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Sheri Gross Q & A with Roy Berko
by Joanna Hunkins via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Sheri Gross sat down with local theater critic Roy Berko last month to talk about life, her career and the iconic Dolly Levi. She'll sing the songs of Dolly at this Sunday's *Behind the Musical: Hello, Dolly!*, co-produced by The Musical Theater Project and Chagrin Arts. To read the interview, click here. http://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/2015/03/sheri-gross-to-perform-in-musical_2…

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Behind the Musical: Hello, Dolly!
by Joanna Hunkins via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

*THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT AND CHAGRIN ARTS PRESENT “BEHIND THE MUSICAL: HELLO, DOLLY!” AT* *CHAGRIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER* The Musical Theater Project presents “Behind the Musical: Hello, Dolly!,” a co-production with Chagrin Arts, this Sunday, April 26, at 3pm at Chagrin Falls High School Performing Arts Center. The popular “Behind the Musical” series was created by TMTP to explore the history of a beloved musical’s trials and tribulations on the road to success. These multi-media concerts include archival footage, first-account interviews and live performances of all the beloved songs from the source material. Previous musicals featured in this series include “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Carousel,” “The Music Man” and “My Fair Lady.” “Behind the Musical: Hello, Dolly!” is co-hosted by TMTP’s artistic director Bill Rudman and music director Nancy Maier and features Ann Gilbert, Jared Leal, Jessica Cope Miller and Shane Patrick O’Neill. Taking on the songs of the iconic Dolly Levi is local favorite Sheri Gross, director of the performing arts camp and youth theater at Mandel Jewish Community Center. Says Rudman: “We’ll be telling a darn good story. In 1964 Dolly almost said goodbye instead of hello. Composer-lyricist Jerry Herman says that ‘doing that musical was the most difficult time in my career.’” The show remains a universal success over 50 years later. Audiences can expect to hear all the songs from the score including “Before the Parade Passes By,” “It Only Takes A Moment,” and of course the title song. Chagrin Falls High School Performing Arts Center is located at 400 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls. General tickets are priced at $26/$20 and TMTP Member tickets are $21/$15. Tickets at the door are priced at $30/$25. Seating is general admission within section and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are available through the TMTP box office at 216-245-8687 or online at MusicalTheaterProject.org. “Behind the Musical: Hello, Dolly!” is presented as part of “The Song Is You!” concert and cabaret season produced each year by The Musical Theater Project at a variety of locations.

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ACT Call for Directors, Music Directors and Producers
by ACT Business Manager via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Call for Directors, Music Directors and Producers Aurora Community Theatre The Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, Ohio 44202, seeks the following directors, music directors, and producers. Director Producer The Boys Next Door (Tom Griffin) Performances 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays Oct 23 - Nov 14, 2015 Director Producer Almost, Maine (John Cariani) Performances 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays Jan 29 - Feb 20, 2016 Director MUSIC DIRECTOR Producer Once Upon a Mattress (Music by Mary Rodgers | Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer | Lyrics by Marshall Barer) Performances 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays April 29 - May 21, 2016 3 pm Sundays May 8 and 15, 2016 Director MUSIC DIRECTOR Producer Into the Woods (Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine) Performances 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays July 1 - 16, 2016 3 pm Sunday July 10, 2016 Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Marianne Paul at mariannespaul(a)gmail.com. Please put "Call for Directors" in the subject line. Please state which shows you are interested in directing/ serving as musical director for in the cover letter. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2015.

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The Addams Family Musical Opens THIS FRIDAY, April 24 at The Hudson Players
by Dana Herro via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

*A Magnificently Macabre New Musical Comedy!* *April 24, 25, May 1, 2, 8, 9, 10*, 15 & 16, 2015* At The Barlow Community Center - 41 S. Oviatt St. Hudson, OH 44236 Fri and Sat Curtain times: 8pm *Sunday matinee: 2pm Created by *Jersey Boys* authors *Marshall Brickman* & *Rick Elice*, and Drama Desk Award winner *Andrew Lippa* and based on the popular TV show, this inventive and fresh from Broadway new musical comedy brings the weird and wonderful Addams Family to devilishly, delightful life. *That* lovable family of creepy kooks are still alive and well and living in their super-spooky mansion in Central Park. Of course, the Addams family, led by the elegantly gaunt and seemingly undead Morticia and her ever-devoted husband Gomez, is in turmoil. Their daughter Wednesday, now 18, finds herself falling in love – a sensation that is unsettling for both her and her family of endearing misfits. When the teen invites her new boyfriend over with his “normal” family to get better acquainted with the Addams household, comic chaos (including everything from an amorous giant squid to mixed-up potions to a scorching tango) ensues. Winner of the Broadway.com audience choice award for favorite new Broadway musical this show delivers ghoulish laughter, fun music and an evening of weird and wonderful entertainment you will want to be sure to see. *“**Come meet the family. We’ll leave the lights off for you”.* *Tickets available at www.hudsonplayers.com <http://www.hudsonplayers.com> or by calling 330-655-8522*

