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Review: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at A Noise Within
by Evan Henerson - Sep 12, 2025

Staged with take-no-prisoners verve by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott, Richard Bean’s romp of a play is a joyride through a 60s England in which would-be actors ham it up gleefully, blondes are dizzy, would-be lovers are temporarily thwarted, and positively everybody is ready to cut loose to the strains of a Beatles-inspired skiffle band.

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS to Open A Noise Within 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 16, 2025

Launching A Noise Within’s “Songs from the Volcano” 2025-36 season, One Man, Two Guvnors is British playwright Richard Bean’s hilarious, Tony Award-winning adaptation of Goldoni’s classic 1783 farce, The Servant of Two Masters. Learn more!

STRIFE by John Galsworthy to be Presented at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2025

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present a new production of Strife by Nobel Prize-winning writer and social activist John Galsworthy. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Theatricum to Open Summer Season with Shakespeare's MUCH ADO and MIDSUMMER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2025

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present two beloved comedies by William Shakespeare to open the company’s “2025 Season of Resilience.” Learn how to attend!

Photos: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Great Lakes Theater
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 24, 2024

Great Lakes Theater is presenting its 36th production of Charles Dickens’ timeless tale, A Christmas Carol, running through December 22, 2024. Check out production photos here!

Great Lakes Theater To Present A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 4, 2024

Great Lakes Theater has announced the return of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a beloved holiday tradition in Northeast Ohio, running from November 29 to December 22, 2024, at the Mimi Ohio Theatre.

Photos: Molière Adaptation TARTUFFE: BORN AGAIN Now Open At Theatricum Botanicum
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 23, 2024

“Tartuffe: Born Again,” a hilarious satire about greed, corruption and hypocrisy, has joined the summer repertory season at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum’s unique outdoor venue. Check out photos of the production below..

Review: TARTUFFE: BORN AGAIN at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
by Amanda Callas - Jul 18, 2024

Tartuffe: Born Again is an imaginative, hilarious, delightful adaptation of the classic Molière play running at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum through October 13th. Tartuffe: Born Again is an absolute gem, a sheer, show-stopping delight, and you do not want to miss it.

Review: WENDY'S PETER PAN at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
by Harker Jones - Jun 26, 2024

While WENDY’S PETER PAN would be better served by trimming the fat, focusing on more sharpened performances, and allowing its performers room to breathe, children, despite its evening start time, will likely appreciate the show more than adults who will take notice of its distracting bumps and peculiarities.

TARTUFFE: BORN AGAIN Comes to Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2024

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present a hilarious satire about greed, corruption and hypocrisy. In Tartuffe:Born Again, translator and adaptor Freyda Thomas puts a contemporary spin on the original French play, recasting Molière’s Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who takes advantage of his naïve and gullible host to rook him and his family of their money.

WENDY'S PETER PAN Comes to Theatricum in June
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum has transformed its uniquely beautiful outdoor amphitheater into the imaginary isle of Neverland for a magical production of Wendy’s Peter Pan. Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer directs her “retelling” of the 1904 play by J.M. Barrie, with performances running June 22 through October 4. 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Comes to Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square This Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2023

The stage of the Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater (GLT) presents its 35th production of Charles Dickens’ timeless tale, A Christmas Carol, running November 24 – December 23, 2023. 

Review: DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater
by Roy Berko - Oct 23, 2023

What did our critic think of DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater? The cast worked hard, the stagehands did their part with great enthusiasm, but all in all DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH just didn’t live up to expectations. 

Photos: First Look at Great Lakes Theatre's DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 22, 2023

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) continues its 62nd season with the bloody good romp, Dracula: The Bloody Truth, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square from October 20 – November 5, 2023. Check out the photo from the production here!

DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH Comes to Great Lakes Theater in October
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2023

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) continues its 62nd season with the bloody good romp, Dracula: The Bloody Truth, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square from October 20 – November 5, 2023.  Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Photos: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's AS YOU LIKE IT
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 26, 2023

Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, continues its 61st season with Shakespeare’s, As You Like It, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, running through April 8, 2023. Check out photos from the production below!

Great Lakes Theater And Ideastream Partner On Radio Adaptation Of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 9, 2020

Great Lakes Theater (GLT), in partnership with ideastream presents a radio adaptation of A Christmas Carol on December 22nd at 8:00 PM on WCLV 104.9 ideastream and December 23rd at 9:00 PM on 90.3 WCPN ideastream. 

BWW Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Program
by Roy Berko - Nov 22, 2020

In 2012, when Baldwin Wallace's number one nationally ranked musical theater program, in conjunction with Beck Center for the Arts, produced SPRING AWAKENING, my capsule judgement read: 'SPRING AWAKENING is an emotionally stirring, relevant, and well-staged production.'

Cleveland's Classic Company Announces GHOST LIGHT �" A VIRTUAL CABARET FUNDRAISER
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 23, 2020

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) will present Ghost Light a?" A Virtual Cabaret Fundraiser on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:30 PM.

'In My Life - Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles' Coming to the Duke Energy Center
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 24, 2020

In My Life - A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles is the nationally touring musical biography of the Beatles through the eyes of manager Brian Epstein, featuring the live music of renowned tribute band, Beatles For Sale. The show is widely considered by industry insiders to be the most unique Beatles show in decades. In My Life comes to the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, March 9 at 7:30 pm.