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'A Gent's Guide,' 'The Crucible' and 'The Secret Garden' among the top productions of 2015
A Play House legend, Gould is remembered by managing director Kevin Moore as "a kind and generous soul."
Despite the cheekiness of its vulva-shaped set, "Feefer Rising" is, for the most part, grindingly earnest, which makes it about as fun as a pelvic exam.
Sleigh bells are ringing -- and crooners are singing -- at Cleveland's area theaters.
Sold as an original Christmas musical with an eye on a New York run, "Kris Kringle" has Broadway aspirations with "Waiting for Guffman" execution.
In Dobama's "Peter and the Starcatcher," 13 actors perform more than 100 roles, jumping in and out of well-honed dialects and characters with a light-footed nimbleness and somethin…
Cirque Du Soleil is coming to Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center April 27 for seven performances only.
When you buy a ticket to "Peter and the Starcatcher," the endlessly inventive prequel to Peter Pan opening at Dobama Theatre on Friday, Dec. 4, you'll want to make sure that along …
Executive artistic director Raymond Bobgan sent participating artists an email last week telling them the series, originally slated to run for four weeks this spring, wouldn't go on as plann…
"The Wizard of Oz" and seven other shows open this week as Cleveland gears up to celebrate the holidays with a whirlwind of offerings onstage.
Bill Berloni's dogs have co-starred with the likes of Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience," played sidekick to Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde" and chased t…
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Among the theatrical chestnuts raining down on the calendar this holiday season is something new - "Kris Kringle," a musical making its pre-Broadway debut in the …
At some of Northeast Ohio's professional theaters, the holidays enter with all the traditional trimmings: the "Christmas Story" leg lamp, Tiny Tim's crutch. But "holiday show&…
"Kent State had broken a world record; it was the first 'Mountaintop' production to make King white," playwright Katori Hall wrote in her essay posted on the website TheRoot.com.
Sam Shepard's "Ages of the Moon" opens at Ensemble Theatre Friday.
Tanya Barfield is a smart, funny playwright with a gift for spinning current, global events into the stuff of living-room drama. And in "The Call," she doesn't let anyone - white o…
The score of "A Gent's Guide" by Robert L Freedman and Steven Lutvak is terrifically clever, its lyrics fast and fun, written by people who love the dexterity of language.
Theater Ninjas' mesmerizing production of 'Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys' by Cleveland native Caroline V. McGraw marks the first professional debut of her work in her hometown. The marriage o…
That the sort of polarizing discussion at the center of "Mothers and Sons" already feels passe is good news for the culture wars, if not such great news for the stage.
"Kinky Boots" will return to Playhouse Square's Connor Palace for a six-day run beginning Tuesday, Aug. 23.
A charming serial killer ("A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder") and a series of chillers ("Bash: Latterday Plays") headline this week's theater openings.
New York City playwright (and graduate of the Playwriting MFA program at the Yale School of Drama) comes home with "Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys" in a Theater Ninja's production th…
"You put the ideas out there, and he gets very excited - he has a kind of childlike enthusiasm - and that legendary status totally disappears. He's just a fun guy to work with." --…
"I have great, important and dear feelings for the city. It gave me my career." -- Joel Grey
With so many things to see and do, we've put together a handy highlight guide to help you navigate the fun.
