[NEohioPAL] Berko: Fall previews

[Roy Berko]

FALL
THEATRE OFFERINGS EXCITE!
 
Roy Berko
 
(Member,
American Theatre Critics Association)
 
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The
leaves will soon be falling, and local theatres’ curtains will soon be rising.
Here’s what’s coming up:
 
Beck
Center for the Arts,
17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, 216-521-2540            An
encore production of the uproarious Tony Award-winning comedy,‘URINETOWN THE MUSICAL,’ opening on
the Mackey Main Stage September 12 and running through October 12, 2008. 
This show, which critics called the “must see” production of 2005, will feature
the return of the original cast and creative team from Beck’s
production.   
Workshop
Players, 44820 Middle
Ridge Road, Amherst, 440-988-5613
            ‘LYING
IN STATE,’ a spoof of politics and funerals.  September 11-28.  For information go to www.workshopplayers.com.
 
The Bang and Clatter
Theatre, 224 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland,
330-606-5317 or www.bnctheatre,com        
            The
Ohio Premiere of ‘THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE’ by Martin McDonagh, which has
been called a cunningly constructed, deeply and intensely felt, bitterly blood
curdling and breathtakingly funny.”  Runs September 5 through October 11, Thursdays through Sundays.
 
Playhouse
Square, 216-241-6000
or online at playhousesquare.org
            The
electrifying, bashing, crashing, banging, kicking, joyous ‘STOMP’  returns to Cleveland for four
performances, October 3-5, 2008.  The return of the percussive hit also brings some new
surprises, with some sections of the show now updated and restructured and the
addition of two new full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire
inner tubes and paint cans. 
            ‘A
CHORUS LINE’ October 14-26, 2008, Palace Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards,
including “Best Musical” and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, this singular
sensation is the longest-running American Broadway musical ever. This is the
musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. Come
meet the new generation of Broadway’s best. 
Dobama
Theatre/Karamu co-production,  Karamu House, 2355
E. 89th Street, 216-795-7077 or 216-932-3396, www.dobama.org,
            Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s
groundbreaking musical ‘CAROLINE, OR CHANGE’ revisits
the early 1960’s, a period of sweeping change in race relations as it affects
two families, one Southern Jewish and the other African American. The Gelman's
son, Noah, worships Caroline, their dignified African American domestic,
as a surrogate mother figure. Their tentative and touching relationship is
at the heart of this powerful story, infused with an exhilarating mix of music:  classical, R&B, Motown, Klezmer,
and Negro spirituals. 
 
Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Hanna Theater (the new home of GLTF), www.greatlakestheater.org,216-241-6000
            Fall
repertory September 24-November 8.  ‘MACBETH’ and ‘INTO THE WOODS.’  See politics and magic meld in Shakespeare’s unforgettable masterpiece
and also experience Stephen Sondheim’s bewitching collection of classic fairy
tale characters as they romp though a “once upon a time” kingdom in a magical
Broadway musical.
 
Cleveland Play House,
8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 216-795-7000, clevelandplayhouse.com
            Tennessee
William’s semi-autographical masterpiece, ‘THE GLASS MENAGERIE,’ on stage from
September 12-October 5, followed by the hysterical British farce ‘NOISES OFF’
being staged from October 3rd to the 26th, then Lorraine Hansberry’s classic
tale ‘ A RAISIN IN THE SUN’ from November 7-30, followed by a revival of ‘ A
CHRISTMAS STORY’ from November 28-December 21.
            
Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415
Detroit, Cleveland, 216.631.2727, x501
‘GOLDSTAR, OHIO’ is a new play by Cleveland native Michael Tisdale
that tells the stories of the 22 Marines from the Brook Park, Ohio based 325
Battalion who lost their lives in Anbar Province, Iraq.  The play is a work of non-fiction
created from transcripts of interviews with the families of the fallen Marines.
October 16 - November 8.
 
Ensemble
Theatre, Studio One
Theater of the Cleveland Play House, 216-3421-2930
From
Sept. 19 - Oct. 5, Edward Albee’s Theatre of the Absurd ’WHO’S AFRAID OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF?’  This
existentialistic masterwork from the 1960’s revolves around the conflictive
marriage of George & Martha. A biting and timeless American classic!  From Nov. 21-Dec.
7  in Brooks Theatre, Beth Henley’s ‘THE LUCKY SPOT’ will be on
stage. This is a whacky comedy set in a depression dance hall in Louisiana
which asks, “what hope might be found by the hopeless?” 
 
SEE YOU AT
THE THEATRE!