

The Playhouse Square touring production of ‘CATS’ is musical theater purr-fection
It began as a song writing exercise by Andrew Lloyd Webber in late 1977. Webber had challenged himself to see if he could write music to...


Great Lakes Theater’s production Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is Too...
Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is one of his most often performed works falling in between A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream and Hamlet in...


Dobama’s ‘The Thin Place’ takes us on an endless scary ride
The funny thing about human nature is...well...the human part of it. People on a whole will see what they wish to see, hear what they...


The touring KeyBank Broadway Series of ‘Les Misérables’ is truly spectacular
Les Misérables first appeared as a French language concept album. Later it was adapted for stage as a sung through French musical...


The touring production of Disney’s ‘Frozen’ at Playhouse Square is family friendly magic
I need to be perfectly honest with you. When I first heard that the Broadway Touring Production of Disney’s “Frozen” was coming to...


Porthouse Theatre’s production of “West Side Story” is ‘Real Cool, Boy’
It’s a story of the ages. Two factions are at war with each other. In each opposing group there is a young man and young woman who fall...


Chagrin Valley Little Theatre ‘Newsies’ has some front page worthy moments
In July of 1899 child labor laws were nearly non-existent in large cities such as New York City. Young children were forced to work in...


Beck Center’s ‘Something Rotten’ is Something Special
It’s the 90s...1590s that is and change is in the air. There is science (flush toilets), social upheaval (women are beginning to realize...


Porthouse Theatre’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is ‘suddenly spectacular’
First off, let me get this off my chest. The musical “Little Shop of Horrors” is not my favorite show. While it has a cool 50’s be-bop...


Near West Theatre’s ‘The Fantasticks’ is a gentle story during our troubled times
“The Fantasticks” premiered in 1960 and featured music by Harvey Schmidt with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and is based loosely on the...