57 stories by "Laura Demarco, The Plain Dealer"
The Cleveland Heights theater will launch its new monthly $1 Family Film Series on Saturday and Sunday mornings with "The Wizard of Oz" in 3-D.
On Saturday, Sept. 24, the new marquee on the 1927-built Variety Theatre will be turned on.It's the first step in a planned $15-million restoration of the Variety, which featured everything …
"The Book of Mormon" is adding a new chapter for Cleveland. Due to popular demand, the national tour of the Broadway hit is returning to Cleveland.
The only site in Ohio for the nationwide tour of the "First Folio! The Book that Gave us Shakespeare" is the Cleveland Public Library.
"Making a Murderer" defense attorneys Dean Strang and Jerry Buting will visit Playhouse Square to talk about the Avery case, the documentary and the legal system.
"Matilda the Musical," which opened on Broadway in 2013, made its Cleveland debut this week. It is every bit as good as the rave New York reviews promised, capturing the whimsy and…
There's no better way to grow a love for the theater than to hook audiences early. The seventh annual International Children's Festival, May 7 and 8 at Playhouse Square, seeks to do just th…
A diverse group of artists has been awarded the 2016 Cleveland Arts Prize.
One of the best reviewed Broadway shows of recent years will open in Cleveland next week. "Matilda the Musical," based on the book by Roald Dahl, will be at Playhouse Square's Stat…
The curtain is rising again on the 1927 built Variety Theatre on the west side, closed in the 1980s. Many other classic Cleveland theaters weren't so lucky. Here's a vintage Cleveland theate…
Cleveland's historic Variety Theatre moved one step closer to lighting up its west side neighborhood Monday. The restoration process has begun with the installation of a new marquee.
This Easter, Cleveland movie fans will have a rare opportunity to see Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic "The Ten Commandments" as it was meant to be seen - in its original VistaVision a…
Some shows become iconic due to their music. Others have unforgettable drama.
But there is only one show that has become a classic due to a man-eating plant: "Little Shop of Horrors,&qu…
"A Christmas Story" has become A Cleveland Story. Nowhere is the 1983 holiday film more celebrated than Cleveland, where much of the movie was filmed and which is home to the A Ch…
The leg lamp. The pink bunny jammies. The Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot action air rifle. "A Christmas Story" is about all of these. But it's really about much…
With new music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, "The Wizard of Oz" national touring is show is spectacular in all senses of the word. It's at Playhouse Square this we…
Billy Nainiger has created "A Christmas Art Show," a collection of works inspired by the classic 1983 film partly made in Cleveland. The solo show will open at E11even 2 inside 78t…
In the spirit of Halloween, Playhouse Square will host Playhouse Scare Thursday, with seances and a pub crawl.
Parade the Circle brings in artists from around the world: Brazil, Puerto Rico, New York, Trinidad and Tobago ... But some of the most creative artists participating can be found right here …
Long, long ago, before Queen Elsa and Princess Anna brought girl power to Arendelle in "Frozen," another Disney princess proved her mettle. Disney's 1991 "Beauty and the Beas…
There's much more to "Mary Poppins" than a flying umbrella. The 2004 Julian Fellowes adaptation of the musical is now playing at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, bringing …
I have seen the movie "A Christmas Story" almost as many times as TBS has played the beloved holiday classic about a boy, his air rifle and holidays with the Parker family. But unt…
All Ralphie wanted for Christmas was an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle! Nothing else would do.
In honor of their production of "A Christmas Story,…
"A Christmas Story" is a modern classic " set in the past. It's a 1983 film set in 1939 that continues to find more and more fans every year.
The tale of young Ralphie's dream …
An eclectic group of artists has been awarded the 2014 Cleveland Arts Prize, the organization announced Friday. They include theater directors, designers, filmmakers, visual artists, arts ad…
