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670 stories by "Andrea Simakis"

'Five Guys Named Moe' step out of the jukebox and into the 21st century in the new Cleveland Play House production by Andrea Simakis

That reinvention of "Five Guys Named Moe" started with an audacious concept: What if the five guys were a boy band like 'N Sync or New Edition?

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:13am on January 23, 2015[SHARE]

Morning fire at Connor Palace in Playhouse Square; no injuries or extensive damage reported by Andrea Simakis

Fire reported in a basement break room at Connor Palace at Playhouse Square this morning.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:41am on January 22, 2015[SHARE]

On the Boards: Here's what's opening in Cleveland the week of Jan. 19 by Andrea Simakis

Opening this weekend: "Slowgirl" at Dobama Theatre and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at Karamu Theatre.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 2:00pm on January 19, 2015[SHARE]

On the Boards: What's opening in Cleveland the week of Jan. 12 by Andrea Simakis

Get "STOMP"ed at Playhouse Square and go on a "Neverending" journey at Ensemble Theatre this weekend.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 2:00pm on January 14, 2015[SHARE]

Cleveland Public Theatre's 2015 Big Box series ranges from wacky etiquette advice to a dive bar blessed by the goddess of love by Andrea Simakis

Joining the actors, dancers, singers and poets taking over CPT's James Levin Theatre for Big Box '15 is a very special guest: one Ms. Penny Bingo, star of "(Style Is) the Answer to Ever…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:44am on January 9, 2015[SHARE]

Bad wigs, fake fire and color-blind casting headline our theatrical naughty/nice list: Entertainment Year in Review 2014 by Andrea Simakis

Artful roadkill, a step-by-step homage to one of the greatest musicals of all time and the most creative use of an umbrella we've ever seen made 2014 a year to remember.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:17pm on December 23, 2014[SHARE]

'Carrie,' 'Porgy and Bess,' 'Les Miz' top the year in theater: Entertainment Year in Review 2014 by Andrea Simakis

A glam rock general, a demon lover, telemarketing superheros and one terrible prom date made the Top 10 theater offerings pop in 2014.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00pm on December 23, 2014[SHARE]

A top-notch cast brings spirit, inspiration and joy to Karamu Theatre's 'Leap of Faith' (Review) by Andrea Simakis

In the intimate confines of the Jelliffe Theatre and led by the electrifying Robert E. Hunter as snake-oil-slick evangelist Jonas Nightingale, "Leap of Faith" delivers the raucous …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:58am on December 15, 2014[SHARE]

Darkness and light, life and death, battle for the souls of those inhabiting Cleveland Public Theatre's riveting 'American Falls' by Andrea Simakis

Johnson's debut play "American Falls" is like electro-shock therapy -- it clears your brain of anything that has come before it.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 2:00pm on December 9, 2014[SHARE]

Dobama's 'A Civil War Christmas' is a technical marvel bogged down by too many forgettable characters by Andrea Simakis

Dobama's "Civil War Christmas" is a technical marvel, a gorgeous looking, finely tuned show where entrances and exits are choreographed with balletic precision. . . So it's a pity …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:30am on December 9, 2014[SHARE]

BW grads Caitlin Houlahan and Chris McCarrell ready for their close-ups in NBC's 'Peter Pan Live!' by Andrea Simakis

"As soon as he opens his mouth, the room goes quiet to listen. And it's not because he's famous -- he's just the most interesting human ever." -- BW grad Chris McCarrell, speaking …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:00am on December 4, 2014[SHARE]

'Irving Berlin's White Christmas' at Playhouse Square takes its time to rev up the holiday cheer (review) by Andrea Simakis

The oddly chemistry-free production is as comfortably bland and forgettable as the socks your Aunt Clara sends you every year at Christmas.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 4:11pm on December 3, 2014[SHARE]

Playhouse Square gets $10 million gift for its 'Advancing the Legacy' capital campaign by Andrea Simakis

The donation, said Art Falco, Playhouse Square's president and CEO, is also the largest one-time gift that the downtown arts complex has ever received.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:00am on December 2, 2014[SHARE]

