The production claims a sterling Tevye (George Roth), earth-mother Golde (Tracee Patterson) and winning supporting cast that invigorate the world of Sholom Aleichem and the village of Anatev…
The Cleveland dance company's concert Thursday provided an overview of what founder and executive/artistic director Bill Wade has accomplished in 12 seasons.
What often keeps the evening on fascinating track is the melding of vocal and instrumental music with visual images projected behind the piano.
Among the highlights are a concert reading of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1981 musical, "Merrily We Roll Along," three new multimedia concerts and three new cabarets.
The company, which is in its 35th season at the College of Wooster's Freedlander Theatre, continues to expand its artistic horizons by taking up beloved and neglected fare, some of which can…
Loneliness, fear, infatuation and identity are but a few of the topics explored in four works performed by their choreographers.
The Cleveland company will present Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.
The Cleveland School District presents the 14th annual All-City Musical, a production of Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida," next week at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.
The program was a cavalcade of dance hors d'oeuvres featuring eight works -- most by artistic director Sarah Morrison, one by Maree ReMalia, several in collaboration with company members -- …
Since opening its doors in 1953, Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio has reached 7 million youngsters, including many in schools that otherwise would have little or no contact with the arts.
Lucky Plush Productions is attracting attention well beyond the Windy City. The company makes its Cleveland debut this week at the Allen Theatre in "The Better Half," a one-act wor…
Justin Stentz performs in every piece, a testament to his stamina and artistic director Bill Wade's tribute to the dancer, who'll leave the Cleveland company after this week to continue stud…
The report, "Your Investment. Strengthening Community," shows that the agency received a total of nearly $16.9 million in 2012 from the cigarette tax, compared with nearly $17.3 mi…
The program, "Verb Goes Electric with Cleveland Chamber Symphony," opens CPT's DanceWorks '13.
Prizes of $10,000 each will go to two emerging artists, two mid-career artists and one winner for lifetime achievement.
James Levine, returning as the Met's music director after an extended absence due to health issues, will conduct Verdi's "Falstaff" and Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte."
Opera lovers around the world next week will experience the periodic glories of""Francesca" -- possibly for the first time -- when it is telecast as part of the series "T…
There was even a bonus: the artistic director traveled with his dancers and stayed afterward to answer questions from the audience in typically zany and tart fashion.
The staging and spare sets deftly convey the opera's special balance between sacred simplicity and revolutionary squalor.
Those in the audience who had never seen "Barber" -- or any opera -- must have left the theater eager to explore the art form.
For its first program of 2013, GroundWorks explores many facets of its adventurous art at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts, offering two world premieres and the revival of a recent w…
As directed by Martin Friedman, the production pierces the heart of the subject and draws the audience deeply into the journey of a mother suffering from bipolar disorder.
The new Met production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" is telecast Saturday, Feb. 16 in movie theaters as part of the "The Met: Live in HD" series.
Weare's "Inamorata" will have its premiere next week at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts on a program with a new work by GroundWorks DanceTheater artistic director David Sh…
The work is a phantasmagoric and often elusive blend of theater of the absurd, dream play and guided tour.