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Cast Announced - AVENUE Q - Blank Canvas Theatre
by info＠blankcanvastheatre.com 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

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Hot new swing band from Columbus plays in Lakewood Friday, November 9th.
by Valerie Salstrom 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

WHAT - Join us for a fun night with Ohio's hottest new swing dance band, Brenny's Bandits! 8 - 9 pm Beginner-friendly Jitterbug lesson with the Get Hep Swing instructors 9 pm - 12 am Brenny's Bandits - This band REALLY SWINGS! WHERE - The Lakewood Masonic Temple is located at 15300 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. WHEN - Friday, November 9th THE BAND - Brenny's Bandits from Columbus, Ohio. COST - Dances are $12 per person. $5 for first-timers to a Get Hep Swing dance WHO MAY ATTEND? - You do not need to bring a partner or have previous dance experience. We welcome anyone who has an interest in dance, music, socializing and fun. We don't care what your physical ability or size is, where you are in life, where you are on the spectrum of sexual or gender orientation, what color or creed, or non-creed, you are. WHO WE ARE - We are Get Hep Swing and we are lead by owner, founder, and multi-year national and international swing dance champion, Valerie Salstrom. We love spreading the gospel of swing dance and we are excited to share the language and culture of this truly American, urban folk dance form with you. It is important to note that this dance style started in the African-American ballrooms of Harlem, New York in the late 1920s. This dance is incredibly empowering and joyful. We make learning to partner dance easy and enjoyable. Please join us the second Friday of every month at the Lakewood Masonic Temple and the last Saturday of every month at The Lithuanian Club. Please see www.GetHepSwing.com for the most up to date information on dances, classes, private lessons, performances, school programs, and special topic workshops.

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"Wake Up And Live with the Arts"presents featured Guests Richard Asbury, Playwright, & Peter Toomey, Actor and Judy Allen, Author / Editor
by sue holland johnson 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

"Wake Up And Live with the Arts" presents Richard Asbury, Playwright, & Peter Toomey, Actor https://youtu.be/hzZRKzrrm9E and Judy Allen, Author / Editor https://youtu.be/hzZRKzrrm9E (Please share with your social media.) See Richard Asbury & Peter Toomey chat with Sue Johnson, Host, about Richard's newest play. "Black And Blue Rhapsody," to be performed Sat. 11/10. "Black And Blue Rhapsody" takes a look at black neighborhoods and police community relations. Peter and Richard read an excerpt from some tense moments in the story. Wake Up with Richard and Peter: https://youtu.be/hzZRKzrrm9E Judy Allen, local author and editor, discusses her work in the literary world as an accomplished editor. Judy announces her plans to introduce a series of writers' "Bootcamp" workshops which are designed to guide and assist aspiring fiction, non-fiction, and playwright writers. Wake Up with Judy Allen: https://youtu.be/hzZRKzrrm9E Take a Look! See past YouTube clips of some of our recent & past featured guests on ''WU&Lw/Arts" WUAL Playlist: https://www.youtub e.com/playlist?list=PL490E9107 8C2251D3 Scroll down and see some of your favorite artists. See the incredible amount of work which has brought a variety of artists to the community. Sue JohnsonDirector, Wake Up And Live's Actors' StudioProducer, "Wake Up And Live With the Arts"wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com (Please share with your social media.)

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*Correction* Audition times
by Cassandra Capocci 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

Auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever are Sunday 11/4 and Monday 11/5 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Coach House Theatre. See www.coachhousetheatre.com<http://www.coachhousetheatre.com> for more information

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Holiday Family Fun Day with The Illusion Factory
by Matthew J. Wilks 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

The Illusion Factory presents "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" Directed by Stephanie Wilbert Featuring Matthew Wilks and Shley Snider. Enjoy a performance of this two-person, holiday classic performed with festive excitement by The Illusion Factory players. This Christmas-time favorite by Dr. Seuss is appropriate for the whole family. Wear your favorite ugly Christmas sweater to this holiday event. The best one wins a prize! Meet and greet the actors for a short Q&A after the show! All are invited to participate in a 30 minute holiday inspired Theater performance workshop after the performance. The workshop will include Theater improvisation, acting, and movement games! Fun for the whole family!! Before and after the performance feel free to join in on our activity stations!!!! Door's will open one hour prior to performance. All proceeds from this family-friendly event benefit The Illusion Factory and its mission to inspire children’s creativity through touring exciting and engaging theater performances and residency workshops to as many school children as possible throughout the state of Ohio. Tickets are $10 per person for general admission seating and are available online or at the door. Children 3 years and under are free. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. Performance begins at 2:00 p.m. Theater Workshop will follow after Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest!!! For more information please call 330-376-5700 or email theillusionfactoryakron(a)gmail.com

