[NEohioPAL] A case study in contrast: ‘The Prom’ and ‘Ma Rainey’

[Bob Abelman]

Since the March 13 COVID-induced ban on mass gatherings, Cleveland’s Playhouse Square has canceled or postponed 680 performances and lost nearly $4 million in revenue.  But with the roll-out of a vaccine, Playhouse Square president and CEO Gina Vernaci, who oversees its KeyBank Broadway Series, said in a recent press release that “we anticipate that Broadway will return to our stages in the fall of 2021.” 



In the meantime, there has been no shortage of new stage to small screen renditions of Broadway plays and musicals provided by subscription-based streaming services. The latest, “The Prom” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” premiered on Netflix in mid-December and remain available for your viewing pleasure.



Of course, that depends on what you define as pleasurable, for these two Golden Globe nominated offerings could not be more different in terms of topic, time-period and temperament.

For more of this review, go to: clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/
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