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12/20/2020
Dobama Theatre’s Nathan Motta talks about times of growth, changedobama header

11/23/2020
Western Reserve Playhouse turns on the radio for “It’s a Wonderful Life” this DecemberIts-a-wonderful-life-600x503

11/20/2020
Holsinger brings Frankenstein to Zoom, chats about performing solo
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11/17/2020
Cleveland Actors’ Play Date now online, keeping theater alive and stress levels down
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11/14/2020
Blank Canvas does Drive-In, Cleveland responds to COVID-19
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09/10/2020
Cleveland theaters respond to pandemic
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03/04/2020
Playhouse Square Announces New KeyBank Broadway Season
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02/18/2020
SLEUTH a cunning game of wills at Great Lakes Theater
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02/07/2020
ANASTASIA Finds Home, Love, and Family in Cleveland
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02/03/2020
CLUE takes a turn on the Allen Theatre Stage
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10/24/19
Terror in the woods is bloody fun with EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL at Blank Canvas Theatre
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10/22/19
CPH’s PIPELINE a substantial look into broken system

 

Suzette Azariah Gunn as Nya. Photo credit Roger Mastroianni.

10/15/19
Backstage Blood: an interview with Patrick Ciamacco about EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL

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10/09/19
All Hail Caesar at Great Lakes Theater!
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09/15/19
CPT’s Pandemonium 2019 – Alchemy transforms the night (photos)
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08/16/19
Stage version of THE LION KING majestic as ever
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07/18/19
COME FROM AWAY is right at home in Cleveland
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06/18/19
DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Cleveland loves you
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06/05/19
SUMMER RALLY! Les Hunter of Playwrights Local talks about fundraising with stories and beer
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06/03/19
KING LEAR a tale of madness, deception at Beck Center
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05/17/19
NATIVE GARDENS is full of thorny laughter at Cleveland Play House
Wynn Harmon (Frank Butley), Charlotte Maier (Virginia Butley), Grayson DeJesus (Pablo Del Valle), Natalie Camunas (Tania Del Valle). Photo Credit Roger Mastroianni.
05/08/19
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET worth every penny at Great Lakes Theater
From left - Gabe Aronson, Kristen Beth Williams, Sean Michael Buckley, James Barry, Sky Seals, Dave Sonneborn and Eric Scott Anthony
04/30/19
Cleveland gets a taste of New York in A BRONX TALE at Playhouse Square
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04/08/19
Phantom still beautifully haunts Playhouse Square
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02/01/19
MISS SAIGON flies triumphantly into Cleveland

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12/01/18
Cleveland hosts the razzle dazzle of CHICAGO

11/08/18
Les Miz brings it home to Playhouse Square

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11/04/18
VIRGINIA WOOLF at Beck Center is a savage game of illusion

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10/09/18
HELLO, DOLLY! Dazzles at Playhouse Square 

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09/16/18
MURDER ROOM is to die for at Clague Playhouse

Terry Smith as James Crandall, Debbie Jenkins as Mavis Templeton Hollister, Lou Will as Edgar Hollister, Nancy Allen as Mrs. Lottie Molloy, Caitlin Halstead as Susan Hollister, and Simon

09/11/18
CPT’s Labyrinth of Desire: a maze of wonders and delights (Pandemonium 2018)

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09/09/18
The Common Room Theatre brings the magic of comedy to Cleveland

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07/20/18
HAMILTON makes history the hottest topic in Cleveland

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06/12/18
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is 90 minutes of punk/rock perfection

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06/06/18
Life’s struggles are BEAUTIFUL with Carole King

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06/05/18
BENT is moving and relentless at Beck Center

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05/17/18
THE ROYALE is a knockout at Cleveland Play House

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05/11/2018
Poof! What does Cleveland Need? ALADDIN!

Isabelle McCalla (Jasmine) & Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin). Aladdin North American Tour. Photo by Deen van Meer.

04/18/18
SPELLING BEE at Cleveland Play House wins hearts, hilariously shames this writer

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04/09/18
THE OBA ASKS FOR A MOUNTAIN – TCT is on top of this tale of Nigeria

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04/03/18
Great Lakes Theater’s MACBETH a triumphant tragedy

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03/14/18
20 years later, Mark and Roger still haven’t paid the RENT – 20th anniversary tour (video interviews included)

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02/23/18
Blank Canvas Theatre slices into SWEENEY TODD – interviews with Patrick Ciamacco (Sweeney Todd) and Trinidad Snider (Mrs. Lovett)

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02/19/18
SILENT SKY cast talks about their journey into the stars at Clague Playhouse

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02/18/18
MISERY is darkly delightful at Great Lakes Theater

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02/11/18
Lisa Ortenzi of Great Lakes Theater talks about HUCK FINN

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02/04/18
HUCK FINN tour floating to a venue near you – GLT cast interview

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01/29/18
MARIE AND ROSETTA a dynamic duo at Cleveland Play House

From left to right Chaz Hodges as Marie Knight& Miche Braden as Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Photo Credit Roger Mastroianni

01/21/18
Webber’s LOVE NEVER DIES kept alive by powerful cast, beautiful spectacle

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01/19/18
Cast Interviews – LOVE NEVER DIES, U.S. national tour 2018

12/14/17
Rhythm is gonna get you at ON YOUR FEET!

