[NEohioPAL] Berko: calendar of up-coming theatre

Roy Berko royberko at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 07:04:55 PST 2012


 Go to the theatre--a list of late winter theatre offerings

Roy Berko

(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)



Here’s a partial list of what’s on the boards for March and April in some
of the Cleveland area theatres:

*Blank Canvas Theatre*

1305 West 78th Street (78th Street Studios)

March 16th- April 1st (Friday-Sunday performances)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The classic tale of George and Lennie, two displaced migrant ranch workers
during the Great Depression.

For information and tickets:  www.blankcanvastheatre.com

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*Actor’s Summit*

Tickets”  330-374-7568

103 High Street, Sixth Floor, Akron

A GIRL’S GUIDE TO COFFEE

February 23-March 11

Cleveland Playwright Eric Coble’s take on a barista whose creations elevate
the humble bean to unknown heights.



THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

March 29-April 22

Oscar Wilde’s laugh filled comedy of manners that gave the world
malapropisms and what it’s like to form an alliance with a handbag.

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*convergence-continuum*

The Liminis   2438 Scranton Rd.  Cleveland

For tickets:  216-687-0074

THE HYACINTH MACAW

March 16-April 17

Mac Wellman’s portrait of America adrift.  A sinister stranger announces
what could be the play’s credo:  “What’s real has no name.  None. Whatever!”

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*ENSEMBLE THEATRE*

2843 Washington Blvd, Cleveland Heights

Tickets:  216-321-2930 or www.ensemble-theatre.org

DESTROYING THE NIGHT by Sasha Thackaberry

March 9, 15, 24, 30 @8   18 at 2   APRIL 1 @4

A modern reinvention of the myth of Persephone.



DANCING WITH N.E.D.—Tyler Whidden

March 8, 17, 23, 29 @ 8   March 11 at 2   April 1 @ 7

Claire has big plans for her 55th birthday, if only Peter would stop being
a party pooper.



GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL—Cindy Dettelbach

March 10, 16, 22 and 31 @8     March 25 at 2  April 1 @ 2

It’s the early ‘60s, an idyllic time to be a co-ed on the campus of a
prestigious college.  For roommates Sally and Nan ambition, creativity and
a professional tryst signals the end of innocence.

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*CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE*

Tickets: (216) 241 6000 www.clevelandplayhouse.com

RADIO GOLF

February 10-March 4—Allen Theatre

August Wilson’s last play investigates how a successful and idealistic
entrepreneur aspires to become a city’s first black mayor.  It’s the final
chapter in his unprecedented 10-play cycle chronicling African-American
life in the 20th century.

RED

March 16-April 8—Allen Theatre

Master American painter Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission
in the history of modern art; but, when his young assistant gains the
confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the possibility that his crowning
achievement could also be his undoing.

The Winter's Tale

March 7-17--Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre @The Allen Theatre

*(A production of the **CWRU/CPH MFA program)*

William Shakespeare ’s  epic in which King Leontes is consumed with
jealousy, believing his pregnant wife Hermione has been having an affair
with his childhood friend King Polixenes. He orders one be poisoned,
another imprisoned and the baby exiled. What will become of the child as
her true origins are revealed?

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*PLAYHOUSE SQUARE*

Tickets: (216) 241-6000 or www.playhousesquare.org



MEMPHIS

February 28 - March 11, 2012 --Palace Theatre

>From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot
new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing,
irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love.



THE ADDAMS FAMILY

April 10-22—April 10-22—Palace Theatre

The weird and wonderful family leaps off the TV screen and printed page and
comes to devilish life in song and dance.

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*GREAT LAKES THEATRE*

HANNA THEATRE

Tickets:  216-241-6000 or www.greatlakestheater.org

THE MOUSETRAP

March 9-25

Agatha Christie’s murder mystery masterpiece which examines what happens
when a group of strangers is stranded in a guest house during a snowstorm
and discovers that a murderer is in their midst.   Whodunnit?

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*DOBAMA*

Ticket:  216-932-33906 or www.dobama.org

MIDDLETOWN

February 24-March 18

MIDDLETOWN is Will Eno’s moving and funny new play exploring the universe
of a small American town.

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*BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS*

Tickets:  www.beckcenter.org or call216-521-2540 X10

*VELOCITY OF AUMUMN*

March 23-April 29 (no performances on April 6-8)

The grand dame of Cleveland theatre, Dorothy  Silver, portrays Lillian, an
elderly woman with a wicked sense of humor, in this regional premiere of
Eric Coble’s new script.

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*Cleveland Public Theatre*

Tickets:  216-631-2727 or www.cptonline.org

Antebellum by Robert O’Hara

February 23 - March 10

Two stories merge as a love affair between two men, one Jewish and the
other African-American, bridges time, space and gender.



Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man by Glen Berger

March 1 - March 17

*Back by popular demand!** * Cristobal confesses to stealing the original
manuscripts of Charles Darwin from rare book libraries around the world.



Poor Little Lulu conceived & directed by Matthew Earnest

March 8 - March 24

Chronicles the exploits of Lulu - a sexual outlaw in a society riven by
lust and greed - who is tossed like a frisbee from man to man.



Rusted Heart Broadcast conceived and Directed by Raymond Bobgan

March 22 - March 24

This work-in-progress is about staying awake, surviving the apocalypse and
championing one's own home.



Opera Per Tutti

March 23 - March 25

Cleveland's newest professional opera company is continuing its mission of
"opera for all."
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