Everything about the smart, joyful production of "Guys and Dolls" now at the Hanna Theatre works to pay homage to the Broadway original but adds the fizz of the new.
What better way for the Beck Center for the Arts to celebrate its 80th theater season than with a little pig's blood ("Carrie: The Musical") and chirpy orphans (an encore prodcutio…
In "Tender Napalm," bodies barely touch. When they do, it's not with enough violence. The relationship should feel like a head-on collision -- glass flying, head thrown back in a s…
The Ensemble production of "Iceman," directed by Ian Wolfgang Hinz and peopled entirely with local talent, most of whom aren't card-carrying members of the professional union Actor…
When you sit down with a chilly martini to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 9 -- what, doesn't everybody? -- be prepared to raise you glass and salute . . . Cleveland. More specifically…
Stepping into the Hanna Theatre costume shop these days feels a little like wandering into the best vintage shop on the block. There's a box of fedoras waiting to be steamed. Miss Adelaide's…
It's a testament to playwright Nicky Silver -- and the actors inhabiting his jaundiced creations -- that although none of the Lyons is even remotely likable, you still kinda like 'em anyway.…
Loosely based on blond, finger-wagging TV personality Suze Orman, Dee Hoty's Eve -- a former waitress dumped by her man when she was eight months pregnant -- is as terrifying as she is mesme…
Playwright Jordan Harrison, winner of the second annual Roe Green Award, will have a residency as part of the Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival. Joan Marcus It's …
When the adult Joey makes his entrance, we are reduced to a state of childlike wonder -- amazed by the beautiful, powerful animal that lives and breathes, right there in front of us on the s…
On Wednesday, the Cleveland Play House leadership announced that it was laying off four people, 10 percent of its full-time staff.
Pelvises move as though powered by a nuclear reactor, arms whirl with such speed it's impossible to tell where sleeves end and arms begin, and bare feet slap wood in percussive bursts. This …
One of the joy's of this sleek, good-looking production directed by Sharon Ott is that it is set in a post-World War I landscape, complete with flappers, Jazz Age masquerade parties and Beat…
Made from cane and fabric, with an aluminum frame along his spine to allow riders on his back, Joey, the 120-pound star of "War Horse," can move his tail and ears, the same way rea…
'Fela!' musical celebrates the father of Afrobeat.
Big night out at the bingo hall: From left, Margie (Kate Hodge), Jean (Elizabeth Rich), Dottie (Denny Dillon) and friends in "Good People." ROGER MASTROIANNI REVIEW Good…
The scoop is in! The Cleveland Play House has announced the two shows that will fill out its 2013-14 lineup, the bulk of which was announced last month. Kicking off the season is "Woody…
Brett Keyser and Tannis Kowalchuk skate through the dreamscape of an injured brain in "Struck," now onstage at Cleveland Public Theatre. Dana Duke REVIEW Struck What: Cl…
Andrew J. Pond as Phil Rosen in "Side Effects May Include..." playing through Sunday at Dobama Theatre. Photo courtesy of Wendy Kaplan REVIEW Side Effects May I…
The 2013-14 KeyBank Broadway Series boast two of the hottest, most lauded, musical romances to hit the Great White Way last season -- the low-fi smash "Once" and the must-see reviv…
Solid Gold Dancers for Christ hoof in "Sister Act" at the Palace Theatre in PlayhouseSquare. Joan Marcus REVIEW Sister Act What:The KeyBank Broadway Series presents the …
Chicklet (Sarah Maria Hess) channels her multiple personalities with the help of amateur surfing psychiatrist Star Cat (Troy Bruchwalski) as her pals watch in "Psycho Beach Party,"…
From left, Chris McCarrell (Gabe), Katherine DeBoer (Diana) and Scott Plate (Dan) in "Next to Normal," now onstage at the Beck Center for the Arts. Ben Meadors REVIEW Ne…
Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior eyes Deloris Van Cartier (Ta'Rea Campbell), her sister under the skin, in the national touring company production of "Sister Act." Euclid native Re…
Nathan Motta, Dobama's 5th artistic director in 54 years. Steve Wagner In its 54-year history, Dobama Theatre has had only four artistic directors. This month, Nathan Motta became…