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Friend and designer Lex Liang dropped by (in between putting the finishing touches on the Tony Award gala at The Plaza) to snap a few pics of Kepley getting all glammed up before she hits th…
America's first regional theater has much to celebrate this year: its centennial season and the 2015 regional Tony Award.
"Cleveland Play House was founded in 1915 and through those 100 years we have never missed a season, not during the Great Depression or World War II." -- Artistic director Laura Ke…
And, In case you're wondering, CPH managing diector Kevin Moore will be in tux by Jos. A. Bank and flying the CPH colors with an orange tie from Nordstrom.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Let us give thanks, brothers and sisters of the Church of High Kicks, for the glorious three-way we are about to witness at the 69th annual Tony Awards. I'm not talking ab…
Glamour is hard work, darling. So CPH's Laura Kepley did the sensible thing and called friend and New York-based designer Lex Liang to help her get ready for Sunday's Tony Awards.
In adapting Johanna's remarkable tale of recovery and courage for the stage, Rivas said he worked hardest to channel his heroine's authentic voice, and he's done a gorgeous job of it.
'Three Sisters,' one 'Wiz' and a 'Young Man from Atlanta' play in Cleveland this week.
One world-premiere and two classics ease on down the road to Cleveland's stages this week.
"Johanna: Facing Forward," the story of the girl who refused to be defined by her scars, jumps from page to stage.
Catch two magical, metaphysical romps this weekend: CPT's "Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea" and Theater Ninja's "The Turing Machine"
CLEVELAND, Ohio " What better way for artistic director Scott Spence to kick off his 25th season at the Beck Center for the Arts than to land a musical by one of the hottest composers in the…
The most amazing thing about Rajiv Joseph's "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" isn't that the man-eater of the title is actually a scowling, bearded man who speaks directly to the a…
That wacky redhead comes to Playhouse Square this weekend in "I Love Lucy Live."
"Peace. Love. Respect for all" " so goes the slogan for Fairfield Elementary. Classes are racially diverse, parents are "engaged," as newly appointed Principal Angela Wad…
Fans of "South Park" will find much to snicker at in "Fairfield." Like Trey Parker and Matt Stone, playwright Eric Coble takes a machete to all sacred cows.
"Fun Home" has earned 12 Tony nods in all, including a nomination for Best Musical, tying the sumptuous "An American in Paris" for the most this year.
"The Neighbor's Grief Is Greener" and "In a Word" are at Cleveland Public Theatre this weekend.
Both art installation and thrill ride, Julie Taymor's production of "Grounded" feels like being in the cockpit of a jet, G-forces tugging at your body.
A look back at some of the productions staged at Tony Award-winning Cleveland Play House.
The Tony Awards Administrative Committee announced Friday that the Cleveland Play House is the winner of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" at Ensemble Theatre and "Superior Donuts" at Dobama Theatre open in Cleveland this week.
Based on painstaking research involving great personal sacrifice and a strong liver, here are the booze-filled contenders for Best Specialty Cocktail, 2015. Will "Hook's Right Hook"…
A little more than six months into her role as Christine Daaé in Broadway's "The Phantom of the Opera," Aurora's Kaley Ann Voorhees is making adjustments and thinking on her feet …
In "Wolf Hall," the brilliant adaptation by Mike Poulton -- the distillation of Hilary Mantel's 1,008 pages of lust, vengeance and intrigue in King Henry VIII's court -- each part …