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Kleist Center for Art & Drama

95 E. Bagley Rd.
Berea, OH 44017

Kleist Center for Art & Drama is a theatre in Cleveland.

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Dear Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen

Nov 12 – Nov 22, 2026

Baldwin Wallace University presents Dear Evan Hansen, one of the first universities granted rights to produce the Tony Award-winning musical, with book by Steven Levenson and music/lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The production is directed by John Hemphill, who played...

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Review: CLEVELAND BALLET'S GISELLE at Connor Palace

Review: CLEVELAND BALLET'S GISELLE at Connor Palace

by Steve Sucato · October 28, 2026

Led by prima ballerina extraordinaire Svetlana Svinko as Giselle, Cleveland Ballet brought their 'A' game to a gushworthy performance filled with inspired, nearly flawless dancing and top-notch production value.…

Review: BLACK BY NATURE at Cascade Valley Metro Park

Review: BLACK BY NATURE at Cascade Valley Metro Park

by Steve Sucato · October 1, 2026

In an unusual opening to DanceCleveland’s 70th Anniversary Season, the organization took to the outdoors at Akron’s Cascade Valley Metro Park over the past two weekends for the world premiere of dancer-choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson’s site-specific dance-theater piece, Black by Nature. …

Review: BRIGADOON at Porthouse/Kent State University

Review: BRIGADOON at Porthouse/Kent State University

by Roy Berko · August 11, 2026

In order to create authentic dances for Pothouse’s BRIGADOON, if social media pictures can be trusted, during rehearsals Martin Céspedes, the shows choreographer, wore a kilt.  The results are the captivating visual movements that light up the stage.…

Review: MEAN GIRLS at BECK CENTER

Review: MEAN GIRLS at BECK CENTER

by Roy Berko · July 28, 2026

Tina Fay’s MEAN GIRLS, with the right level of farce can be a delightful experience.   Beck’s staging, inspite of a talented cast, was pleasant.  It could have been great with the right concept.  Go?, Of course! Most audience members, as displayed by the standing ovation at the end of the…

Review: SIDE SHOW IN CONCERT at Porthouse Theatre

Review: SIDE SHOW IN CONCERT at Porthouse Theatre

by Roy Berko · July 17, 2026

Another exposure as Cleveland Heights’s Cain Park outstanding production directed by Victoria Bussert the present Director of Oberlin College’s Musical Theater program, which featured Gregg Violand, who will be featured, later this season, in Porthouse’s BRIGADOON.…

Review: GREASE at PORTHOUSE/Kent State University

Review: GREASE at PORTHOUSE/Kent State University

by Roy Berko · June 24, 2026

GREASE, Porthouse-style, is a nostalgic reminder of the era of mid-1900’s and left those of a certain-age satisfied and maybe those of the Information Age/Digital Age asking “what was the attitude, grease and angst” all about.  …

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Akron Civic Theater

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Akron Civic Theater

by Patti Kullman · June 19, 2026

Young performers overcame weather and sound issues to bring the vibrant, musical retelling of the 2004 film Mean Girls to the vintage, nostalgic Akron Civic Theater.…

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