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<p class=""><b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br></span></span></b></p><p class=""><b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br></span></span></b></p><p class="">
<b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span><br></span></b></p><p class=""><b><span style="color:windowtext"><br></span></b></p><p class=""><b><span style="color:windowtext">Cleveland area summer theater and dance 2013 calendar</span></b></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext">Roy Berko</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:windowtext">(Member,
American Theatre Critics Association and Cleveland Critics Circle)</span></p>
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<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext">The Cleveland area has a
full schedule of summer theatre entertainment. <span style> </span>Here are some of the upcoming stagings:</span></p>
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<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b style><span style="color:windowtext">PORTHOUSE THEATRE </span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span></span><span style="color:windowtext">Kent State University’s summer theatre, performed on
the grounds of Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, will present SOUTH
PACIFIC, <span style>June 13-29, WORKING, July
4-20, </span>FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, July 25-August 11.<span style> </span><span style>Curtain time is</span>
8 PM Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 PM Sundays. The picnic grounds open 90
minutes prior to curtain time.<span style> </span>For
tickets call 330-672-3884 or go online to </span><a href="http://dept.kent.edu/theatre/porthouse/index.html"><span style="color:windowtext">http://dept.kent.edu/theatre/porthouse/index.html</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">MERCURY SUMMER STOCK</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>Mercury Summer
Theatre, which performs at Notre Dame College in South Euclid,</span><span style="color:windowtext"> will offer SHREK (June
4-29), RAGTIME (July 5-20) and PETER PAN THE MUSICAL (August 2-17).<span style> </span></span><span style="color:windowtext">For
tickets </span><span style="color:windowtext">go
online to </span><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.mercurysummerstock.com</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:windowtext">or call </span><span style="color:windowtext">216-771-5862.</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">CAIN PARK<span style> </span></span></b><span style="color:windowtext">Cain Park, located in Cleveland Heights, produces a
musical play each season.<span style> </span>This
year’s offering is SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, a review highlighting the songs of Jerry
Leiber and Mike Stroller.<span style> </span>The show
runs from June 13-30 in the Alma Theatre.<span style>
</span>For the $15 tickets call </span><span style="color:windowtext">216-371-3000 or go to </span><a href="http://www.cainpark.com"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.cainpark.com</span></a><b style><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">BLANK
CANVAS<span style> </span></span></b><span style="color:windowtext">Pat
Ciamacco’s</span><span style="color:windowtext"> little theatre that “could and does” presents TWELVE
ANGRY MEN, July 12-27, and FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE from August
23 through September 7 at their near Westside location, </span><span style="color:windowtext">1305 West 78<sup>th</sup>
Street, Suite 211, Cleveland.<span style> </span>Get
directions to the theatre on the website.<span style>
</span>Once you arrive at the site, go around the first building to find the
entrance and then follow the signs to the second floor acting space. <span style> </span>For tickets and directions go to </span><a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com</span></a><b style><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">MAMAI
THEATRE COMPANY</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>The area’s
newest professional theatre, in residence at Ensemble Theatre in the former
Coventry Elementary School at 2843 Washington Boulevard in Cleveland Heights,
presents the U.S. premiere of Brendan Kennelly’s translation of Euripides’
MEDEA, June 13-30 and David Mamet’s BOSTON MARRIAGE, July 18-August 4.<span style> </span>For tickets go to </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/home/buy-tickets-subscirbe"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/home/buy-tickets-subscribe</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">Award-winning actor, playwright and concert
pianist Hershey Felder returns to Cleveland Play House with his latest composer
creation, MAESTRO: LEONARD BERNSTEIN from </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">July 17 to August 4 at the </span><a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/plan-your-visit/theatres-and-seating-charts#allen-theatre"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Allen Theatre</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">.<span style> </span>For tickets call </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">216-241-6000 or go to </span><a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext">www.clevelandplayhouse.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">BECK CENTER<span style> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">THE PITMEN