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Auditions for "Aesop's Fable-ous Barnyard Bash!"
by TrueNorth via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

TrueNorth Cultural Arts in partnership with Lorain County Metro Parks announces auditions for... AESOP'S FABLE-OUS BARNYARD BASH Book & Lyrics by Michael Gravois Music by Zachary Badreddine Directed by Russ Stich Music Direction by Mary Beth Lyons You've heard Aesop's fables, but you've never seen them like this! The tales we all know come to life onstage in a whirlwind of song, storytelling and silliness! Featuring 12 classic fables performed by a cavalcade of farm characters, this mini-musical will tickle the funny bone while teaching timeless principles. With puppets, rhythm, dance and poetry, Aesop's Fable-ous Barnyard Bash is the perfect performance for the whole family Seeking an ensemble of adults and children (ages 10+) to play multiple roles. Auditions on Sunday, April 26th in 1-hour blocks between 2pm and 5pm. Call (440) 949-5200 ext 221 to schedule a 1-hour block. Interested parties not available on the 26th can leave their contact info, and we will try to schedule an alternate time. Please prepare a brief comedic monologue and an upbeat or comedic musical selection (accompanist available). Rehearsals will begin immediately and run Monday-Thursday evenings, and Sunday afternoons/evenings. Performances are June 5-14, Friday & Saturday at 6:30pm, Saturday & Sunday at 3pm

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Older Visual Artists: Exhibit at Monday's Ohio Regional WHCoA event
by Rose, Miriam via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

The Regional White House Conference on Aging event on Monday, April 27th, is seeking to exhibit the work of older artists who specialize in visual arts. If you or anyone you know fits this description and would be interested in participating, please see the details below. The regional forum will be held at the Global Center for Health Innovation downtown, adjacent to the Cleveland Convention Center. 1. Only older adults in the visual arts can be accommodated. 2. Tables and easels will be provided. 3. The artwork should be brought to the loading dock at the Global Center/Convention Center on Sunday, April 26th, after 4 PM. It is located off West 3rd street. (The "load in" begins at that time for all the equipment/supplies needed for the forum.) 4. Registration begins at 7:30 on Monday, April 27th, and the forum goes from 8:30 until 3:30. 5. There are no fees or charges for the artists. 6. The artists cannot participate in the forum; it is by invitation only. 7. Lunch may be available. (Doug is checking.) 8. *Interested artists can contact Doug at 216-650-9458 or DTayek(a)aarp.org<mailto:DTayek@aarp.org> * Miriam Rose Miriam Rose, M.Ed. Senior Research Analyst Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging www.benrose.org<http://www.benrose.org/> 11890 Fairhill Rd. Cleveland, OH 44120 Direct Line: (216) 373-1674 Fax: (216) 373-1816 E-mail: mrose(a)benrose.org<mailto:mrose@benrose.org> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The documents accompanying this email may contain confidential information, which is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the recipient named above. If you are not the addressee or the employee or agent of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from printing, storing, disseminating, distributing, or copying this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Calling Actors - The Manhattan Project's Terrible Twos
by Manhattan Project via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Between 1942 and 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer gathered the most brilliant minds of the age at Los Alamos, New Mexico to create something awesome and terrible. The Manhattan Project - Cleveland Lab seeks to do the same for the Cleveland stage. The Manhattan Project Turned Two!For two years The Manhattan Project <https://www.facebook.com/TheManhattanProjectClevelandLab?fref=ts> has brought together local playwrights and actors to create brand new ten-minute plays. Like any fussy toddler, the Manhattan Project will have a tantrum if it doesn't get what it wants and what it wants is more plays and brilliant actors to perform in them. Writing this month are newcomers David Todd, Catie O'Keefe, MP regular Rachel Baird and more! Please join us for our next Meet & Greet <https://www.facebook.com/events/1572509323003733/> at *8:00pm May 5* at Mahall's 20 Lanes <http://mahalls20lanes.com/> 13200 Madison Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 on the Main Stage. Performance <https://www.facebook.com/events/642971182499603/> will be *May 26*, also on Mahall's Main Stage. What exactly is The Manhattan Project - Cleveland Lab? The Manhattan Project is a low-stakes, nonthreatening place for actors and playwrights to meet and work together. Based on the Theatre Lab model taught at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and inspired by The Brooklyn Generator in New York, The Manhattan Project wants to introduce Cleveland actors and playwrights to each other by organizing a bi-monthly production of brand new 10-minute plays. Participating artists will meet early in the month and will be broken into teams, each with one playwright. The playwright will then be given a writing prompt to write a new 10-minute play based on the prompt and including all the team's actors. The rest of the evening the team members will get to know each other and get a feel for each other's skills and voices. The teams will reconvene later in the month to perform these plays for each other. These 10-minute plays are not an end in themselves. Through these small collaborations we hope to build relationships between the two most vulnerable artists in theatre; the actors who put themselves on stage and the playwrights who pour themselves onto the page. Perhaps these 10-minute plays will grow into longer works or maybe these collaborations will become partnerships on larger projects. If you'd like to participate, please RSVP at TrinityCrater(a)gmail.com or just show up at the Meet & Greet on May 5. *Some additional notes on the project:* - In the spirit of shoe-string theatre, these 10-minute plays should have a budget of $0.00. - Playwrights will be directing the plays, or an actor from the team can volunteer to do so. - It's up to each team to schedule rehearsals together. Based on experience, it shouldn't take more than 3-4 hours of rehearsal time to get these plays on their feet. - Playwrights are invited in advance of the meet & Greet. - *Playwrights are invited based on participation in past Manhattan Project events, so please come to our events so we can get to know you!*

