[NEohioPAL] Berko: 2013 Cleveland area theater calendar

Fri Aug 9 14:40:38 PDT 2013

The title of the Sam Shepard play which will be produced at
convergence-continuum Nov. 29th-Dec. 21st is *Fool for Love, *not* Love for
Love.*

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Roy Berko <royberko at gmail.com> wrote:

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> A calendar of Fall, 2013 Cleveland, Ohio theatre offerings
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> Roy Berko
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> (Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
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> *CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE*
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> 216-241-6000 or go to www.clevelandplayhouse.com
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> Sept 13-Oct 6
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> 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.
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>
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> Nov 1-24
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> 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.
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>
>
> Nov 29-Dec 22
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> A CHRISTMAS STORY
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> In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Cleveland based film, CPH
> reinvents one of its previous “must see” shows.
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>
>
> *DOBAMA*
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> 216-932-3396 or dobama.org
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> Sept 6-Oct 6
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> 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.
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> Oct 25-Nov 23
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> 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
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>
> Dec 6-Jan 5, 2014
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> 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.
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>
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> *PLAYHOUSESQUARE*
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> 216-241-6000 or go to www.playhousesquare.org.
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> Oct 1-13
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> SLEEPING BEAUTY, A GOTHIC ROMANCE
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> Michael Bourne’s record breaking West End London production of the classic
> ballet with a gothic twist.
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>
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> 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.
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>
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> 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!
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>
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> 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.
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>
>
> *Beck Center*
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> 216-521-2540 or http://www.beckcenter.org
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> Sept 7-8
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> MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG IN CONCERT
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> 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.”
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> Sept 20-Oct 20
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> SHE LOVES ME
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> 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.
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>
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> Oct 11-Nov 17
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> 33 VARIATIONS
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> 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.
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> 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?
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>
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> *Actor’s Summit*
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> 330-374-7568 or go to www.actorssummit.org
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> Oct 10-Nov 3
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> A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING
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> A tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein with songs from CAROUSEL, OKLAHOMA!,
> THE KING AND I, SOUTH PACIFIC and SOUND OF MUSIC.
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>
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> 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*
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> 216-631-2727 or go on line to www.cptonline.org
>
> Sept 26-Oct 6
>
> SPRINGBOARD
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> Presentations of new scripts by local artists with post-show discussions.
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>
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> Oct10-26
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> INSOMNIA:  THE WAKING OF HERSELVES
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> A woman joined onstage by two other parts of herself fighting for some
> cohesive identity.  (A revival of CPT’s 2010 production.)
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>
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> Oct 17-19
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> LEAP/CONCEIVE
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> A showcase which features short segments from larger works-in-progress and
> asks for audience feedback.
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>
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> Nov 8-9
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> TEATRO PUBLICO DE CLEVELAND
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> CPT’s new program to create original theatre with artists from the local
> Latin American community.
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> Nov 14-17
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> Y-HAVEN PROJECT
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> CPT artists and the residents of Y-Haven, a program for homeless men with
> drug and alcohol problems, collaborate to create an original lay.
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>
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> Nov 29-Dec 14
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> DOUG IS A D-BAG
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> 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.
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>
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> Nov 29-Dec 21
>
> THE LOUSH SISTERS DO THE NUTCRACKER
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> Singing siblings Jolly and Butter Rum are back with more booze, bawdy fun
> and Christmas memories.  World premiere.
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>
>
> *ENSEMBLE THEATRE*
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> 216-321-2930 or http://www.ensemble-theatre.com
>
> Sept. 27-Oct 20
>
> ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER
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> 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!
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>
> Nov 21-Dec 15
>
> PRELUDE TO A KISS
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> At Peter and Rita’s wedding, a mysterious old man insists on kissing the
> bride with fascinating consequences!
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>
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> *GREAT LAKES THEATRE*
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> http://www.greatlakestheater.org or 216-241-6000
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> 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.
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>
>
> Oct 4-Nov 2
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> SWEENEY TODD
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> 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.
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>
>
> *none-too-fragile*
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> www.nonetoofragile.com or 330-671-4563
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> Sept 13-28
>
> NERVE
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> Adam Szymkowicz’s romantic comedy about on-line dating, which alludes to
> the author’s idea that sociopaths also deserve love.
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>
>
> 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.
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>
>
> *convergence continuum*
>
> convergence-continuum.org or 216-687-0074
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> 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
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> Sam Shepard’s classic humorous study of love, hate and the dying myths of
> the Old West.
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>
>
> *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.
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>
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> Oct 11-Nov 2, midnight show Oct 26 and 31
>
> TEXAS CHAINSAW MUSICAL
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> 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*.
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> *To see a composite of the reviews of members of the Cleveland Critics
> Circle, go to *www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com
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