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Video: Get A First Look At Cleveland Play House's AMADEUS


by Joshua Wright - April 12, 2024

Get a first look at Cleveland Playhouse's production of Amadeus in an all-new video. Experience Peter Shaffer's tale of malice, madness, and music in his dramatic, darkly comedic re-imagining of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, through the lens of his contemporary, Antonio Salieri....

Cleveland Play House to Present Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS This Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 05, 2024

Explore the history, rivalry, and legacy of classical music giants, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer's award-winning play, AMADEUS, presented by Cleveland Play House. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Dobama Theatre Unveils 24/25 Season Of Comedies, Award Winners, And Premieres


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2024

Discover the line-up for Dobama Theatre's 24/25 season, featuring comedies, award winners, and premieres. Learn about the shows and see how to purchase tickets. ...

FAT HAM, A CHRISTMAS STORY & More Set for Cleveland Play House 24-25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 01, 2024

Cleveland Play House has revealed its 2024-2025 theatrical season of plays. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets....

Photos: First Look at THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Cleveland Play House


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2024

Cleveland Play House is presenting the regional premiere of the international hit comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong. Check out photos here! ...

Review: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Great Lakes Theater


by Roy Berko - February 12, 2024

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. ...

Cleveland Public Theatre's Play Development Series TEST FLIGHT to Return in March


by Blair Ingenthron - February 11, 2024

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) has announced the return of its quintessential play development series, Test Flight, back with four up-and-coming Northeast Ohio playwrights. Learn more here!...

BroadwayWorld Celveland's Roy Berko Shares His 2023 Critic's Picks


by Roy Berko - January 12, 2024

Broadwayworld Cleveland's Roy Berko recognizes each year local theaters, performances, writers, performers and technicians of plays staged by area professional theaters during the January 1-December 31 year.  ...

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Cleveland Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Cleveland Public Theatre and Y-Haven Celebrate 25 Years Of Y-haven Theatre Project with New Show!


by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2023

Cleveland Public Theatre's Y-Haven Theatre Project celebrates 25 years of bringing true stories of recovery to the stage, providing a safe space for individuals on a path of self-reflection and redemption through art....

Past Shows

The Play That Goes Wrong
2/10 - 3/3/2024


From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes this smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at ...


From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes this smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at ...

Becoming Dr. Ruth
4/1 - 4/23/2023


Karola Ruth Siegel is more than just “Dr. Ruth.” Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. ...

Every Brilliant Thing
2/8 - 5/21/2021


Cleveland Play House Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe...


Cleveland Play House is exploring the transformative power of storytelling in the next installment of Theatre Thursday: ONWARD! on Thursday, MARCH 18 at 7:00 pm. ...


Cleveland Play House plays matchmaker with the next installment of Theatre Thursday: The Art of Connection on Thursday, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 at 7:00 pm. Hosted ...

A Doll's House, Part 2
4/25 - 5/17/2020


Lucas Hnath Cleveland Play House...

Antigone
1/25 - 2/23/2020


After a case of sibling rivalry culminates in civil war, King Creon of Thebes forbids anyone from burying the traitor who started it in this ...

Clue
1/25 - 2/23/2020


Based on the popular board game and adapted from the cult classic film,?Clue?is the comedy whodunit that will keep you guessing (and laughing) to the ...

Clue
1/25 - 2/16/2020


Based on the popular board game and adapted from the cult classic film,?Clue?is the comedy whodunit that will keep you guessing (and laughing) to the ...

A Christmas Story
11/29 - 12/23/2019


Based on the motion picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark Through the nostalgic recollections of his grown-up self, we follow nine-year-old Ralphie ...

Every Brilliant Thing
11/23 - 12/22/2019


You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make ...

Every Brilliant Thing
11/23 - 12/15/2019


Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe Cleveland Play House...

Pipeline
10/12 - 11/3/2019


Nya Joseph is a dedicated, inner-city public high school teacher who is committed to her students' achievement, while she sends her only son, Omari, to ...

Into the Breeches!
9/14 - 10/6/2019


Oberon Play House’s director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. Determined to press on, the director's wife sets out to produce ...

Sweat
10/13 - 11/4/2018


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

The Woman in Black
9/15 - 10/7/2018


The framework of this spine tingler is unusual: a lawyer hires an actor to tutor him in recounting to family and friends a story that ...


Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...

The Invisible Hand
2/17 - 3/11/2018


Ayad Akhtar; dir: Pirronne Yousefzadeh. Outcalt Theatre:...

Marie and Rosetta
1/20 - 2/11/2018


George Brant; dir: Neil Pepe. Allen Theatre:...

The Diary of Anne Frank
10/21 - 11/12/2017


adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; dir: Laura Kepley....

Shakespeare In Love
9/9 - 10/1/2017


Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block. The deadline for his new play is fast approaching, but he's in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until ...

