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In his debut as Mufasa's loyal servant Zazu, a nervous Nellie of an African red-billed hornbill, Andrew Gorell, a 2012 graduate of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MF…
Peruse Cleveland Public Theatre's 2013-14 season and you'll notice an unusual pattern: Eight of its 10 announced main-stage productions are written exclusively by women or are collaborations…
"It's the most complicated puppet in the show, and there are a lotta puppets in that show," says Andrew Gorell, a 2012 graduate of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Pla…
Loneliness, fear, infatuation and identity are but a few of the topics explored in four works performed by their choreographers.
"Africa is NOTHING like 'The Lion King!' " Elder Price shouts. Neither, thank God, is "The Book of Mormon," possibly the most foulmouthed, funny -- and yes, bighearted --…
The time has come for the orchestra to act more boldly to preserve the sanctity of its core product, the concert experience.
With "Medea," the Mama Theatre Company, much like the titular sorceress and priestess of Hecate, has made a howling entrance onto the city's artistic scene. The cast is tight, the …
Dorota Sobieska sang the role of Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto," Opera Circle's first-ever production in downtown Cleveland Saturday at the Ohio Theatre.Wanda Sobieska For its first …
For Broadway vet Robert Lopez, there is nothing more important than the emotional arc of the story, though "emotional arc" is not the first thing that pops to mind when describing …
Stephen King's latest, some strong women -- and a lawyer with a past -- headline June's mysteries.
"Telephone" is a frustrating and fascinating mind game of a play by poet Ariana Reines that explores technology as both boon and bane, arguing that the more plugged in we are, the …
Ralphie and his pals from the Broadway production of "A Christmas Story: The Musical" were blanked at the Tony Awards Sunday night, but the production based on Cleveland's favorite…
On a feel-good night for Broadway, it was only natural that the Tony award go to its most feel-good musical, the joyous "Kinky Boots." But most everything about Sunday's Tony telec…
So how did a skinny kid from middle-of-nowhere Michigan wind up in the most Tony-nominated musical on Broadway? The training Kyle Post received at Baldwin Wallace University sure helped. So …
There are four nominees vying for best musical at the 67th Annual Tony Awards tonight -- including the kinetic "Bring It On" and hometown favorite "A Christmas Story," co…
The post-apocalyptic tale, devised by CPT's executive artistic director Raymond Bobgan and his cast, is a mash-up of hero mythology a la Joseph Campbell -- remember your VHS tapes of him? --…
The Cleveland company will present Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.
"The Pitmen Painters" is a cerebral thrill that deconstructs the notion of art and who makes it.
It's easy to have qualms about some aspects of the new amenities, lighting and outdoor digital displays planned for PlayhouseSquare in downtown Cleveland, but a giant outdoor chandelier coul…
Like a wide-brimmed hat with too many embellishments -- feathers and sequins and fruit, oh my -- "Crown's" slender narrative, at least as it plays out in the Karamu Theatre product…
Cleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for May 31-June 6
The Cleveland School District presents the 14th annual All-City Musical, a production of Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida," next week at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.
Tonight and Saturday, Blank Canvas Theatre will present a concert version of "Merrily We Roll Along," the dark musical comedy featuring Stephen Sondheim's Tony-nominated music and …
Michael Bloom said he couldn't be making his exit as artistic director of the nation's first regional theater at a better moment. "I'm very pleased to be leaving on a high note. I'm rea…
After nine seasons and one historic move, Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Bloom is moving on himself. In a statement released today, the board bid Bloom adieu and welcomed Ass…
