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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face=Georgia>Cleveland Play House clears a low bar
with ‘Clue’ </FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia>Bob Abelman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Georgia>Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning
Journal</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
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face=Georgia><SPAN
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color=#171717>In the world of live entertainment, there is no shortage of
popular amusements </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">inspired by such
low-hanging fruit as motorsports (“Monster Jam”), pro-wrestling (“WWE Live Raw”)
and children’s collectables (</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: arial'>Mattel’s
“American Girl Live” tour).</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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face=Georgia><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: arial'><FONT
color=#171717>There are even musicals based on </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; LETTER-SPACING: 0.4pt"><FONT color=#26323e>Hasbro
and </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#353535>Parker Brothers </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; LETTER-SPACING: 0.4pt"><FONT color=#26323e>board
games, though “Monopoly” never got to pass go on its way to Broadway a few years
back and </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#353535>Clue,”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#222222> which </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><FONT
color=#353535>made its Off-Broadway debut in 1997, received nothing but dismal
reviews and a run of 29 performances.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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face=Georgia>A new non-musical adaptation of the whodunit board game has been
written by Sandy Rustin (whose credits include the above-mentioned Mattel
extravaganza), though her rendition of “Clue” is so deeply grounded in the
farce-filled 1985 film of the same name that its screenwriter Jonathan Lynn gets
top billing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The play is currently
premiering on the Cleveland Play House main stage and, if all goes well, it is
scheduled to go on national tour in 2021.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Georgia>All does go well, such as it is.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Georgia><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>For
more of this review, go to: </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>