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The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The Musical Theater Project will produce "Winsor! A Cleveland Cabaret," based on the life of legendary local media personality Winsor French, at 7 PM today, July 6 and Sunday, July 9 at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.

The Musical Theater Project will produce "Winsor! A Cleveland Cabaret," based on the life of legendary local media personality Winsor French, at 7 PM on Thursday, July 6 and Sunday, July 9 at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.

Beck Center for the Arts presents by popular demand Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS, tonight, December 4, 2015 through January 3, 2016 in the Mackey Theater.

Beck Center for the Arts presents by popular demand Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS, December 4, 2015 through January 3, 2016 in the Mackey Theater.

Below, we have video sent to us by an audience member of the curtain call following the Saturday matinee of LES MISERABLES. At the end, the show's current Jean Valjean, Ramin Karimloo spoke to the audience and paid tribute to the young star. 

The Broadway Dreams Foundation (BDF), in partnership with the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, returns to Philadelphia for a weeklong musical theater intensive, August 2-9, during which Philadelphia's most promising performers will receive unprecedented instruction from the industry's top directors, choreographers and professionals.  To conclude the weeklong intensive, BDF will present GENERATION, a unique Broadway-style revue featuring performances by Broadway veterans and emerging local talent.  

In her book, 'Dress Codes: of three girlhoods-my mother's, my father's and mine,' Noelle Howey writes, 'I have a dad who is a woman much like me, but with better legs. And when he was still male, I had a dad possibly like yours: sullen, sporadically hostile, frequently vacant. I had a dad who became a woman in order to be nice.' Noelle goes on to say, 'I have a family that survived a life in the closet . . . a traditional family . . . that would probably be the right wing's worst nightmare.'

Making its Playhouse Square debut this June is one of the first plays of its kind, Exact Change. Written and performed by noted Cleveland actor, poet, journalist and critic Christine Howey (formerly Dick Howey), Exact Change takes on a topic that deserves attention, but often goes unaddressed.

Making its Playhouse Square debut this June is one of the first plays of its kind, Exact Change. Written and performed by noted Cleveland actor, poet, journalist and critic Christine Howey (formerly Dick Howey), Exact Change takes on a topic that deserves attention, but often goes unaddressed.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present the Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre (BWMT) seniors in Baldwin Wallace at 54 Below on Saturday, April 11, 2015. These seniors, about to show their best for NYC's top agents and casting directors, are kicking off their showcase week with a performance at the historic 54 Below Supper Club. The evening will feature the twelve BW seniors, along with a few alumni who already hold Broadway credits to their names. Alumni include Steel Burkhardt (ALADDIN, HAIR), Chris McCarrell (LES MISERABLES, NBC's PETER PAN, LIVE!), and Shannon O'Boyle (ONCE).

It's your last week to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 26th. Voting closes at the end of the year, in under one week!

Time is ticking on your last chance to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 19th. Voting closes at the end of the year!

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Like retail stores, local theatres realize that they need a big December holiday season to make enough profits to sustain themselves for rest of the year.