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2018
Canton Museum of Art (CMA) will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day with free gallery admission and art activities for kids and grown ups. CMA will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 15, 2018 with soap carving and other art activities for all ages.
GLT Presents Stephen King's Unforgettable Thriller MISERY
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2018
Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2017-18 season with the Midwest stage premiere of Stephen King's unforgettable thriller, Misery adapted for the stage by William Goldman. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, February 16 March 11, 2018. Great Lakes Theater's own Producing Artistic Director, Charles Fee, directs the production.
John Barrowman to Appear at Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis, Cleveland
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2018
Perhaps best known for roles as Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who/Torchwood and Malcolm Merlyn in the hit series Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, popular guest John Barrowman will make a triumphant return to Wizard World Comic Con at upcoming shows in St. Louis

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