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<p class=""><b><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="color:rgb(0,255,255)">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span><br></span></b></p><p class=""><b><span style="color:windowtext">Cleveland area summer theatre
and dance 2014 calendar</span></b></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="text-align:center" align="center"><b><i style><u><span style="font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">THEATRE OFFERINGS</span></u></i></b></p>
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</font><p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><b><span style="color:windowtext">PORTHOUSE
THEATRE </span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><span> </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</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><span style="color:windowtext">•MY FAIR LADY, June 18-28 (two-piano
musical </span><span style="color:windowtext">adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s PYGMALION)</span><span style="color:windowtext">, </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><span style="color:windowtext">•STARMITES, July 3-19 (</span><span style="color:windowtext">musical
adventure fantasy in which humans and heroes conquer the sinister inhabitants
of Innerspace)</span><span style="color:windowtext">,
</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><span style="color:windowtext">•OLIVER, July 24-August 10
(</span><span style="color:windowtext">musical classic, based on Charles Dickens’ novel)</span><span style="color:windowtext">. <span> </span><span>Curtain
time is</span> 8 PM Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 PM Sundays. The picnic
grounds open 90 minutes prior to curtain time.<span> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><span style="color:windowtext">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></font></p>
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</font><p class=""><font><b><span style="font-family:Palatino">CAIN PARK<span>
</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Palatino">Cain Park, located in
Cleveland Heights offers </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">•FROGS, </span><span style="font-family:Palatino">July
31-August 17, Alma Theater,<span> </span>(a
comedy written in 405 B.C. by Aristophanes, freely adapted by Nathan Lane, with
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">For tickets call </span><span style="font-family:Palatino">216-371-3000 or go to </span><a href="http://www.cainpark.com"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext">http://www.cainpark.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Palatino"></span></font></p>
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</font><p class=""><font><b><span style="color:windowtext">BLANK
CANVAS<span> </span></span></b><span style="color:windowtext">Pat
Ciamacco’s</span><span style="color:windowtext"> little theatre that “could and does” presents •LAUGHS
OF FUTURE PAST, May 30-31, June 6-7 (A 90-minute sketch comedy and improv with
beer, wine and humor), </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">•ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, July 18-August 2
(captures the radical and anti-establishment mood of the 1960s), </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">•HAIR, August 29-September 13 (the 1960s Love-Rock
musical) </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">For tickets and directions go to </span><a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com</span></a><b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b></font></p>
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</font><p class=""><font><b>MAMAI
THEATRE COMPANY<span> </span></b>The area’s
newest equity agreement theatre, now in residence at The Pilgrim Church in
Tremont, presents</font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font>•STRANDED ON EARTH, June 5-22 (Clevelander Eric
Coble’s script contemplates the exchange between personal freedom and putting
down roots against the backdrop of personal tragedy.</font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">•James Joyces’s ULYSSES IN NIGHTGOWN, benefit for Mamai (for
details go to the website)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">•ARCADIA, July 17-August 3 (Tom Stoppard </span><span style="color:rgb(31,23,25)">explores
the way the past is interpreted through the lens of the present.)</span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">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></font></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><b><span style="font-family:Palatino">CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE <br></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><b><span style="font-family:Palatino"><br></span></b></font></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">Allen Theatre in
PlayhouseSquare—Allen Theatre</span><span style="font-family:Palatino"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">•MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN’ THROUGH LIFE, May 30-June 29 (</span><span style="font-family:Palatino">Tap dance legend Maurice Hines stars in this
explosive world premiere production.)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>•<span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"> MAD MEN, MUSIC & MARTINIS, </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">CPH
Annual Benefit</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">June
7 @ 5:30pm - 11:00pm</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">For
tickets call </span><span style="font-family:Palatino">216-241-6000
or go to </span><a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext">www.clevelandplayhouse.com</span></a></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><b><span style="color:windowtext">BECK CENTER<span> </span></span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">•SEMINAR, May
30-June 29 (a comedy in which </span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing
classes taught with recklessly unorthodox instruction.<span> </span>Tensions arise, romances develop, and
the wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious.)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">•YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, July 11-August 17 (a musical </span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">re-imagining
of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks' parody of classic horror films,
the story follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein as he attempts to complete his
grandfather's scientific work and bring a corpse to life.)</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">For tickets:<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></font></p><font>
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</font><p class=""><font><b>THEATER NINJAS</b><b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">•STRANDED ON EARTH,
June 5-22 (This is Eric Coble’s one-woman show, starring Derdriu Ring.<span> </span>Co-produced with Mamai Theatre Company.
