[NEohioPAL] Berko: January + arts calendar

Tue Dec 25 11:12:08 PST 2007

January+ Upcoming Happenings in Theatre and Dance

Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association)

--THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News
Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times	

Actors Summit--January 10 - 27
‘PROOF’ by David Auburn. 
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award,
‘PROOF’ is a powerful drama of family and mathematics.
Directed by Wayne S. Turney.
Performed at: 86 Owen Brown Street,  Hudson
Tickets: 330-342-0800

Dobama-- January 11th - February 1
‘I HAVE BEFORE ME A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT GIVEN TO ME BY
A YOUNG LADY FROM RWANDA’  by Sonja Linden 
	A journey shared by a young survivor of the Rwanda
massacre and a burned out English poet who meet at a
London Refugee Center. Profoundly moving, surprisingly
humorous and ultimately uplifting.
Performed at: Cuyahoga Community College, East Campus,
Black Box Theater, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills
Tickets: (330) 342-0800

Ensemble Theatre and Karamu Theatre-- January 5 –20
‘BOURBON AT THE BORDER ‘  by Pearl Cleage 
	Puts a human face on the unknown soldiers of the
civil rights movement by refusing to romanticize them
even as it honors their specific sacrifices and the
price they paid.   Director: Terrence Spivey
Performed at:  Studio One Theatre at the Cleveland
Play House
Tickets:  216-321-2930

Verb Ballets--January 26    
	All New Program  
Playhouse Square, Ohio Theater,  8:00 PM
Tickets:  216-397-3757

The Bang and Clatter—January 11-February 9
‘ORANGE FLOWER WATER’ by Craig Wright
	An Ohio Premier of a quirky, raw and nervy
ninety-minute drama.
Performed at 140 E. Market Street, Akron
Tickets:  330-606-5317 or bnctheatre.com

Cleveland Play House—January 15-February 3
‘Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone’
	Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone, brings the
story of one of our greatest artists alive onstage
through such works as “I Got Rhythm,” “Someone To
Watch Over Me,” “Embraceable You,” “SWonderful,” “The
Man I Love,” selections from “Porgy and Bess,” “An
American in Paris,” and the complete “Rhapsody in
Blue.” 
Performed at:  Drury Theatre
Tickets: 216-795-7000

Playhouse Square Center
For tickets to all Playhouse Square shows call
216-241-6000, 800-766-6048 or go on line to
www.playhousesquare.com

‘WE GOTTA BINGO’—extended through February 3
	A free-wheeling, interactive, mostly adlibbed
experience, filled with playing Bingo, polka music
(what else?), dancing, being dragged up on stage to
participate in shenanigans, and winning prizes such as
a fake stuffed turkey or a used sweater or sitting on
a throne if you are lucky enough to actually achieve a
bingo.
Performed at The14th Street Theatre

‘AVNER THE ECCENTRIC’—January 12 
 (co-produced with the Jewish Community Center)
	With comedy that defies the barriers of language and
culture, it's no wonder Avner was recently inducted
into the International Clown Hall of Fame.

‘AVENUE Q’—January 15-27 
	Broadway's smash-hit 2004 Tony Award winner for BEST
MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK.  A show full of
heart about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams
and a tiny bank account.  (Has puppets, but is
definitely not recommended for children
..adult
material!)

GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER—January 25 and 26
The acclaimed Cleveland based company brings dance to
the Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at the Idea
Center at Playhouse Square.  Special guest artists.
Solaris Wind Quintet, will perform the music of
Leonard Bernstein as a feature of Artistic Director
David Shimotakahara’s duet “Know.” These performances
continue GroundWorks Landmarks Series which has taken
its dance to historically or architecturally
significant locations throughout the region. 

‘THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR AND OTHER ERIC CARLE
FAVORITES’—January 19 
Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and
Mixed-Up Chameleon spring to life on stage through the
colorful black light puppetry of the Mermaid Theatre
of Nova Scotia.  This show, with its imaginative
language and memorable imagery, is not to be missed. 
Children friendly!!!

‘RAIN: The Beatles Experience’—January 24-26 
 	There are other tribute acts who respectfully
attempt to replicate a subset of Beatles music, but
only ‘RAIN’ can perform the full range of Beatles
discography live onstage, including the most complex
and challenging songs that the Beatles themselves
recorded in studios but never performed for an
audience.

‘WICKED’—February 2-March 9
 	Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in
Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz.  A
return engagement of the show which has sold out in
its area showings. 

‘BERNADETTE PETERS IN CONCERT’-- March 28, 2008
Presented by The North Coast Men's Chorus
Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square
Tickets available at Playhouse Square

Band and Clatter 
‘THIS IS HOW IT GOES’--:  March 14 - April 12, 2008
Author:  Neil La Bute (writer of ‘FAT PIG’)
	Directed by Fred Sternfeld, the play is an
exploration of the myriad ways in which the wild card
of race is played by both blacks and whites.  Produced
at The Bang and the Clatter's new venue at 210 Euclid
Ave, Cleveland.
Tickets:  330-606-5317 or bnctheatre.com

Roy Berko's blog, which contains theatre and dance reviews from 2001 through 2007, as well as his consulting and publications information, can be found at http://royberko.info

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