Rubber City Theatre’s ‘Enemy of the People’ is a bitter but needed pill to swallow
Spoiler Alert! Contrary to my usual style of reviewing I will be revealing quite a bit more of the story. If this bothers you to any...
None Too Fragile’s ‘Venus in Fur’ is a stormy battle of the sexes
Thomas Novechek (James Rankin) is having problems. He has completed a new play destined for New York City. It is an adaptation of...
Cleveland Play House’s ‘The Three Musketeers’ gets to the point
It is a fact that Cleveland Play House loves a challenge especially when there is a chance to cast a spotlight on diversity and history....
Clague Playhouse’s ‘Same Time, Next Year’ is gentle on the eyes and ears
In 1975 Bernard Slade put his play “Same Time, Next Year” on stage to rave reviews. Three years later the movie version starring Alan...
The Cleveland Museum of Art opens ‘The New Black Vanguard’ Exhibit
“The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion” focuses on fifteen artists who have melded art, fashion and photography....
Karamu’s ‘American Moor’ is a fascinating revelation of the theater process
As the audience is seating themselves and getting comfortable they are greeted with Actor Keith Hamilton Cobb (playing the actor) walking...
Great Lakes Theater ‘Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps’ is an almost
Fans of Alfred Hitchcock’s works are well aware of his spy thriller “The 39 Steps” as a dark dramatic rendering. The Great Lakes Theater...
Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ is a farcical delight
At the turn of the last century in jolly olde England the country was transitioning from the Victorian age into the short lived Edwardian...
The Playhouse Square touring production of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ prevails
The year was 1963 and I was ten years old when my father took me to the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio to see the movie “To Kill A...
Dobama’s ‘Life Sucks’ is a delightful twist of an old standard
Life Sucks...or does it. An old and very wise man once said (or perhaps it was me and I have forgotten saying it) that happiness in life...