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670 stories by "Andrea Simakis"

Playwright Paula Vogel aimed to write a reverse 'Lolita' with 'How I Learned to Drive,' now at the Cleveland Play House (preview) by Andrea Simakis

Despite its unsettling taboo themes, the play, which won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1998, has the gentle humor of a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 5:30pm on March 10, 2017[SHARE]

Dobama Theatre's 'The Flick' deftly explores the tricky ties between movies and real lives in an American backwater (review) by Andrea Simakis

Funny, moving and unfailingly wise, "The Flick" is one of the most humane pieces of theater on the current American stage.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 1:10pm on March 8, 2017[SHARE]

Sara Bareilles gives impromptu performance of 'She Used to Be Mine' from Broadway's 'Waitress' in Cleveland (video) by Andrea Simakis

Star stuns crowd gathered the Playhouse Square's State Theatre for 2017-18 KeyBank Broadway Series launch.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 8:00am on March 3, 2017[SHARE]

Cleveland Public Theatre's "Barbecue" is a ferociously funny send-up of addiction, Hollywood and race (review) by Andrea Simakis

With "Barbecue," playwright Robert O'Hara cements himself as one of the most potent, sophisticated and fearless satirists writing today.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 5:54pm on March 2, 2017[SHARE]

2017-18 KeyBank Broadway Series brings Tony-winners 'Hamilton' and 'Aladdin' to Playhouse Square by Andrea Simakis

Also on tap: 'Waitress,' 'Rent' and 'Love Never Dies,' a sequel to 'Phantom.'

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 9:09pm on February 28, 2017[SHARE]

Great Lakes Theater's pokey 'Wait Until Dark' keeps the audience waiting for the plot to show up (review) by Andrea Simakis

'Wait Until Dark' pits its bind heroine against a trio of very bad men.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 7:30am on February 23, 2017[SHARE]

Mean girl breaks good, flies high in Beck Center's 'Bring It On,' the 2012 Lin-Manuel Miranda musical (review) by Andrea Simakis

'Bring It On: The Musical' features the music and lyrics of "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 5:30pm on February 20, 2017[SHARE]

Cleveland Play House 2017-18 season targets the topical, from 'Anne Frank' to the racial ring contest 'The Royale' (photos) by Andrea Simakis

'Shakespeare in Love,' adapted for the stage, kicks off the theater's 102nd season.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 5:00am on February 19, 2017[SHARE]

Cleveland's Musical Theater Project wins a Grammy for tribute to 1921 African-American musical 'Shuffle Along' by Andrea Simakis

The 2016 release 'Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along' wins Grammy gold for best liner notes.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 7:00am on February 15, 2017[SHARE]

Cuyahoga Arts and Culture weighing changes on how shrinking pool of tax money will go to local organizations by Andrea Simakis

Impassioned debate continues over proposed changes to arts funding in Cuyahoga County

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 2:23pm on February 14, 2017[SHARE]

Lush, Tony-winning revival of 'The King and I' reigns in Playhouse Square's Connor Palace (photos, video) by Andrea Simakis

Rousing. Exquisitely crafted. Extraordinarily beautiful.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 7:00am on February 11, 2017[SHARE]

Russo Brothers join Cleveland team planning immersive theater production based on Eliot Ness and Torso Murders by Andrea Simakis

"Shadow of the Run" brings audiences face-to-face with famed Cleveland police chief Eliot Ness as he searches for the grisly Torso Killer.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 7:30am on February 9, 2017[SHARE]

Great Lakes Theater's 2017-18 season to feature 'Misery,' 'Macbeth' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Andrea Simakis

Also on tap in 2017-18 -- "Beehive: The '60s Musical," a celebration of the women whose voices helped define a decade.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 6:00am on February 5, 2017[SHARE]

Cleveland Play House's 'Baskerville' is a frothy sendup of Sherlock Holmes - and theater itself (review) by Andrea Simakis

Ken Ludwig's madcap adaption of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" features five actors in nearly 40 roles.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 8:00am on February 2, 2017[SHARE]

Cleveland Public Theatre's Raymond Bobgan honored as top arts leader by Ohio Arts Council by Andrea Simakis

Raymond Bobgan to receive a 2017 Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:25pm on January 23, 2017[SHARE]

BW's Chris McCarrell to ride the lightning as Percy Jackson off-Broadway this spring (video) by Andrea Simakis

Baldwin Wallace University alum to star in "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical."

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:23pm on January 13, 2017[SHARE]

'Into the Woods' at Playhouse Square is a gorgeously realized parable about dreams and desires (review) by Andrea Simakis

Get lost in Fiasco Theater's "Woods."

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:19am on January 13, 2017[SHARE]

Former Karamu artistic director Terrence Spivey to lead theater program at Euclid's Shore Cultural Centre by Andrea Simakis

Terrence Spivey, former artistic director of Karamu Theatre, lands on his feet in Euclid.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 3:05pm on January 11, 2017[SHARE]

Spare, imaginative revival of Stephen Sondheim's 'Into the Woods' on its way into Playhouse Square by Andrea Simakis

'Into the Woods': Fiasco Theater brings the rough magic of its 'joyful production' to Cleveland

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 8:30am on January 6, 2017[SHARE]

Arts Year in Review 2016: 'All the Way,' 'My Fair Lady, 'An Octoroon' among top 10 shows on Cleveland's stages by Andrea Simakis

Top 10 theater picks of 2016

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 8:00am on December 29, 2016[SHARE]

Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Orchestra and 10 other area nonprofits awarded 2017 NEA grants by Andrea Simakis

The National Endowment for the Arts awards Cleveland-area nonprofits $370,000 in grants

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 2:47pm on December 15, 2016[SHARE]

'Peter and the Starcatcher' returns to Dobama Theatre for one more trip to Neverland (photos, video) by Andrea Simakis

In Dobama Theatre's 'Peter and the Starcatcher,' 13 actors play more then 100 roles in this prequel to 'Peter Pan.'

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00pm on December 1, 2016[SHARE]

Playwright Tony Kushner, public radio's Sarah Vowell to talk Abraham Lincoln at CWRU (photos) by Andrea Simakis

Tony Kushner and Sarah Vowell are coming to town, a pairing that is the modern equivalent of Eugene O'Neill and Mark Twain embarking on a national speaking tour and gamely agreeing to open t…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 8:00am on November 23, 2016[SHARE]

Onstage at Baldwin Wallace University, 'West Side Story' finds new relevance with a message of tolerance (photos) by Andrea Simakis

Thanks to one of the most acrimonious elections in memory, 'West Side Story' doesn't seem so dated anymore. Suddenly, it has something to say to us again.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 4:37pm on November 17, 2016[SHARE]

Last chance to see Broadway-bound student actor Colton Ryan in Baldwin Wallace University's 'West Side Story' by Andrea Simakis

Colton Ryan, a BW senior music theater major, has been cast as the main off-stage cover for Ben Platt, the 23-year-old 'Pitch Perfect' star headlining Broadway's 'Dear Evan Hansen.'

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 1:00pm on November 15, 2016[SHARE]
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