Rubinstein was 25, a year older than composer Stephen Schwartz, who penned the show's music and lyrics, when the curtain rose on "Pippin" at the Imperial Theatre in October of 1972.
In "Pippin," acrobats dangle from trapezes some 15 feet above the stage, shimmy up and down poles that disappear into the rafters and perform precarious balancing acts on everythin…
In Sterling and Becky, playwright Greg Pierce has delivered cocooned humans who peel back layer after layer as the play progresses, and Dobama's actors prove expert at the emotional striptea…
Cleveland Public Theatre's "Fire on the Water," Ensemble Theatre's "Thurgood" and Cleveland Play House's "Five Guys Named Moe" are coming to a stage near you th…
George Brant's "Grounded" opens at the Public Theater starring Anne Hathaway in April and Rajiv Joseph's "The Guards at the Taj" premieres at the Atlantic Theater Company…
Fodor's cited the theater's 100th anniversary in 2015, its 1,300 productions seen by more than 12 million people, and its historic move to Playhouse Square's Allen Theatre complex in 2011.
"In my opinion, Louis Jordan was the first rapper," B.B. King said of the legendary bandleader. "He just didn't use the four-letter words that are being used today."
The second of two programs this season celebrating Bach, Apollo's Fire's new "Family Frolic" program evokes the composer's home and milieu with degrees of vividness and theatricali…
That reinvention of "Five Guys Named Moe" started with an audacious concept: What if the five guys were a boy band like 'N Sync or New Edition?
Fire reported in a basement break room at Connor Palace at Playhouse Square this morning.
Opening this weekend: "Slowgirl" at Dobama Theatre and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at Karamu Theatre.
Get "STOMP"ed at Playhouse Square and go on a "Neverending" journey at Ensemble Theatre this weekend.
Joining the actors, dancers, singers and poets taking over CPT's James Levin Theatre for Big Box '15 is a very special guest: one Ms. Penny Bingo, star of "(Style Is) the Answer to Ever…
The Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" was not without its charm. But the choreography was oversimplified, some of the dancing was poor, and the use of local children often…
Cleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for Dec. 26-Jan. 1
Artful roadkill, a step-by-step homage to one of the greatest musicals of all time and the most creative use of an umbrella we've ever seen made 2014 a year to remember.
A glam rock general, a demon lover, telemarketing superheros and one terrible prom date made the Top 10 theater offerings pop in 2014.
In the intimate confines of the Jelliffe Theatre and led by the electrifying Robert E. Hunter as snake-oil-slick evangelist Jonas Nightingale, "Leap of Faith" delivers the raucous …
Opera Per Tutti, the young opera company known for its mission of "Opera for All," announced on Friday new ambitions and a new name: Cleveland Opera Theater.
The Cleveland Institute of Art is nearing completion of a six-year, $75 million expansion and renovation that will unify its operations in University Circle for the first time since 1976.
Johnson's debut play "American Falls" is like electro-shock therapy -- it clears your brain of anything that has come before it.
Dobama's "Civil War Christmas" is a technical marvel, a gorgeous looking, finely tuned show where entrances and exits are choreographed with balletic precision. . . So it's a pity …
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…
"As soon as he opens his mouth, the room goes quiet to listen. And it's not because he's famous -- he's just the most interesting human ever." -- BW grad Chris McCarrell, speaking …