All Hail Caesar at Great Lakes Theater!

If you are considering seeing a large, dramatic Shakespearean play where nearly everyone perishes, then you MUST run with the mobs to the Hanna Theatre to see the brilliance and the bloodshed of Great Lakes Theater’s production of Julius Caesar. Running now through November 3, 2019 at the Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square, this “epicContinue reading “All Hail Caesar at Great Lakes Theater!”

Great Lakes Theater’s MACBETH a triumphant tragedy

What turns someone who is described as “once a good man” into a bloody, merciless murderer of so many? Great Lakes Theater (GLT) takes on this hefty inquiry in the current production of William Shakespeare’s MACBETH, running now through April 15, 2018 at the Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square. Directed by Producing Artistic Director, CharlesContinue reading “Great Lakes Theater’s MACBETH a triumphant tragedy”

Final weekend for Rubber City Theatre’s HAMLET

If you’ve never before seen a production of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” you have one more weekend to discover a current take on it by Akron’s Rubber City Theatre. Playing now through October 22, 2017 in their new store front location (2207 Romig Road, Akron, OH), this classic tragedy directed by Dane CT Leasure is played upon aContinue reading “Final weekend for Rubber City Theatre’s HAMLET”

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

Modern mannerisms and classical enchantments delight audiences in Great Lakes Theater’s presentation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” playing now through November 5, 2017 at the Hanna Theatre at Playhouse Square. One of the most known stories by William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” always holds new revelations with each iteration. Directed by Joseph Hanreddy, thisContinue reading “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at GLT deserves a congratulatory fist bump”

Something Rotten! Ripe with Zany Fun

Plain and simple – it’s pure entertainment. Playing now through May 14th on the Connor Palace stage of Playhouse Square, ‘Something Rotten!’ is an irreverent homage to musicals and the joy of the stage. This 2-hour and 20-minute show is both a blitz of jazz hands, and a personal game of name-that-show. But note: thisContinue reading “Something Rotten! Ripe with Zany Fun”