<span> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">For tickets and
information: </span><a href="http://theaterninjas.com/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://theaterninjas.com</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class=""><font><b><span style="color:windowtext">ACTORS’ SUMMIT</span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">•BACK TO BACHARACH AND DAVID, JUNE 12-JULY 20 (The hits
of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, including “Alfie,” “Walk on By,” “I’ll Never
Fall in Love Again,” and twenty more.</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">For tickets: </span><span style="font-family:Palatino">330-374-7568 or go to </span><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext">www.actorssummit.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Palatino"></span></font></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><b><span style="font-family:Palatino">convergence
continuum</span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><b><span style="font-family:Palatino"><br></span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">A MAN OF VIRTUE, June 20-July 12 (An unlikely friendship
that derails into a quiet, pitiless nightmare.)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">AMAZONS AND THEIR MEN, August 8-20 (Inspired by the life
and work of Leni Riefenstahl (Hitler’s cinematographer) who recruits a Jewish
man to play her lover in acting out a scene in the Trojan war.)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><font><span style="font-family:Palatino">For
tickets: </span><a href="http://convergence-continiuum.org"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:windowtext">convergence-continiuum.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Palatino"> or 216-687-0074</span><span style="font-family:Palatino"></span></font></p>
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</font><p class=""><font><b><span style="color:windowtext">OBERLIN SUMMER THEATER
FESTIVAL</span></b><b><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class=""><font><span style="color:windowtext">For information about the summer offerings call
440-775-8169</span></font></p>
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<p class="" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b style><i style><u><span style="font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">DANCE OFFERINGS</span></u></i></b><b style><span style="font-size:14pt;color:windowtext"></span></b></p>
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<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">(</span></b><span style="color:windowtext">All
presented at Cain Park.<span style> </span>For
program details and tickets call </span><span style="color:windowtext">216-371-3000
or go to:<span style> </span></span><a href="http://www.cainpark.com"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.cainpark.com</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class=""><b style>GROUNDWORKS
DANCETHEATER</b></p>
<p class="">Thursday-Saturday, June 12-14, 7pm, Alma Theater</p>
<p class="">$25 advance, $28 day of show</p>
<p class="" style="text-autospace:none"><span style>GroundWorks
will reprise two audience favorites from its extensive repertory,
"Hindsight" by Lynn Taylor-Corbett, a tribute to Akron-born rock legend
Chrissie Hynde, and "All I Do" by David Parker, a whimsical and
intricate invention set to music from the American film classic “Singin’ in the
Rain. ” The series will also feature a World Premiere by GroundWorks' Artistic
Director David Shimotakahara. </span></p>
<p class=""><b style><span style="color:windowtext">INLET
DANCE</span></b></p>
<p class="" style>Wednesday, July 30, Kids
Matinee, 1-2pm. Evening performance Thursday, July 31, 8pm, Evans Amphitheater.
FREE </p>
<p class=""><b style>VERB
BALLETS</b></p>
<p class="">Friday, July 25, Kids Matinee, 1-2pm. Evening
performance Saturday, July 26, 8pm, Evans Amphitheater</p>
<p class="">Kids Matinee: $5/child, $8/adult general admission</p>
<p class="" style>Evening: $25/20 advance,
$28/23 day of show</p><p class="" style><span style="color:rgb(0,255,255)">•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></p><p class="" style><br></p><p class="" style><br><u><span style="color:blue"></span></u></p>
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