William Taylor

BROOKLYN, THE MUSICAL, now being staged at Porthouse Theatre, on the grounds of Blossom Center, premiered on Broadway in October, 2004 and ran for 284 performances. Though the run wasn't long, and many of the reviews found the script 'trite and non-realistic,' it did accumulate a solid cult following.

Known for presenting rarely-done, diversely cast shows, Fabulist Theatre is back again this year with its own production of Once On This Island.

Cas Public from Montreal, Quebec, will perform Symphonie Dramatique at Overture Center Fri., Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. in Capitol Theater.

The final round of Overture's Rising Stars, The Finals, is open to the public and will be held in the historic Capitol Theater on Sat., Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m. with each of the advancing acts performing in front of a live audience and judges Barbara Bolan, Clyde Mayberry, DJ Pain 1, Jessica Lanius, Scott O'Donnel. Hosted by Tim Sauers, Overture's vice president of programming and community engagement, the ceremony will include a performance by Lost Lakes, featuring Overture's 2014 Rising Star winner Corey Mathew Hart and Paul Mitch. Tickets ($10-15) are available at overture.org, 608.258.4141, or at Overture's ticket office at 201 State Street.

The final round of Overture's Rising Stars, The Finals, is open to the public and will be held in the historic Capitol Theater on Sat., Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m. with each of the advancing acts performing in front of a live audience and judges Barbara Bolan, Clyde Mayberry, DJ Pain 1, Jessica Lanius, Scott O'Donnel.

The final round of Overture's Rising Stars, The Finals, is open to the public and will be held in the historic Capitol Theater on Sat., Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m. with each of the advancing acts performing in front of a live audience and judges Barbara Bolan, Clyde Mayberry, DJ Pain 1, Jessica Lanius, Scott O'Donnel.

Overture Center's Rising Stars, dedicated to discovering and elevating local talent, returns for a fourth year to showcase the wealth of talent in the community. Registration is free and open now at overture.org/risingstars.

J.B Priestley's DANGERUOUS CORNER is the season opener at 2nd Story Theater in Warren, and I have to say I was disappointed. Theater requires a 'willing suspension of disbelief,' to steal a phrase from William Taylor Coleridge, and this production did not facilitate that end. Trevor Elliot's set was fine, some truly beautiful art deco chairs stage left, very cool wall decorations, and a baby grand stage right. Ron Cesario's costumes-black tie for the men, elegant gowns for the women, also looked good on the actors.

SpeakEasy Stage Company will posthumously honor former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino for his sustained and generous support of the arts at its 2015 Spring Gala, to be held Tuesday, April 14 from 6-9 PM at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, One Avenue De Lafayette, in Boston.

CLEVELAND, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Author Sunny Lurie, Ph.D., acknowledges the importance of unemployment figures but asserts job unhappiness is the real culprit with nearly three of four workers dissatisfied. 'It's an impediment to the economy and social contentment...Gallup reports 70%+ of American workers are dissatisfied in their jobs, making unemployment figures pale when considering the numbers of us stuck and mismatched in the wrong job!'

Word Performances is a reading series of poetry, prose, fiction, memoir and comedy where words are the lead and music makes a cameo.

Word Performances is a reading series of poetry, prose, fiction, memoir and comedy where words are the lead and music makes a cameo.

Not even the Great White Way was immune to the wrath of Hurrican Sandy and her aftermath. Tony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis, who currently stars in ONCE, recently wrote about what returning to the stage was like from her perspective. Her full blog entry is as follows:

Agatha Christie classic is full of twists and turns, but verdict is mixed.