FREAKY FRIDAY
4/15 - 5/14/2017


When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom's big wedding. ...

Between Riverside and Crazy
4/1 - 4/23/2017


City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the Landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him ...

How I Learned to Drive
3/4 - 3/26/2017


A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older ...


Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most ...

Sex with Strangers
10/22 - 11/13/2016


Laura Eason; dir: Joanie Schultz....

Sex with Strangers
10/22 - 11/13/2016


Laura Eason; dir: Joanie Schultz....

All the Way
9/17 - 10/9/2016


Robert Schenkkan; dir: Giovanna Sardelli....

All the Way
9/17 - 10/9/2016


Robert Schenkkan; dir: Giovanna Sardelli....

Steel Magnolias
5/21 - 8/21/2016


The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped ...

Mr. Wolf
4/2 - 4/24/2016


Theresa is 17 years old, and she can draw maps of the cosmos. She understands the universe—how and why it came to be. She owes ...

Feed
4/23


Eric Coble; dir: Pamela DiPasquale....


Kirsten Greenidge....

The Good Peaches
4/14 - 4/15/2016


Quiara Alegría Hudes; music: John Adams, Benjamin Britten; dir: Laura Kepley....


Mary Zimmerman; dir: Ron Wilson....

Luna Gale
2/27 - 3/20/2016


Albert Theatre: Rebecca Gilman; dir: Robert Falls....

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2/10 - 2/20/2016


Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...

The Mountaintop
1/23 - 2/14/2016


The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...

Little Shop of Horrors
1/9 - 2/7/2016


A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...

The Crucible
10/10 - 11/8/2015


A witch hunt is beginning in Salem. Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a ...


One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It's 1930s Paris ...

Fairfield
5/1 - 5/24/2015


Eric Coble; dir: Laura Kepley....


Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their ...


ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage presents The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Set in Vienna in 1938 and London during the Blitzkrieg, The Pianist of Willesden ...

The Philadelphia Story
2/25 - 3/7/2015


Stop the presses! This time it’s LOVE! Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord plans to downplay her second marriage with a simple mansion wedding, but her brother ...

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
1/23 - 2/15/2015


An exuberant tribute to the music of rhythm and blues pioneer and alto saxophonist, Louis Jordan, Five Guys Named Moe is an international sensation. Initially ...

Informed Consent
4/23 - 5/18/2014


Deborah Zoe Laufer; dir: Sean Daniels. World Premiere...

Clybourne Park
3/21 - 4/13/2014


Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...

Too True To Be Good
3/5 - 3/15/2014


The Players: - adapt: David Staller from George Bernard Shaw; dir: David Staller....

Breath and Imagination
2/14 - 3/9/2014


Daniel Beaty; dir: Saundra McClain....

Yentl
1/10 - 2/2/2014


Allen Theatre: adapt: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Leah Napolin; dir: Michael Perlman....

A Christmas Story
11/29 - 12/22/2013


Based on the motion picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark Through the nostalgic recollections of his grown-up self, we follow nine-year-old Ralphie ...

Venus in Fur
11/1 - 11/24/2013


Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus ...

Twelfth Night
10/16 - 10/26/2013


The Helen: William Shakespeare; dir: Guy Stroman....

Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie


Nick Corley, Darcie Deaville, David M. Lutken, Helen J. Russell, Andy Teirstein; dir: Nick Corley....

Rich Girl
4/19 - 5/12/2013


Second Stage: - Victoria Stewart; dir: Michael Bloom....

Good People
3/22 - 4/14/2013


Allen Theatre: - David Lindsay-Abaire; dir: Laura Kepley....


Allen Theatre: - Angelo Parra; dir: Joe Brancato....

Bell, Book & Candle
1/11 - 2/3/2013


Allen Theatre: - John Van Druten; dir: Michael Bloom....


At the dawn of the electrical age, a new medical device is developed to pacify "hysterical" women, but it produces a shockingly different result. This ...

Red
3/16 - 4/8/2012

Radio Golf
2/10 - 3/4/2012

Ten Chimneys
1/13 - 2/5/2012

Videos


The Prom in Cleveland The Prom
Near West Theatre (4/12 - 4/28) Tracker
Star Machine in Cleveland Star Machine
Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music (4/25 - 4/26)
Africa and Byzantium & The Magic Flute in Cleveland Africa and Byzantium & The Magic Flute
Cleveland Museum of Art (4/14 - 7/21)
The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show in Cleveland The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Cleveland (5/18 - 5/18)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER in Cleveland SIGNIFICANT OTHER
Dobama Theatre (4/26 - 5/19)
A Doll's House, Part 2 in Cleveland A Doll's House, Part 2
Beck Center for the Arts (5/31 - 6/30)
Conrad Tao in Recital: Power and Influence in Cleveland Conrad Tao in Recital: Power and Influence
Severance Music Center (5/17 - 5/17)
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