More Ralphie! A bonus performance of 'A Christmas Story' scheduled due to audience demand by Andrea Simakis

Cleveland Play House offers patrons an early holiday gift: an additional performance of "A Christmas Story" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:28am on December 1, 2014[SHARE]

A by-the-numbers peek inside Dobama Theatre's 15-actor, 64-scene holiday musical, 'A Civil War Christmas' by Andrea Simakis

Armed with a series of Excel spreadsheets, director Nathan Motta keeps track of 15 actors playing 60 roles, including Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln; Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a freed slave an…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:00am on November 26, 2014[SHARE]

'A Christmas Story,' 'The SantaLand Diaries,' 'Mary Poppins' and more onstage: Holiday Entertainment Guide 2014 by Andrea Simakis

For nostalgia junkies, there are tried-and-true favorites -- "A Christmas Carol" and "A Christmas Story" -- as well as new family-friendly offerings from Broadway such as…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 8:00am on November 26, 2014[SHARE]

Step by glorious step: Tony winner Donna McKechnie brings the moves and memories of "A Chorus Line" to Baldwin Wallace University by Andrea Simakis

"She walked in here in her Ugg boots, looking fabulous," says BW student Julia Hines of her mentor Donna McKechnie. "She'd just gotten back from Italy and she got up and the s…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:02am on November 19, 2014[SHARE]

To be or not to be faithful to a classic: This month's challenge for three Cleveland directors (review) by Andrea Simakis

The Cleveland theater scene is awash in classics of late, with three beloved or, at the very least, venerated, productions on the boards: "The Three Sisters," "A Chorus Line&q…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:02am on November 19, 2014[SHARE]

Up-and-coming leading man Kyle Carthens grabs for the glitz in Ensemble Theatre's 'Great Gatsby' by Andrea Simakis

Soon enough, Kyle Carthens will start to remind you of a young Will Smith back in the day, when the star was leaner and hungrier, before he'd bulked up and gorged on fame. They share an effo…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:00am on November 14, 2014[SHARE]

Derdriu Ring and Bernadette Clemens wage a masterful battle against the dying of the light in Mamai's 'Woman and Scarecrow' by Andrea Simakis

Think of "Woman and Scarecrow" as Prilosec for the heartburn of more than a century's worth of romantic imagery featuring lovelies expiring before their time . . . with the excelle…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:00am on November 11, 2014[SHARE]

Extra, extra, read all about it! Single tickets to 'Newsies' still available at Playhouse Square by Andrea Simakis

In the "Seize Single Seats" promotion, a cheeky echo of the rousing song "Seize the Day" by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman from their Tony-winning score, people willing to …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 2:06pm on November 7, 2014[SHARE]

'Newsies' explodes with acrobatic choreography that makes this Tony-winner sing at Playhouse Square (review) by Andrea Simakis

The cast of gymnastic boy-men (and the occasional girl, hair tucked under her newsboy's cap) . . . are taut, whirling dervishes; a rainbow of buff Tasmanian devils in short pants and suspend…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 1:36pm on November 7, 2014[SHARE]

The Cleveland Foundation Day of Theater: win free tickets to holiday shows in Playhouse Square by Andrea Simakis

Beginning today, Cleveland theater buffs can enter their names in an online lottery at www.playhousesquare.org/giftlottery to win one of 2,300 free tickets to five separate holiday performan…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:37am on November 3, 2014[SHARE]

'How We Got On' at the Cleveland Play House; a hip-hop manual with sweet grooves but no grit (review) by Andrea Simakis

Set in The Hill, a predominantly white Midwestern suburb in 1988, "How We Got On" centers on three 15-year-old kids -- two black and one "part Latino" -- suburbanites arm…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:00am on October 31, 2014[SHARE]

Cast loses the way to the coal-black heart of 'The Norwegians' at Dobama Theatre (review) by Andrea Simakis

"The Norwegians" at Dobama Theatre has everything a lover of twisted Coen Brothers noir could ever want: hit men with funny accents; women scorned, hell-bent on revenge; and Texas …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:00am on October 27, 2014[SHARE]
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