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Past Shows

INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
10/24 - 11/3/2019


Presented by Cleveland State University Department of Theatre and DanceINTO THE WOODSOctober 24 November 3, 2019Allen Theatre Mainstage (Playhouse Square)Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, ...

CSU Spring Dance Concert 2017


Presented by Cleveland State University Department of Theatre & Dance March 31 and April 1 - 7:30pm (both shows) The Dance Program returns to the ...

$20 Benefit Ticket Night: KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY


This is a special BENEFIT performance by CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE. PROCEEDS from ticket sales will fund SCHOLARSHIPS for THEATRE STUDENTS at CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY. January ...

Videos


An Evening with Kai Bird in Cleveland An Evening with Kai Bird
Severance Music Center (5/15 - 5/15)
The Magic Lens: A Photographic Journey by Chuck Stewart in Cleveland The Magic Lens: A Photographic Journey by Chuck Stewart
Severance Music Center (4/11 - 5/26)
Beautiful, the Carole King Musical in Cleveland Beautiful, the Carole King Musical
Beck Center for the Arts (7/12 - 8/11)
9 to 5 The Musical in Cleveland 9 to 5 The Musical
Lorain Community Music Theater (7/25 - 7/28)
Here on The Flight Plath in Cleveland Here on The Flight Plath
The Youngstown Playhouse (5/10 - 5/19)
Annie in Cleveland Annie
Cassidy Theatre (12/6 - 12/22)
Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony in Cleveland Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
Blossom Music Center (8/17 - 8/17)
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