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Auditions for Hands on a Hardbody in one week at Hudson Players
by Will C Crosby 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

Auditions are One Week Away for Hands on a Hardbody at Hudson Players!! Sign up today!! https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0d4fafa629abf85-hands I am so excited to finally have these auditions! Looking for a diverse cast of 15 talented performers! If you don’t know the show, look up some of the music, You won’t be disappointed! This regional premiere features a country rock score similar to Bonnie and Clyde, Giant, and Bright Star. We also are using the original truck from the Broadway Production! There’s so many exciting elements that make this production special for this show! Now all we need is YOU!!! Full show information in the audition link here: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0d4fafa629abf85-hands

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Reminder - audition notice for God of Carnage
by Katharine Tonti 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

Audition Notice! GOD OF CARNAGE by Yasmina Reza Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Performance Dates: Fridays and Saturdays - first three weekends of February, 2019. Directed by: Kate Tonti TwinMasks Performing Arts Center Twinsburg, OH Audition Dates: Monday and Tuesday evenings, November 12 and 13, 2018 7:00 p.m. TwinMasks Performing Arts Center 9076 Church Street <https://maps.google.com/?q=9076+Church+Street+%0D%0A+Twinsburg,+OH+44087&en try=gmail&source=g> Twinsburg, OH 44087 <https://maps.google.com/?q=9076+Church+Street+%0D%0A+Twinsburg,+OH+44087&en try=gmail&source=g> (located between the laundromat and the martial arts studio) Cast Requirements: 2 men, 2 women, aged 30 - 50 The story: An altercation in a Brooklyn New York school playground between 2 eleven-year old boys brings their parents together for a meeting to discuss how this situation should be managed and resolved. At first, the parents try to address the issue diplomatically, but things take a different turn, and soon, insults, tempers - and a few other things - start flying, and leaving their lives in shreds.

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Kennelly Review: LES MISERABLES @ Connor Palace (Keybank Broadway Series Playhouse Sqquare (Laura Kennelly)
by Laura Kennelly 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Steam Punk returns in this version of *Les Misérables* (let’s call it *Les Miz*) now playing in Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace through November 18. It’s yet another revival of the Cameron Mackintosh 1980s mega-hit: this time one that stresses metaphorical elements. Mist, smoke, fog, black and white shroud the stage. This effect is said to be based on Victor Hugo’s own sketches, how he envisioned the scene. While it doesn’t work for me (I felt as if I needed to remove the sunglasses I was not wearing), it didn’t seem to bother other *Les Miz* fans around me one bit. See the rest at Les Miz <http://coolcleveland.com/2018/11/theater-review-les-miserables-playhouse-sq…> ( https://coolcleveland.com/2018/11/theater-review-les-miserables-playhouse-s… )

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Review of "Day of Absence" at Karamu
by Bob Abelman 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

‘The Blacks’ not the only thing missing from Karamu’s ‘Day of Absence’ Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal The pre-vaudeville minstrel shows of the mid-19th century are considered the first theatrical art form that was distinctly American. They featured white entertainers in blackface makeup performing comedy and song-and-dance routines that caricaturized plantation slaves for white audiences. God bless us. As one would imagine, minstrel shows were particularly popular in the South before the Civil War, as a way of reinforcing widely held racist stereotypes and countering the abolitionist movement. A century later, in 1965, playwright Douglas Turner Ward borrowed this art form to shed light on the state of racism that was inspiring the civil rights movement. In his satirical fantasy play “Day of Absence,” which served to launch the pioneering Negro Ensemble Company in New York City, Southern whites were caricaturized by black actors appearing in whiteface and behaving as broadly as their old minstrel show counterparts. Karamu Theatre has resurrected Ward’s one-act for reasons best left to the audience’s sense of social awareness. For more of this article, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/

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Auditions- Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Cassandra Capocci 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Sunday Nov 4 and Monday Nov 5, 6-9 pm Coach House Theatre, 732 W. Exchange St. Akron Show dates Dec 7-16. Rehearsals begin November 7 Needed- Adults 3m/4f, Children (ages 6-16) 6m/5f/6 m or f For more information visit www.coachhousetheatre.com

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