Ensemble Theatre’s ‘The Penelopiad’ is Greek tragedy at its best
Once the mortal queen of Ithaca, Greece, Penelope (Amy Fritsche*) is not a happy spirit. Spending thousands of years in Hades has a...
Dobama Theatre’s ‘Wakey, Wakey’ is a gentle journey that awaits us all
What is it like to die or more to the point what is it like to witness another person’s death? With 151,600 world wide deaths every day...
Cleveland Play House’s ‘Pipeline’ is an education
Dysfunctional families are an equal opportunity destroyer and nowhere is this more evident than in the Cleveland Play House production of...
Cleveland Public Theatre’s production of ‘Rastus and Hattie” delves into uncharted territory
Let us pretend that part of our DNA contains strings of memory of past generational experiences both good and bad. This could possibly...
The touring production of ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ is hot stuff
Jukebox Musicals began as movies in 1942 with Yankee Doodle Dandy which featured the songs of George M. Cohan. It was an attempt by...
Great Lakes Theater’s production of ‘Julius Caesar’ cuts to the quick with dazzling stagecraft
Et tu, Brute? Beware the Ides of March. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look: He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Cowards die...
Beck’s ‘The Member of the Wedding’ is a coming of age of America experience
The last weekend in August, 1945 was a pivotal time in American history. The first atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan at the...
Great Lakes Theater’s production of ‘The Music Man” shows they really know the territory
First off, let me admit something. My all time favorite Broadway musical that was also turned into a movie is The Music Man. I have seen...
The Karamu production of ‘Paradise Blue’ is excellent theater with a surprise ending
Damn! Let me repeat that...DAMN! You will not believe the ending of the Karamu Theatre production of Dominique Morisseau’s Paradise Blue...
Convergence-Continuum’s ‘Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act’ bares all
On the floor of a library, in a pool of moonlight two naked lovers cradle each other in post coital bliss. They talk as lovers often do....