“Beetlejuice … Beetlejuice … B–.”
Consider two sides to the same story.
If you ever wondered what happened to the beloved characters in the Emerald City after Dorothy clicked her heels and decided “there’s no place like home,” grab hold of the tail of a twister and get dropped off in “The Land of Oz.” Showing at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights, you will disc…
The Mandel Jewish Community Center’s Playmakers Youth Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a new logo and a season theme of “honoring our past and looking toward our future.”
If you grew up in the state of New York in the 1980s and ’90s, there were certain elements of pop culture that you just could not escape. Some might consider them warm blankets of nostalgia that keep you comfortable on a cozy night, while others might call them “earworms.” Some that come to …
1st Team Actors Studio is expanding with a new location and classes at 23600 Mercantile Road in Beachwood to give local aspiring actors Hollywood-caliber training so they can be movie-ready when films come to town.
It feels like the topic of true crime and serial killers is booming in mainstream media these days. Documentaries about notorious killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, who grew up in Bath Township and attended Revere High School in Richfield, Ted Bundy and Charles Manson are surging the streaming …
“Do You Hear the People Sing?”
Do you remember a time when the best Saturday night sleepovers involved breaking out the Ouija board and trying to communicate with the dead?
Don’t let the lip-smacking, blood-sucking, man-eating plant in the window stop you from getting a front row seat to Great Lakes Theater’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Hanna Theatre in downtown Cleveland.
What if you were offered a job to be the manager of a faux mini-mall in the basement of a huge star’s home, keep every last tchotchke, neat and tidy, and wait to see if the one customer, the star herself, ever comes down to shop? It sounds like a meshuggeneh idea. But in “Buyer and Cellar” b…
Whether you are an actor, a former actor, or an enthusiastic theater goer, every so often a show comes along that makes you want to jump out of your seat and run onto the stage to be a part of the hilarity. This is the case for Blank Canvas Theatre’s production of “One Man, Two Guvnors,” by …
In 2013, Disney’s film, “Frozen,” about the love of two sisters, the sacrifices they make for each other, and how love can thaw even the frostiest tundra, was all the rage among children and adults alike. It inspired an explosion of princess merchandise, as well as belty choruses of the powe…
Larry Schue’s “Wenceslas Square” will be presented from Sept. 30 through Oct. 29 at Kennedy’s Theatre in Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland.
Craig Hassall was named president and CEO of Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. He will replace CEO Gina Vernaci, who is retiring.
“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” If you can shout out the answer to Patchy the Pirate’s question, you will want to doggy paddle over to Blank Canvas Theatre to see the Cleveland debut of “The SpongeBob Musical.” If you are not familiar with the happy-go-lucky sponge and his kooky co…
Interplay Jewish Theatre will present a staged reading of “The Dogs of Pripyat” at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Mandel Jewish Community Center’s Stonehill Auditorium.
We are so fortunate to live in a city that values the performing arts. This is evident by the fact that there are so many opportunities to be involved in theater; whether onstage, backstage or in the audience. Cleveland is home to top-notch professional venues, vibrant youth theater programs…
In 1982, Jill Koslen-Freireich became founder and director of Beachwood Community Theater, where she has been a “theater mom” to hundreds of students.
The curtain will go up at Ensemble Theatre’s 43rd season Sept. 23 at its new location, Notre Dame College in South Euclid. The theater used Coventry PEACE Building in Cleveland Heights since 2010.
