[NEohioPAL]BERKO: CALENDAR OF FALL THEATRE AND DANCE

Thu Sep 1 14:46:42 PDT 2005

A FALL OVERVIEW OF THEATRE AND DANCE IN CLEVELAND

Roy Berko

(Member, American Theatre Critics Association)

--THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--

Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News
Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times	

In spite of some dire financial situations, the
theatre and dance programs of the Greater Cleveland
area are holding their own.  Here is a listing of fall
offerings.  My apologies to any organization whose
performances are not listed.

ACTORS’ SUMMIT
86 Owen Brown St, Hudson
330-342-0800 or www.actorssummit.org
‘THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG’ --Sept 8-25
‘TURN OF THE SCREW’--Oct 6-23
‘CLARENCE DARROW’--Nov 3 -20
‘UH, OH, HERE COMES CHRISTMAS’--Dec 1-23

BALLET SERIES AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE
‘THE NUTCRACKER’ (Cincinnati Ballet)--Dec 7-11

BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood
216-521-2540
‘URINETOWN’--Sept 16-Oct 9
‘TOP DOG/UNDERDOG’--Sept 30-Oct 23
‘T.I.D.Y.’--Nov 18-Dec 18
DISNEY’S ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’--Dec 2-31

CASSIDY THEATRE
6200 Pearl Road, Parma Heights
440-842-4600
‘APPLAUSE’--Sept 16-Oct 2
‘THE GOLDEN AGE’--Oct 21-Nov 6
‘CHRISTMAS PAST, A MUSICAL JOURNEY’--Dec 2-18

CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE
8500 Euclid Avenue
216-795-7000
‘ROOM SERVICE’--Oct 7-30
‘THE RETURN OF MAMBO ITALIANO’--Oct 14-Nov 19
‘I AM MY OWN WIFE’--Nov 4-27
‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ AND ‘TRIUMPH OF LOVE--Nov
9-19
*‘ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND’--Nov 19-Dec 11
‘A CHRISTMAS STORY’--Nov 25-Dec 18
‘SANTALAND DIARIES’--Dec 2-17

CAROUSEL DINNER THEATRE
1275 E. Waterloo Road, Akron
330-724-9855, 800-362-4100
‘FOOTLOOSE’--Sept 14-Nov 12
‘SWING!’--Nov 16-Jan 8

CLAGUE PLAYHOUSE
1371 Clague Road, Westlake
440-331-0403
‘SOMETHING TO HIDE’--Sept 9-Oct 2
‘SWEET AND HOT’--a musical celebrating Harold
Arlen--Nov 11-Dec 11

CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE
6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland
216-631-2727
‘THE DESIGNATED MOURNER;--Sept 29-Oct 22
‘TRAVESTY DANCE’--Sept 30-Oct 2
‘CONNECT--RYAN LOTT’--Oct 6-9
‘THE VAMPYRES--Oct 6-22
 ’NEXT WAVE’ (VERB BALLETS )--Oct 20-23
‘Y-HAVEN PROJECT #6--Nov 3-6
‘MRS. BOB CRATCHIT’S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE’--Nov 23-Dec
18
‘THE SANTALAND DIARIES’--Nov 23-Dec 18

CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM
THE LIMINIS
2438 Scranton Road, Cleveland (in Tremont)
216-687-0074 or www.convergence-continuum.org
‘PTERODACTYLS’--Sept 9-Oct 8
TBA--Dec 2-20

DANCECleveland
216-241-6000, 800-766-6048 or going on line to
www.playhousesquare.com
JOSE LIMON DANCE COMPANY--Sept 24--State Theatre
BEBE MILLER COMPANY--Nov 5--Ohio Theatre

DOBAMA THEATRE
Performing at the Cleveland Play House
216-932-3396
‘THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?”--Sept 16-Oct 9

ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Performing at Cleveland Play House
216-321-2930
‘ANNA IN THE TROPICS’--Sept 17-Oct 2

GREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL
Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center
216-241-5490
‘THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR’ and ‘YOU CAN’T TAKE IT
WITH YOU’--through Sept 13
AMADEUS’  and ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’--Sept 16-Oct 22
‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’--Nov 25-Dec 23

GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER
216-691-3180 or www.groundworksdance.org.
‘7TH AMAZING YEAR’--Sept 16-18, 23-25 at Akron’s
historic ice storage facility at 129 North Summit
Street between Perkins and Furnace Streets in Akron,)

HUNTINGTON PLAYHOUSE
28601 Lake Road, Bay Village
440-871-8333
‘ON GOLDEN POND’--Sept 22-Oct 9
‘HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES’--Oct 20-Nov 6
‘CHRISTMAS STORY’--Nov 25-Dec 18

KARAMU HOUSE
2355 E. 89th Street, Cleveland
216-795-7070
‘THE ODD COUPLE’ (female version)--Oct 14-Nov 6
‘BLACK NATIVITY’--Dec 9-30

KALLIOPE STAGE
2134 Lee Road
Cleveland Hts., OH 44118
(216)321-0870.box office OR tickets at kalliopestage.com 
‘CABARET’--Sept 15-Oct 16 

LORAIN PALACE THEATRE
617 Broadway Avenue, Lorain
440-245-2323 or 800-889-4842
“A NIGHT OF COMEDY’--Oct 13
*‘POCAHONTAS’--Nov 5
*‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS’--Dec 2

OHIO BALLET
216-241-6000, 800-766-6048 or going on line to
www.playhousesquare.com. 
‘FALL FEST’--Oct 21-22

OHIO DANCE THEATRE
*Ballet for Children's Series: ‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’--Oct
9--Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community
College 440-366-4040; Magnificat Performing Arts
Center--440 250-9150

‘THE NUTCRACKER’--Nov 26-27 Westlake Performing Arts
Center 440-250-9150; Dec 2---Stocker Arts Center
440-366-4040

OLD TOWNE HALL THEATRE
36119 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville
440-327-2909
‘DEATH TRAP’--Oct 7-22

PLAYHOUSE SQUARE CENTER
216-241-6000, 800-766-6048 or going on line to
www.playhousesquare.com
‘THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR’
	September 28--7:00 pm
Cleveland Public Library, main branch auditorium
Author visit and book signing with Tim O’Brien
 	October 1--2:00 pm
Cuyahoga County Public Library, Fairview Park Regional
Branch
Book discussion and signing with Tim O’Brien 
November 11--5:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Playhouse Square Center
Public performances
November 12--11:00 am and 2:00 pm
Playhouse Square Center
Public performances 	
November 13--3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Playhouse Square Center
Public performances 	
November 15--7:00 pm
Playhouse Square Center
Public performance
‘DAVE GORMAN’S GOOGLEWHACK!’--Sept 13-25--Hanna
Theatre
‘STOMP--Sept 13-18--Allen Theatre
*‘CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG’--Sept 23-25--Palace
Theatre
*‘THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE’--Oct. 8--Allen
Theatre
‘RICK MILLER’S MacHOMER’--Oct 18-23--Hanna Theatre
‘LITTLE SHOPS OF HORRORS’--Nov 8-20--Palace Theatre
*‘FROG AND HIS FRIENDS’--Nov 12--Ohio Theatre
^’THE THINGS THEY CARRIED’--Nov 12--Ohio Theatre
‘GOLDA'S BALCONY’ (starring Valerie Harper)--Dec 7-11

RED HEN PRODUCTIONS
216-556-0910 or www.femisttheatre.org
‘FORBIDDEN’--Sept 29-Oct 23--performance at Cleveland
Black Box theatre (located inside Cabaret Dada, 1210
W. 6th Street, Cleveland)

Key:  *Children and Family Theatre, ^Intended for
audiences 13 and up

Roy Berko's web page can be found at www.royberko.info.  His theatre and dance reviews appear on NeOHIOpal, an on-line source.   To subscribe to this free service via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.fredsternfeld.com/mailman/listinfo/neohiopal.

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