If you’ve been privy to any of the marketing for the national tour of “Stereophonic,” you’re already well aware that the show is “the most Tony Award-nominated play…
Read more ‘Stereophonic’ at Playhouse Square an Example of Right Play, Wrong Place – Cleveland SceneSpongeBob SquarePants, that anthropomorphic, yellow sea sponge with his animated laugh and bizarre set of underwater friends, was a cultural phenomenon in the early 2000s. So impactful was…
Read more Beck Center’s ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ is Swimming With Saturated Nostalgia – Cleveland SceneAs adults, we have the distance and wherewithal to look back at the media we consumed when we were young and reflect on how it might have traumatized…
Read more Dark Fairy Tales Abound in con-con’s ‘The Secret in the Wings’ – Cleveland SceneIn 1985, Alison Bechdel introduced the world to a simple test used to measure the representation of women in fiction, now commonly known as the Bechdel Test. In…
Read more Touring Production of ‘Six’ Crowns Six Deserving Queens at Playhouse Square – Cleveland Scene“Hell’s Kitchen,” the jukebox musical that uses the songs of Alicia Keys to tell a semi-autobiographical story of her upbringing, has been described as a love letter to…
Read more Big Lights and Big Talent Looking Pretty in ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ at Playhouse Square – Cleveland SceneWhen audiences leave a show, it’s common to hear them chatting about how much they loved a production or making special note of which moments were their favorite.…
Read more ‘Canadian Gothic’ & ‘American Modern’ at Cesear’s Forum is a Cerebral Exercise – Cleveland SceneIt’s an interesting feeling to be humbled by a play. It’s even more interesting considering that the play doing the humbling was written almost nine decades ago. And…
Read more Cleveland Play House’s ‘Our Town’ Will Humble You With Hard Life Lessons – Cleveland Sceneclick to enlarge Sherri Tolliver (Ora) and Noah Christopher (Simon) “we are continuous” is a play that tells the story of a gay man’s…
Read more ‘we are continuous’ at convergence-continuum Shifts the Narrativeclick to enlarge Photo by Roger Mastroianni. Donald Carrier and Maggie Lacey in the CPH Production of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Sometimes, a cough is just…
Read more In Cleveland Play House’s Production of ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ a Reminder All Our Voices Countclick to enlarge Photo by Julian Curet Grand Concourse In her letters to her confessors, the Catholic nun Mother Teresa wrote about her doubts saying, “My God, I…
Read more ‘Grand Concourse’ From Seat of the Pants Productions Examines Selflessness and Self-Preservationclick to enlarge (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) The cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream If you were to listen to a recording of the current show at Great…
Read more Modernized Version of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Great Lakes Theater Leaves You Wanting to Wake Upclick to enlarge Courtesy Photo Les Misérables now at Playhouse Square One of the interesting things about seeing a play several (or more) times over the years is…
Read more Limited Touring Run of ‘Les Misérables’ at Playhouse Square is a Melodramatic Gusherclick to enlarge Photo Credit: Steve Wagner The Sunshine Boys at the Beck Center It’s strange how some comedy material from even a few years ago feels dated…
Read more ‘The Sunshine Boys’ Plods Along at the Beck Centerclick to enlarge Photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade Surprise visitors can be a vexing subject. Consider the person who rings a stranger’s doorbell and is shot through…
Read more ‘Come From Away’ at Playhouse Square is Pure Hope and Heartclick to enlarge Photo Credit: Porthouse Theatre Through July 13 at Porthouse Theatre In the vast world of musical comedies, there is one undeniable truism: The older the…
Read more Well-Worn ‘Nunsense’ at Porthouse Theatre Doesn’t Quite Hit the Heavensclick to enlarge A Cleveland native who’s a comedian, writer and rocker, Dave Hill has somehow managed a multi-faceted career. He’s written humor books with witty titles such…
Read more In the Wake of Several High-Profile Tours, Comedian Dave Hill Brings His Standup Show to the Winchesterclick to enlarge Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman Through July 7 at Playhouse Square Backwards time travel always fascinates we mortals, stuck as we are in…
Read more ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Will Mainly Make You Want to Watch the Movie Insteadclick to enlarge Photo credit: Every Angle Photography Through June 9 at Cain Park There are some shows in the huge and groaning anthology of stage musicals that are…
Read more ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at Cain Park is Filled With Lovably Clumsy Charactersclick to enlarge Photo by Liz Baumgartner A Behanding in Spokane, through June 8 Usually, when the centerpiece of a show involves a motel room where a full…
Read more Goofy Gore and an Odd Ending in ‘A Behanding in Spokane’ at Blank Canvas Theatreclick to enlarge Courtesy Photo Stomp, through April 21 It’s not hard to understand why we all appreciate rhythmical music with a strong percussive element. After all, we…
Read more ‘Stomp’ Gives the Audience What it Wants at Playhouse Square
