[NEohioPAL] Berko preview: More Theatre and Dance Offerings

[Roy Berko]

And….more theatre and dance previews for Fall 2010

Roy Berko

(Member, Dance Critics Association & American Theatre Critics Association)

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Earlier this week I produced a list of some of the Fall theatre offerings in the 
Greater Cleveland area (www.royberko.info.)  There is even more dance and 
theatre than were listed.  So, don't overlook…………..

VERB BALLETS

IngenuityFest 
Sept 24 - 26  
Performance times to be announced  
Sneak Preview of the Cleveland Flats Symphony, in collaboration with Pearlwinds  
Energy.  Free admission.

Breen Center for the Performing Arts, St. Ignatius High School  
Oct 1 & 2 
Cleveland Flats Symphony, composed by Cleveland composer Richard Rinehart 
Myth and the Madness of Edgar Allen Poe, an abstract re-telling of the life of 
Edgar Allen Poe by choreographer Christopher Fleming.  
Tickets:  216.961.2560, or ignatius.edu/breencenter

GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER

Akron's Historic ICE HOUSE
Sept 3-4, 8 pm and Sept  5, 2 pm
Tickets: 216-691-3180, ext. 2
Split Stitch by Jill Sigman with original score by Gustavo Aguilar
DnA by David Shimotakahara and Amy Miller
Akron Premiere of Just Yesterday by Dianne McIntyre, set to an original score by 
Olu Dara

DANCE CLEVELAND

DANCECleveland and The Cleveland Orchestra present
Joffrey Ballet
Blossom Music Center
Sept 4-5, 8:30 
Tickets: 216-231-1111

DANCECleveland, EJ Thomas Hall and The U of Akron Dance Program present
Keigwin+Company
EJ Thomas Hall
Saturday, Oct 2, 8:00 pm
Tickets:  330-972-7570

DANCECleveland and Tri-C present
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Ohio Theatre
Nov 6, 8 pm
Tickets:  216-241-6000 or www.playhousesquare.org

DANCECleveland and Oberlin College present
Fly:  Five First Ladies of Dance
Dec 3-4, 8 pm
Hall Auditorium, Oberlin College

PLAYHOUSESQUARE
Dance Showcase
Palace Theatre
Sept 10, 7 pm
Free, no tickets required
Celebration of dance featuring The Dancing Wheels Company, Dance/Theater 
Collective, Inlet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance, Ohio Dance Theatre, Shri Kalaa 
Mandir, Travesty Dance Group, Verb Ballets Sara Whale and a sneak peek dance 
performance from Billy Elliot the Musical.

TRUENORTH THEATRE 
French Creek Nature Center
430 Colorado Ave., Sheffield Village
Tickets:  440-949-5200 or 1-800-LCM-PARK 
Friday, Saturday and Sunday the first weekend and Thursdays the following two 
weekends.
Altar Boyz!
Sept 17-Oct 3 
A musical comedy about a fictitious Christian Boy Band on the last night of 
their national “Raise the Praise” tour.
 
Little Shop of Horrors 
Oct 22-Nov 7 
A rock musical about a nerdish florist that finds his chance for success and 
romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed! 

Steel Magnolias        
Nov 26-Dec 12 
A comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest 
Louisiana who believe that they are as delicate as magnolias, but tough as 
steel.

ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Brooks Theatre of the Cleveland Play House
For Tickets:  call 216-321-2930 or email info at ensemble-theatre.org
Dividing the Estate
Nov 19th - Dec 12th 
A touching and timely portrait of a Southern family wrangling over the future of 
the family home during an economic downturn. 

NEAR WEST THEATRE_
St. Patrick's Club Building, West 38th Street and Bridge Avenue in Ohio City.
Tickets:  _(216) 961-9750 or _www.nearwesttheatre.org
 Willy Wonka
Nov 19 - Dec 5
The story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir.
 
Roy Berko's blog, which contains theatre and dance reviews from 2001 through 
2010, as well as his consulting and publications information, can be found at 
http://royberko.info
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