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<h2 style="line-height:normal">Go to the theatre--a list of late winter theatre
offerings </h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">Roy Berko</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland
Critics Circle)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style>Here’s
a partial list of what’s on the boards for March and April in some of the
Cleveland area theatres:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b style><span style="color:#353535;text-transform:uppercase">Blank Canvas Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#353535">1305 West 78<sup>th</sup> Street (78<sup>th</sup>
Street Studios)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#353535">March 16th- April 1st (Friday-Sunday
performances)</span><span style="color:#353535"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#353535;text-transform:uppercase">Of
Mice and Men</span><span style="color:#353535"> by John Steinbeck</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#353535">The classic tale of George and
Lennie, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression.</span><span style="color:#353535"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#353535">For information and tickets:<span style> </span><a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Actor’s Summit</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Tickets”<span style> </span>330-374-7568</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">103 High Street, Sixth Floor, Akron</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">A GIRL’S GUIDE TO COFFEE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">February 23-March 11</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Cleveland Playwright Eric Coble’s take on a
barista whose creations elevate the humble bean to unknown heights.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">March 29-April 22</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><b style><span style>convergence-continuum</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style>The Liminis<span style> </span>2438 Scranton Rd.<span style> </span>Cleveland</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style>For tickets:<span style> </span>216-687-0074</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style>THE HYACINTH MACAW</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style>March 16-April 17</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style>Mac Wellman’s portrait of America
adrift.<span style> </span>A sinister stranger
announces what could be the play’s credo:<span style>
</span>“What’s real has no name.<span style>
</span>None. Whatever!”</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="color:windowtext">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><b style><span style="color:windowtext">ENSEMBLE THEATRE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="color:windowtext">2843 Washington Blvd,
Cleveland Heights</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="color:windowtext">Tickets:<span style> </span>216-321-2930 or
<a href="http://www.ensemble-theatre.org">www.ensemble-theatre.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="color:windowtext">DESTROYING
THE NIGHT by Sasha Thackaberry</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style>March 9, 15, 24, 30 @8<span style> </span>18@2<span style> </span>APRIL 1 @4<span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A modern reinvention of the myth of Persephone.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DANCING WITH N.E.D.—Tyler Whidden</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 8, 17, 23, 29 @ 8<span style> </span>March 11@2<span style>
</span>April 1 @ 7</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Claire has big plans for her 55<sup>th</sup> birthday, if
only Peter would stop being a party pooper.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL—Cindy Dettelbach</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 10, 16, 22 and 31 @8<span style> </span>March 25@2<span style> </span>April 1 @ 2</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s the early ‘60s, an idyllic time to be a co-ed on the
campus of a prestigious college.<span style>
</span>For roommates Sally and Nan ambition, creativity and a professional
tryst signals the end of innocence.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:windowtext">CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Tickets: </span><span style="color:windowtext">(216) 241 6000
<a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com">www.clevelandplayhouse.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">RADIO
GOLF</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">February
10-March 4—Allen Theatre</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">August Wilson’s last play investigates how a successful
and idealistic entrepreneur aspires to become a city’s first black mayor. <span style> </span>It’s the final chapter in his unprecedented
10-play cycle chronicling African-American life in the 20th century.</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">RED</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">March 16-April 8—Allen Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">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.</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">The Winter's Tale</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">March 7-17--Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab
Theatre @The Allen Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:windowtext">(A production of the </span></i><i><span style="color:windowtext">CWRU/CPH
MFA program)</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">William
Shakespeare
’s<span style> </span>epic in which </span><span style="color:windowtext">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?</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#181916">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:windowtext">PLAYHOUSE SQUARE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Tickets:
(216) 241-6000 or <a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org">www.playhousesquare.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">MEMPHIS</span><span style="color:#262626">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">February 28 - March 11, 2012
--Palace Theatre </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">THE ADDAMS FAMILY</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">April 10-22—April 10-22—Palace Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">The weird and wonderful family leaps off the TV screen and
printed page and comes to devilish life in song and dance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:#262626">GREAT
LAKES THEATRE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">HANNA THEATRE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">Tickets:<span style>
</span>216-241-6000 or <a href="http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">THE MOUSETRAP</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#262626">March 9-25</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">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. <span style> </span>Whodunnit?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:#181916">DOBAMA</span></b><span style="color:#181916"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">Ticket:<span style>
</span>216-932-33906 or <a href="http://www.dobama.org">www.dobama.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">MIDDLETOWN</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">February 24-March 18</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">MIDDLETOWN is Will Eno’s moving and funny new play
exploring the universe of a small American town.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:#181916">BECK
CENTER FOR THE ARTS</span></b><span style="color:#181916"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">Tickets:<span style>
</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a> or call216-521-2540 X10</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><span style="color:#181916">VELOCITY
OF AUMUMN</span></b><span style="color:#181916"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">March 23-April 29 (no performances on April 6-8)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">The grand dame of Cleveland theatre, Dorothy<span style> </span>Silver, portrays Lillian, an elderly
woman with a wicked sense of humor, in this regional premiere of Eric Coble’s
new script.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181916">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Cleveland Public Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Tickets:<span style> </span>216-631-2727 or <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Antebellum</span><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">
</span><span style="color:windowtext"> by Robert O’Hara</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">February 23 - March 10</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Two stories merge as a love affair between two men,
one Jewish and the other African-American, bridges time, space and gender. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Darwinii:
The Comeuppance of Man</span><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:windowtext">
by
Glen Berger</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">
<span style>March 1 -
March 17</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Back by popular demand!</span></i><i style><span style="color:windowtext">
</span></i><span style="color:windowtext">
Cristobal confesses to stealing the original manuscripts of Charles Darwin from
rare book libraries around the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Poor
Little Lulu</span><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">
</span><span style="color:windowtext">
conceived & directed by Matthew Earnest</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">March 8 - March 24</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Rusted
Heart Broadcast</span><span style="color:windowtext">
conceived and Directed by Raymond Bobgan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">March 22 - March 24</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">This work-in-progress is about staying awake,
surviving the apocalypse and championing one's own home.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase">Opera
Per Tutti</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">March 23 - March 25</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Cleveland's newest professional opera company is
continuing its mission of "opera for all." </span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>