the star of this sugarplum of a Cleveland Play House production is the set by Robert Mark Morgan, built to approximate the nimbleness of film, the medium that first introduced America to lit…
When "Wicked" opened on Oct. 30, 2003, it starred little-known actresses Idina Menzel, as emerald-skinned outcast Elphaba, and Kristin Chenoweth as the helium-voiced, popular and r…
Green is good. Or is green Wicked? That's the central question of the award-winning Broadway smash hit "Wicked," which opened at the State Theatre this week and runs through Sunday…
With his genial affect, slender silhouette and genuine delight at working a crowd, Tommy Tune is bottled joy. (He glows a little too, his skin lightly toasted from the South Beach sun where …
A ruling in federal bankruptcy court in Detroit on Tuesday moves the city closer toward selling artworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts, a step that could cripple one of America's greate…
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Bob Clark's 1983 cult holiday hit film, the Play House is telling an entirely new "Story," with a fresh cast, director and, most dramatically, a comple…
Laura Kepley, who has recently taken over as the ninth artistic director in the Play House's nearly 100 year history, is going to make Christmas shopping simple this year for her husband, th…
Tommy Tune will perform his cabaret act "Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales" for two nights only, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 4 and 5, at Nighttown. (Event organizers say the Dec. 4 show …
Cleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for Nov. 22-28
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture awarded nearly $1.9 million for small-scale special projects undertaken by 139 organizations across the county. The grants are in addition to $13.7 million in ann…
The music in "Once" is not canned or piped in; it doesn't come from an unseen orchestra behind the scenes or in a pit " it is urgent and immediate, made by every performer on the stage.
It never hurts to bring a little something extra to Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," which is exactly what David Bamberger and CIM Opera Theater did last weekend at the music inst…
If sunshine came in dance form, it would look very much like the performance by the Paul Taylor Dane Company Saturday night at the Ohio Theatre.
While other Broadway musicals blare, "Once" glows. Minimalism is its trademark. The experience is not unlike being locked in an Irish pub for the night and joining in on a glorious…
Play House artistic director Laura Kepley has chosen actors who can more than handle the demands of the material and are particularly good at the very funny stuff. That's good news for this …
With legendary choreographer Paul Taylor, the art of his company imitates life more than most. And the program coming to PlayhouseSquare represents his primary interests and key artistic pri…
"Frankenstein," part of TheatreCLE, Ensemble's shadow season featuring short-run, experimental works, has a grinning, let's-throw-this-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks sensibility s…
David Ives wrote the screenplay for "Venus in Fur" with Roman Polanski, ensconced in the filmmaker's Swiss chalet in the Alps. Ives fondly recalls a scene in the garden, when Polanski came …
At the opening concerts of its fall season, GroundWorks Dance Theater presented three fascinating works steeped in a language of abstraction.
PlayhouseSquare will raise the curtain on the world's largest chandelier and other new outdoor design elements on May 2.These additions include new video signage, new gateways, a retro sign …
In Mike Bartlett's savage and provocative comedy " the title of which is actually more provocative than we're letting on with "The Cockfight Play" " director Corey Atkins has his lovers stal…
The winning ensemble in Karamu Theatre's "Cut Flowers" delivers a fast, ferociously funny day-in-the life dramedy by playwright Gavin Lawrence that is sophisticated and low, down a…
That Richard Rodgers kept making beautiful music following the loss of not one but two of his creative partners sounds like the plot of a great musical " or at least a winning concert. Bill …
Unlike many modern-dance troupes, which perform the work of a single choreographer, the GroundWorks prides itself on its ability to realize any and all creations, no matter how dissimilar.
In "Insomnia," Ev, Evelyn and Zelda are aspects of the same woman struggling to re-unite into a healthy whole. But like the fragmented woman at its center, though the play struggle…