[NEohioPAL] Berko: 2013 Cleveland area theater calendar

[Roy Berko]

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 A calendar of Fall, 2013 Cleveland, Ohio theatre offerings

Roy Berko

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



*CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE*

216-241-6000 or go to www.clevelandplayhouse.com

Sept 13-Oct 6

WOODY SEZ:  THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF WOODY GUTHRIE

A musical that uses over 25 legendary songs in an examination of Woody
Guthrie’s life.



Nov 1-24

VENUS IN FUR

The award winning script, which is based on a novel by the man who named
sado-masochism, is a  two-person comedy which acts out power games in a
play within a play blurring reality and fantasy.



Nov 29-Dec 22

A CHRISTMAS STORY

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Cleveland based film, CPH reinvents
one of its previous “must see” shows.



*DOBAMA*

216-932-3396 or dobama.org

Sept 6-Oct 6

TIME STANDS STILL

Focuses on a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent who return to
Brooklyn and find themselves trying to find balance and happiness after
being physically and emotionally scarred while covering conflicts in the
Middle East.



Oct 25-Nov 23

COCK

A drama which takes a playful, candid look at hetero-, bi- and homo
sexuality and the difficulties that arise when people realize they have a
choice



Dec 6-Jan 5, 2014

THE BIG MEAL

Set at a single restaurant table and spanning over 80 years, it tells the
story of five generations of a family through one unending metaphoric meal,
starting from a young couple’s first meeting and ending with a visit from
their great-grandchild.



*PLAYHOUSESQUARE*

216-241-6000 or go to www.playhousesquare.org.

Oct 1-13

SLEEPING BEAUTY, A GOTHIC ROMANCE

Michael Bourne’s record breaking West End London production of the classic
ballet with a gothic twist.



Nov 12-24

ONCE

A tale of living your dreams rather than your fears, this winner of eight
Tony Awards tells the tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give
up on his dreams when a young woman takes an interest in his haunting love
songs.



Dec 4-Jan 5, 2014

WICKED

Broadway’s blockbuster is back by popular demand!  Long before that girl
from Kansas arrived in Munchkinland, two girls met in the land of OZ….the
rest is theatrical and fantasy history!



Sept. 7; Oct. 5; Nov. 2

FREE PLAYHOUSESQUARE TOURS

90-minute backstage and on the stage tours which relate not only the visual
aspects of PlayhouseSquare’s 10 theatres, but facts and anecdotes. No
reservations are needed for individual participants, but groups of
10-or-more are asked to call ahead at 216-771-4444.



*Beck Center*

216-521-2540 or http://www.beckcenter.org

Sept 7-8

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG IN CONCERT

A Sondheim provocative musical about the friendship of three young artists
and what happens when the composer’s idealism is challenged by temptations.

Songs include;  “Not a Day Goes By,” “Good Thing Going” and “Our Time.”



Sept 20-Oct 20

SHE LOVES ME

Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock’s romantic musical about a pair of feuding
clerks in a 1930s European parfumerie who secretly find romance in an
unexpected way.



Oct 11-Nov 17

33 VARIATIONS

Written by the author of THE LARAMIE PROJECT, concurrently examines the
creative process behind Beethoven’s DIABELLI VARIATIONS and the journey of
musicologist Katherine Brandt to discover why Beethoven was compelled to
write thirty-three distinct variations on a simple theme.  It features
Stuart Raleigh on piano.



Dec 6-Jan 5, 2014

ANNIE

Leapin’ Lizards! The sun will come out tomorrow, and Miss Hannigan, the
orphans, Sandy, Daddy Warbucks and the schemes of the comic book
characters, are reprised once again!  It’s back on Broadway, why not at
Beck?



*Actor’s Summit*

330-374-7568 or go to www.actorssummit.org

Oct 10-Nov 3

A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING

A tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein with songs from CAROUSEL, OKLAHOMA!,
THE KING AND I, SOUTH PACIFIC and SOUND OF MUSIC.



Nov 27-Dec 22

THE FARMDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY
 PRESENTS
“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”

A holiday farce, in the tradition of Monty Python, when the ladies of
TFAHETGDS tackle Dickens for a loss.

*CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE*

216-631-2727 or go on line to www.cptonline.org

Sept 26-Oct 6

SPRINGBOARD

Presentations of new scripts by local artists with post-show discussions.



Oct10-26

INSOMNIA:  THE WAKING OF HERSELVES

A woman joined onstage by two other parts of herself fighting for some
cohesive identity.  (A revival of CPT’s 2010 production.)



Oct 17-19

LEAP/CONCEIVE

A showcase which features short segments from larger works-in-progress and
asks for audience feedback.



Nov 8-9

TEATRO PUBLICO DE CLEVELAND

CPT’s new program to create original theatre with artists from the local
Latin American community.



Nov 14-17

Y-HAVEN PROJECT

CPT artists and the residents of Y-Haven, a program for homeless men with
drug and alcohol problems, collaborate to create an original lay.



Nov 29-Dec 14

DOUG IS A D-BAG

An interactive work that asks the audience to turn ON their cell phones and
join the trials and tribulations of Lorie & Doug as they fall out of love.



Nov 29-Dec 21

THE LOUSH SISTERS DO THE NUTCRACKER

Singing siblings Jolly and Butter Rum are back with more booze, bawdy fun
and Christmas memories.  World premiere.



*ENSEMBLE THEATRE*

216-321-2930 or http://www.ensemble-theatre.com

Sept. 27-Oct 20

ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER

Clevelander Rajiv Joseph’s play about a world-renowned origami artist who,
when she opens her studio to a teenage prodigy and his school teacher,
discovers that life and love can’t be arranged as neatly as finding the
perfect fold!



Nov 21-Dec 15

PRELUDE TO A KISS

At Peter and Rita’s wedding, a mysterious old man insists on kissing the
bride with fascinating consequences!



*GREAT LAKES THEATRE*

http://www.greatlakestheater.org or 216-241-6000

Sept 27-Nov 3

RICHARD III

The rise and fall of Shakespeare’s most diabolical villain – a homicidal
hunchback--on a bloody campaign to seize the English crown.



Oct 4-Nov 2

SWEENEY TODD

Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical tells the tale of an unjustly
exiled barber’s quest to avenge the wrongs done to him and his family by a
lecherous judge.



*none-too-fragile*

www.nonetoofragile.com or 330-671-4563

Sept 13-28

NERVE

Adam Szymkowicz’s romantic comedy about on-line dating, which alludes to
the author’s idea that sociopaths also deserve love.



Nov 15-30

LAST OF THE BOYS

Steven Dietz’s dark comedy about two soldiers who were on a road outside
Dak To, Vietnam, in 1967, and then find each other thirty years later in a
trailer park in California and celebrate one last hurrah.



*convergence continuum*

convergence-continuum.org or 216-687-0074

Aug 23-Sept 12

BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY

Ethan’s world is turned comically upside down when a Hollywood producer
wants to turn one of his plays into a big-budget horror movie.



Oct  11-Nov 2

LILIES, OR THE REVIVAL OF ROMANTIC DRAMA

A drama, which takes place in 1952 in the church of a prison where the
jailed Simon Doucet makes a confession to his old friend, Bishop Bilodeau.

Nov 29-Dec 21

LOVE FOR LOVE

Sam Shepard’s classic humorous study of love, hate and the dying myths of
the Old West.



*BLANK CANVAS*
440-941-0458 or www.blankcanvastheatre.com

Aug 23-Sept 7

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE de LUNE

Terence McNally’s Broadway hit illuminates how two people navigate the
insecurities of modern romance. Their journey is as timely as a tweet and
as timeless as the full moon spilling through a window.



Oct 11-Nov 2, midnight show Oct 26 and 31

TEXAS CHAINSAW MUSICAL

A return engagement of this theatre’s award winning musical relates the
coming of age story about a handsome serial killer, his overly affectionate
Momma, the woman he loves, and the pantywaist runt that ruins everything.  If
you don’t want to get covered in the over 15 gallons of blood spilled each
night, ask to be seated in the “splatter free zone.”



Dec 6-21

GODSPELL

A contemporary rock musical centering on THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST.
MATTHEW, and featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz, which includes *Day By
Day*.



*To see a composite of the reviews of members of the Cleveland Critics
Circle, go to *www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com
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