PAINTERS<b> </b></span><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>A new play by the Tony Award-winning writer of <span style>BILLY ELLIOT<i> </i></span>is based on a
triumphant true story about a group of miners in Northern England who take an
art appreciation class and build an astonishing body of work that makes them
the unlikeliest of art-world sensations.<span style>
</span>It runs from <span style>May 31 through July
7</span>.<span style> </span><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">MONTY PYTHON'S <span style>SPAMALOT</span><span style> </span>The
outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the cult classic motion
picture <span style>MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY</span>
GRAIL with music by Eric Idle, runs from <span style>July 12<span style> </span>through August 18,
2013.<span style> </span>For tickets:<span style> </span></span></span><span style="color:windowtext">216-521-2540
or </span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><b style><span style="color:windowtext">ACTORS’ SUMMIT</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">THE BIKINIS, Roderick and Hindman’s musical
review about first love and endless summer, centers on a girl-group which
reunites for a concert to sing such favorites as “Heat Wave,” “It’s Raining
Men,” and “I Will Survive.”<span style>
</span>Running:<span style> </span>June 20 through
July 21 (no July 4 performance).<span style>
</span>Tickets: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino">330-374-7568
or go to </span><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext">www.actorssummit.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Palatino"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">OBERLIN SUMMER THEATER
FESTIVAL</span></b><b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span></span></b><span style="color:windowtext">The
Festival’s 2013 season will include: </span><span style="color:windowtext">THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK</span><span style="color:windowtext">
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; William Shakespeare’s comedy <span style>TWELFTH NIGHT</span>;
and, Moss Hart’s insider’s view of Broadway, <span style>LIGHT UP THE SKY</span> in rotating repertory
from June 28 through August 3 in Oberlin's air conditioned Hall Auditorium on
State Route 58 at 511, between the Oberlin Inn and the Allen Memorial Art
Museum.</span><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>For tickets
call 440-775-8169. </span></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">PLAYHOUSE
SQUARE/14<sup>th</sup> Street Theatre<span style>
</span></span></b><span style="color:windowtext">SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADE PARADY returns, by popular
demand, to titillate the damsels in this take off of </span><span style>THE SHADES OF GREY trilogy
from August 8-18.<span style> </span>To read my
review of the previous showing go to </span><a href="http://www.royberko.info"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.royberko.info</span></a><span style><span style> </span>For tickets call 216-241-6000 or go to </span><a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.playhousesquare.org</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">DANCE
OFFERINGS:<span style> </span></span></b></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></b></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">DANCING
WHEELS</span></b><span style="color:windowtext">, July 20, 8 p.m.</span></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">INLET
DANCE</span></b><span style="color:windowtext">, kid’s performance, July 24, 1-2 p.m., adults—July 25,
</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>8
p.m.</span></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">VERB
BALLETS</span></b><span style="color:windowtext">, kid’s performance, August 2, 1-2 p.m., adults—August
3, </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>8
p.m.</span></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">GROUNDWORKS
DANCE THEATER</span></b><span style="color:windowtext">, August 16 & 17—7 p.m., </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span>August
18—2 p.m.</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="color:windowtext">All presented at Cain Park.<span style> </span>For program details and tickets go to: </span><a href="http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=668"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=668</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">DANCECleveland </span></b><span style="color:windowtext">and the <b style>Cleveland Orchestra</b> present <b style>The Joffrey Ballet</b> with at Blossom
Music Center August 20 at 8 p.m.<span style>
</span>For information and tickets go to: </span><a href="http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/event-detail/2011-Aug-20.aspx?pid=8930"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/event-detail/2011-Aug-20.aspx?pid=8930</span></a></p>
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<p class=""><b style>THE INSPIRED BODY</b>
<span style>presents
<b><span style>NOT WHAT I EXPECTED…DANCES OF AGES,
STAGES AND RAGES<i>, </i></span></b>featuring Tracy Pattison’s <b><span style>SHE THREE<i> </i></span></b>at Dobama
Theatre, June 20,21, 22, 2013 at 8pm.</span><span style> </span>For information and tickets call 216-932-3396</p><p class=""><br></p><p class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></p>
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