Dobama Theatre’s ‘Witch’ is a heady brew of unvarnished fantasy
Decisions...Decisions...Decisions...Our worlds are made up of Decisions. When and what should I have for lunch? Who should I marry? Where should I go to school? Where should I be employed? What tie goes with this suit? Should I sell my soul to the Devil? In Jen Silverman’s “Witch” It is 15 th century England in the tiny hamlet of Edmonton (near London). The country has survived the Great Famine and the Black Death although the economy is in chaos. A new class of gentry has f
Playhouse Square’s touring ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is a touch of heaven on earth
Just in case you have not noticed, Cleveland’s theater has become quite the thing. Proof of this is downtown at Playhouse Square where the KeyBank Broadway Series touring production of Hell’s Kitchen is launching its national tour in the KeyBank State Theatre. That’s right, we are the starting off city for a national tour. In spite of the competition from other notable cities we were chosen based on our reputation, strength of our audiences, quality of our resources and the c
LatinUS’ production of La Versión Infinita takes us on a wild 80 minute ride
What if...what if we are not truly alone? I am not talking about far off galaxies thousand of light years away although that is a...
Beck Center for the Arts ‘Andy Warhol in Iran’ POPS!
Sometimes everything you need to know about a theatrical production can be found in the program given at the start of the performance. In...
Con-Con’s ‘Dracula – A Comedy of Terrors’ succeeds in hitting the comedy jugular
Convergence-Continuum bills itself as “Cleveland’s up-close and OUT there Theatre” and for proof of this one need go no further than...
Great Lake’s ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ is a masterpiece
It is interesting to note that following the commercial and critical disaster of “Merrily We Roll Along” Stephen Sondheim decided to...
Weathervane Playhouse’s ‘Come From Away’ is superior musical theater
September 11, 2001 is a typical morning for most. In Gander, Newfoundland (a large island off the east coast of Canada) various residents...
Cleveland Play House’s ‘Our Town’ delivers great theater with a message
Photo By Roger Mastroianni It was quite a few years ago when I saw Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” for the first time. I was totally...
KeyBank’s Broadway Series “The Notebook” tugs hard on all the heart strings
Photo By Roger Mastroianni In October of 1996 Nickolas Sparks published his first fictional novel “The Notebook” making The New York...
Cain Park’s ‘Caroline or Change’ reflects on differences and needed growth
“Caroline, or Change” with music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics and book by Tony Kushner began as a work shopped production in 1999 at the...
