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In staging Erich Korngold's rarely heard "Die Tote Stadt" ("The Dead City") this week at Playhouse Square, Opera Circle may be making its most ambitious effort yet.
In planning his group's "Summer Series," GroundWorks Dance Theatre founder David Shimotakahara drew more than the usual amount of inspiration from music.
Cleveland native Mary Bridget Davies, nominated for best lead actress in a musical for her searing portrayal of the late blues rocker in "A Night With Janis Joplin," and Estelle Pa…
Whether crooning "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," the song his father sang to his mother on their first date, or performing a soft shoe next to a buttery spotlight, a stand-in…
Despite my prurient personal bias, I'd wager a hefty bag of Krugerrands that Neil Patrick Harris, as "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Robinson, will deliver a knockout…
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will be back together again on Broadway in a revival of Terrence McNally's "It's Only a Play."
Beginning Wednesday, the movie house will join some 500 theaters nationwide to present what producers are calling a "stagecast" or a stage performance of "Driving Miss Daisy&q…
In director Donald Carrier's hands, "Seminar" has the pacing of an unputdownable read, the kind you don't mind losing sleep to finish. Credit is also due to playwright Theresa Rebe…
There is little wit or distinctive characterization in "Ancestra." We see women who make speeches, not real women with complicated emotional lives. A heavy-handed script and histri…
Maurice Hines on show biz etiquette: Like my mother used to say to us, "I want the audience to leave saying, 'I had a good time, baby!' You know why? Because they could be somewhere els…
"People are writing about how Reuben is now a legend -- Reuben was always a legend."
-- Joe Garry on his friend and mentor, Reuben Silver.
Local teenagers in The Singing Angels get to see the world. Emily Wang of Orange is going to Geneva, Switzerland this summer to perform before an international audience including members of…
One of six winners statewide, Cleveland's Dancing Wheels has earned a 2014 Governor's Award for the Arts for its tireless work in the area of arts education.
John Prine is in his prime.
Because Shepardson remains a key figure Cleveland, we are publishing a story in five parts about his life and suicide beginning online on Monday, May 19. As we lead into that series, we are …
David Gilbert, president and CEO of Positively Cleveland, expects the three-day theater conference will bring nearly $1 million in revenue to the region.
Featured on the 2014-15 season of DanceCleveland will be Pilobolus, the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Pilobolus, Compagnie Kafig, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and the "Restless Creature…
British writer Zadie Smith kicks off a spectacular line-up of authors in the 2014-2015 season of the William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage, the fundraising series for the Cuyahoga County …
A new and updated version of Laura Paglin's standout documentary "Facing Forward" is airing in Cleveland and on other PBS stations throughout the country in May.
This hypnotic, loving portrait offers a rare seat at the foot of the legendary theater and film director as he schools a cast of international performers.
Everything about "Grounded" " from the mesmerizing Hannah Cabell to the transporting language of George Brant's propulsive script and director Ken Rus Schmoll's confident, spartan …
We approach this story knowing that it will open a door on a subject many readers will think should remain closed. Suicide remains a powerful taboo in our culture, one that is difficult for …
Despite an aesthetic approach that veers toward kitsch and glitz, the new outdoor chandelier at Playhouse Square and other streetscape improvements work beautifully to frame Cleveland's thea…
Playhouse Square to honor Reuben Silver with a dimming of lights Saturday.
Reuben Silver, legendary artistic director, actor and educator, died early Thursday at the Hospice of the Western Reserve. He was 88 years old.