11/11/17
Witches of WICKED are still POPULAR in Cleveland

11/13/17 
Shahrazad Theatre Company has tales to tell: interview with Kyle Huff

10/22/17

WAITRESS serves up food for the soul at Playhouse Square

10/20/17

Final weekend for Rubber City Theatre’s HAMLET

10/17/17

CPT’s THE FAMILY CLAXTON proves that it’s all relative

10/13/17

The Wait is over for GODOT at Beck Center

10/09/17

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at GLT deserves a congratulatory fist bump

09/18/17

Mamaí Theatre Company Suspends Operations

09/14/17

Hello! THE BOOK OF MORMON joyfully rings Cleveland’s doorbell

09/11/17

Talent is UNLEASHED at CPT (photos)

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AUDITIONS: Playhouse Square seeks young “Lulu” for WAITRESS tour

06/26/17

Love is in the air with AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at Playhouse Square

05/07/17

Something Rotten! Ripe with Zany Fun

04/07/17

Talespinner Brews Up a Bit of Magic with RED ONION, WHITE GARLIC

03/28/17

CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME a perfect puzzle at PHS

03/14/17

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE navigates a complicated road of manipulation and family at CPH

02/09/17

THE KING AND I revival is a classic filled with beauty, tradition, etc. etc. etc.

01/30/17

Audiences will howl with delight at CPH’s Baskerville

01/29/17

The Night Alive examines mess of life at Dobama

01/12/17

Talent trumps spectacle in this ‘Into the Woods’ revival 

01/10/17

This is NOT About My Dead Dog – Amy Schwabauer explains

12/27/16

Only FOUR more days to SAVE THE LIMINIS

12/18/16

Starcatcher catches the imagination at Dobama Theatre

12/08/16

Grinch gets his grump on at Playhouse Square

12/08/16

Get entertained by a Norse Goddess, Naughty Angels, and Moses Cleaveland at CPT’s ‘Light the Lights, Ol’ Moses CLE (A Wild Holiday Romp)’

11/25/16

CPT wants you to drink up and ‘Light The Lights, Ol’ Moses Cle (A Wild Holiday Romp)’

11/03/16

‘Finding Neverland’ nice, but lacking big sparkle

11/01/16

Block Party on AVENUE Q – Final Weekend at Allen Theatre

10/31/16

‘Sex With Strangers’ extremely gratifying, but not how you think

10/21/16

Circus meets space in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey ‘Out of This World’

9/30/16

CPH Goes “All the Way” – Commentary

9/23/16

Go back in time with ‘What I Did Last Summer’ at Clague Playhouse

09/16/16

Sex! APD presents public reading of “In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” on September 17, 2016

09/04/16

Wells Fargo ad shows us why we need to continue the Arts Education discussion

08/18/16

Christopher Johnston invites you into the Clown Motel

08/16/16

Have we lost our theatre etiquette?

08/11/16

‘My Barking Dog’ reveals the beast within at convergence-continuum

08/10/16

Labyrinth: A Tribute (Dancing Wheels at Cain Park)

08/10/16

Get Ready to PARTY at Dobama

08/05/16

‘The Woman Hater’ – an interview with Mamaí’s Christine McBurney

08/04/16

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ is ready to deal at Blank Canvas Theatre

(Interview with Patrick Ciamacco)

08/04/16

Restorations and Online Ticketing bring Clague Playhouse into the 21st century

07/29/16

‘OBJECTIVELY/REASONABLE’ gives community a voice

07/26/16

TOUCH A TRUCK – you know you want to!

07/22/16

GO INTO THE WOODS WITH JAYNE KACIK – STOCKER ARTS CENTER

07/20/16

WRITER CATIE O’KEEFE HAS THE ‘BEST INTENTIONS’

07/19/16

CLEVELAND GROUP TELLS US WHY TRUMP IS #NOTFUNNY

07/18/16

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS (PICTURE)

07/14/16

BERNADETTE CLEMENS GIVES A GLIMPSE OF ‘LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN’

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