RECENT PIECES
12/20/2020
Dobama Theatre’s Nathan Motta talks about times of growth, change
11/23/2020
Western Reserve Playhouse turns on the radio for “It’s a Wonderful Life” this December
11/20/2020
Holsinger brings Frankenstein to Zoom, chats about performing solo
11/17/2020
Cleveland Actors’ Play Date now online, keeping theater alive and stress levels down
11/14/2020
Blank Canvas does Drive-In, Cleveland responds to COVID-19
09/10/2020
Cleveland theaters respond to pandemic
03/04/2020
Playhouse Square Announces New KeyBank Broadway Season
02/18/2020
SLEUTH a cunning game of wills at Great Lakes Theater
02/07/2020
ANASTASIA Finds Home, Love, and Family in Cleveland
02/03/2020
CLUE takes a turn on the Allen Theatre Stage
10/24/19
Terror in the woods is bloody fun with EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL at Blank Canvas Theatre
10/22/19
CPH’s PIPELINE a substantial look into broken system
10/15/19
Backstage Blood: an interview with Patrick Ciamacco about EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL
10/09/19
All Hail Caesar at Great Lakes Theater!
09/15/19
CPT’s Pandemonium 2019 – Alchemy transforms the night (photos)
08/16/19
Stage version of THE LION KING majestic as ever
07/18/19
COME FROM AWAY is right at home in Cleveland
06/18/19
DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Cleveland loves you
06/05/19
SUMMER RALLY! Les Hunter of Playwrights Local talks about fundraising with stories and beer
06/03/19
KING LEAR a tale of madness, deception at Beck Center
05/17/19
NATIVE GARDENS is full of thorny laughter at Cleveland Play House
05/08/19
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET worth every penny at Great Lakes Theater
04/30/19
Cleveland gets a taste of New York in A BRONX TALE at Playhouse Square
04/08/19
Phantom still beautifully haunts Playhouse Square
02/01/19
MISS SAIGON flies triumphantly into Cleveland
12/01/18
Cleveland hosts the razzle dazzle of CHICAGO
11/08/18
Les Miz brings it home to Playhouse Square
11/04/18
VIRGINIA WOOLF at Beck Center is a savage game of illusion
10/09/18
HELLO, DOLLY! Dazzles at Playhouse Square
09/16/18
MURDER ROOM is to die for at Clague Playhouse
09/11/18
CPT’s Labyrinth of Desire: a maze of wonders and delights (Pandemonium 2018)
09/09/18
The Common Room Theatre brings the magic of comedy to Cleveland
07/20/18
HAMILTON makes history the hottest topic in Cleveland
06/12/18
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is 90 minutes of punk/rock perfection
06/06/18
Life’s struggles are BEAUTIFUL with Carole King
06/05/18
BENT is moving and relentless at Beck Center
05/17/18
THE ROYALE is a knockout at Cleveland Play House
05/11/2018
Poof! What does Cleveland Need? ALADDIN!
04/18/18
SPELLING BEE at Cleveland Play House wins hearts, hilariously shames this writer
04/09/18
THE OBA ASKS FOR A MOUNTAIN – TCT is on top of this tale of Nigeria
04/03/18
Great Lakes Theater’s MACBETH a triumphant tragedy
02/19/18
SILENT SKY cast talks about their journey into the stars at Clague Playhouse
02/18/18
MISERY is darkly delightful at Great Lakes Theater
02/11/18
Lisa Ortenzi of Great Lakes Theater talks about HUCK FINN
02/04/18
HUCK FINN tour floating to a venue near you – GLT cast interview
01/29/18
MARIE AND ROSETTA a dynamic duo at Cleveland Play House
01/21/18
Webber’s LOVE NEVER DIES kept alive by powerful cast, beautiful spectacle
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)
09/0717
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
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
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’