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Cleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for May 24-30
There's something for the artist in everyone.
Though nearly 90 years have passed since poor Bobby's disfigured body was found in a culvert, along with Leopold's pair of horn-rimmed glasses, everything about the "thrill killers"…
Artists are helping revitalize the Waterloo Road area of Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood, thanks to smart marketing and and a prescient local development group, writes The Plain Dealer's…
Written by Dustin Lance Black -- who penned the Oscar-winning screenplay "Milk" about slain gay-rights activist and California politico Harvey Milk -- "8" chronicles the …
"There are dozens of us who Vincent brought to Cleveland -- actors of every level and stripe -- who had the most fervent of times in the theater and in the city of Cleveland," Tom …
Appearances at neighborhood businesses have attracted capacity crowds, and visits by musicians to local schools have reached perhaps hundreds of children.
Vincent Dowling, the renowned Irish director who led the Great Lakes Theater Festival, has died at 83 in Massachusetts.
Cleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for May 10-17
Everything about the smart, joyful production of "Guys and Dolls" now at the Hanna Theatre works to pay homage to the Broadway original but adds the fizz of the new.
The program was a cavalcade of dance hors d'oeuvres featuring eight works -- most by artistic director Sarah Morrison, one by Maree ReMalia, several in collaboration with company members -- …
What better way for the Beck Center for the Arts to celebrate its 80th theater season than with a little pig's blood ("Carrie: The Musical") and chirpy orphans (an encore prodcutio…
Since opening its doors in 1953, Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio has reached 7 million youngsters, including many in schools that otherwise would have little or no contact with the arts.
In "Tender Napalm," bodies barely touch. When they do, it's not with enough violence. The relationship should feel like a head-on collision -- glass flying, head thrown back in a s…
The Ensemble production of "Iceman," directed by Ian Wolfgang Hinz and peopled entirely with local talent, most of whom aren't card-carrying members of the professional union Actor…
When you sit down with a chilly martini to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 9 -- what, doesn't everybody? -- be prepared to raise you glass and salute . . . Cleveland. More specifically…
"Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear. Lauper's songs and a story by Harvey Fier…
Stepping into the Hanna Theatre costume shop these days feels a little like wandering into the best vintage shop on the block. There's a box of fedoras waiting to be steamed. Miss Adelaide's…
Lucky Plush Productions is attracting attention well beyond the Windy City. The company makes its Cleveland debut this week at the Allen Theatre in "The Better Half," a one-act wor…
It's a testament to playwright Nicky Silver -- and the actors inhabiting his jaundiced creations -- that although none of the Lyons is even remotely likable, you still kinda like 'em anyway.…
Loosely based on blond, finger-wagging TV personality Suze Orman, Dee Hoty's Eve -- a former waitress dumped by her man when she was eight months pregnant -- is as terrifying as she is mesme…
Playwright Jordan Harrison, winner of the second annual Roe Green Award, will have a residency as part of the Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival. Joan Marcus It's …
A list of theater auditions for Northeast Ohio
Cleveland arts calendar for Northeast Ohio for April 19-25
Justin Stentz performs in every piece, a testament to his stamina and artistic director Bill Wade's tribute to the dancer, who'll leave the Cleveland company after this week to continue stud…
