57 stories by "Laura Demarco, The Plain Dealer"
More than 200 years after its publication, Jane Austen's witty and winsome novel of love and manners in Regency England is as relevant as the day she penned it.
How do you do "Macbeth" in 2018? How do you make it fresh and new?
Dorothy Silver, the grande dame of Cleveland theater, returns to the stage with a production of "Love Letters" just in time for Valentine's Day.
The show at the State Theatre at Playhouse Square is thoroughly enjoyable, if not comparable to the great "Phantom."
Smash Broadway musical "Wicked" revisits Oz, from the witches point of view.
"Wicked" is a show about perceptions. The smash Broadway musical revisits L. Frank Baum's wonderful world of Oz long before Dorothy's house crashed down, with a whole different poi…
More than 400 years after its debut, the Bard's comedy of mistaken identity and midsummer mayhem still brings the laughter.
Great Lakes season-opening production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a big, splashy Gothic romance with a show-stopping soundtrack.
"The All Night Strut," written and directed by Clevelander Fran Charnas, premiered at Pickle Bill's in the Flats in 1976. It then moved to pre-restoration Playhouse Square, followi…
Pandemonium is an apt name for one of the most theatrical parties of the year. In a very good way.
A new touring show of the classic has its debut at Playhouse Square this week.
Summer 2017 kicked off with perhaps the best show of the year at Playhouse Square.
Playhouse Square has received one of the largest gifts in its history, $10 million from KeyBank. In honor of the gift, the State Theatre will be renamed.
The most awarded new musical of 2015 will play Cleveland's Playhouse Square June 20 - July 9.
Cleveland's youngest company is back with a new production.
Ohio City is taking on an international accent this summer.
Cleveland's historic Variety Theatre is the recipient of a This Place Matters award from The National Trust for Historic Preservation.
It's not easy to walk in another person's shoes - especially on stage in front of a full theater. But that's the task in "Freaky Friday."
The fantastic new musical production of 'Freaky Friday' is at the Cleveland Play House for the next month.
Playhouse Square's Ohio Theatre will light up this weekend - in the dark. New Orleans' Lightwire Theater is bringing its Dino-Light show to the theater.
"Jacques Brel ..." was alive and well at Judson Manor in University Circle last weekend. This production of the classic 1960s musical about love, war and protest was both an introd…
"In a musical that is this beloved, there are certain images people need to see," says "The King and I" costume designer Catherine Zuber.
It's just not Christmas without the crabby green guy.
Cleveland State University is teaming up with Playhouse Square to present the inaugural Arts and Humanities Alive! - AHA! - Festival in June.
The touring Broadway show "Finding Neverland" is a story for the child in everyone.