In Edward Albee's aggressively weird premise, Jerry bends Peter's ear, insisting that he listen to his grotesquely fascinating, car-wreck stories about his loathsome, lecherous landlad…
AKRON, Ohio " On Nov. 3, the hit musical "The Producers" is supposed to open at the University of Akron's EJ Thomas Hall, kicking off its popular Broadway series. That's what the o…
Edward Albee's celebrated classic "The Zoo Story" and Rome Neal's celebrated retelling of a classic, "Julius Caesar Set in Africa," open this week in Cleveland.
"Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," a charmer of a production with a clever, updated book by Douglas Carter Beane ("The Little Dog Laughed"), blows the dust off the ori…
At 21, Kyle Jean-Baptiste will also be the youngest actor to play Victor Hugo's hero on Broadway and in any of producer Cameron Mackintosh's U.S. versions of the mega-hit musical.
In 2004, Arthur Miller wrote: "Memory after almost sixty years is not to be relied on but there are a few events, faces, meetings, partings that do cling to the brain unaltered. One of …
Tuesday, July 21-Sunday, Aug. 2, KeyBank Broadway Series, Connor Palace: "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by…
Cleveland Public Theatre's 2015-16 lineup features one of the hottest regional theater titles of the season: "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play."
On Saturday at the Cleveland Public Library, the 2015 Regional Tony " presented to Cleveland Play House managing director Kevin Moore and artistic director Laura Kepley at the 69th Annual To…
In the explosive "American Idiot" at the Beck Center for the Arts, director Scott Spence harnesses the vitality of his young cast and keeps the show moving like a Greyhound with a …
Thursday, July 16-Sunday, Aug. 2, Mamaà Theatre Company: "A Streetcar Named Desire," by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mitchell Fields. "STELLAAAAAAAAA!" Per…
"This grant celebrates Cleveland Play House's contributions to the community during its first 100 years and helps set the stage for its success in the next 100," said Gund Foundati…
In Liz Duffy Adams' "The Train Play" at Convergence-Continuum, a locomotive hurtles toward the end of time carrying just the collection of erudite oddballs you'd expect in an absur…
A visceral, generational connection to Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Green Day is what director Scott Spence is counting on to bring decidedly younger crowds to "American Idiot."
Green Day, Lerner and Loewe and "Fun Home's" Jeanine Tesori bring beautiful music to area stages this week.
Like celluloid Everyman Jimmy Stewart, Cleveland's Charles Kartali had the ability to tap into a universal humanity no matter what character he played.
Catch "The Train Play" at Convergence Continuum (think Hitchcock meets Hawking) and an encore presentation of Theater Ninjas' "TingleTangle" (think Weimar cabaret meets &…
CLEVELAND, Ohio " Before we get to the arty, heady stuff tackled by speakers at the Theatre Communications Group conference in Playhouse Square Friday morning " Aristotle, Thornton Wilder, w…
This week, the National New Play Network (NNPN) announced that that CPT would share in an $8,000 grant to develop the world-premiere play "The Ghosts of Lote Bravo" by Hilary Betti…
Catch Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience" in Cleveland Heights!
Monday, June 15, Karamu Theatre: A staged reading of "Home," by Samm-Art Williams, directed by Dale Ricardo Shields. Presented in conjunction with Project1Voice, this Tony Award-no…
One of the reasons TCG chose Cleveland as the spot for its 25th annual convention is in the very bricks and mortar of Playhouse Square itself.
We help Karamu House celebrate its first century with some of our favorite moments from the past 100 years.
Before Caitlyn Jenner broke the Internet, Cleveland 's Christine Howey, born Dick Howey, began living openly as a woman in her hometown. The pioneer tells her story in "Exact Change,&qu…
Yeah, but how do the dinosaurs feel about their de-extinction? Find out this weekend in "Triassic Parq."