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WEEK FOUR: CPT's DanceWorks '15 features...Inlet Dance Theatre (April 23-25)...One weekend only!
by Cathleen OMalley via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Cleveland Public Theatre presents DANCEWORKS 2015<http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/category/series/dan…> 4 weeks of contemporary dance by local artists April 2 - April 25 DanceWorks<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012HtY58AaqiG9mlXxDZzjX_fgEZM6JAs17wqzXdO6M5vF…> 2015 features six dance companies from the Northeast Ohio region, including MorrisonDance, The Movement Project, Ohio Dance Theatre, Cleveland Dance Exchange, Verb Ballets and Inlet Dance Theatre. Six companies premiere new work and revive popular performances, presented as single or double bills over 4 weekends. The DanceWorks 2015 line-up is available here.<http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/category/series/dan…> Week #4: Inlet Dance Theatre<http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-4-inlet-dance-…> April 23-25 INLET DANCE THEATRE FOUR ELEMENTS Inlet Dance Theatre premieres Four Elements in its entirety, a work the company has been building for the last five years. Four Elements is inspired by best-selling business author Laurie Beth Jones' book, "The Four Elements of Success," which looks at the four elements as personality profiles. Four Elements was collaboratively created by the Inlet dancers, Executive/Artistic Director Bill Wade, composer Jeremy Allen, and lighting designer Trad Burns. In addition to Four Elements, Inlet will premiere work collaboratively created with Mihaela Kavdanska, one of the international artists involved in The Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion International Artist Exchange. Thursday is sold out. Tickets still available for Friday and Saturday at 7:30 Cleveland Public Theatre's Gordon Square Theatre 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102 Tickets $12 - $28 Thursdays just $12! Students/Seniors get $3 off on Friday/Saturday. www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> | 216-631-2727 x501 **EVERY FRIDAY is Free Beer Friday - mingle with artists after the show and enjoy your drinks on us. Tickets available at www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> or (216) 631-2727 x501. (And no ticket fees, ever.) Cathleen O'Malley Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations Cleveland Public Theatre (216) 631-2727 x 212 To see what's onstage tonight, visit www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org/>

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THIS WEEKEND: Superb performances, haunting imagery and wicked wordplay captivate audiences of CPT's IN A WORD...(through May 2)
by Cathleen OMalley via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Cleveland Public Theatre presents IN A WORD<http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/in-a-word/> April 16 - May 2 Written by Lauren Yee Directed by Beth Wood "Evocative...Fascinating...Outsanding...[Conway's] quiet, climactic scene with a Kit Kat bar is, given its context, perhaps the most trenchant human interaction with chocolate since Willy Wonka boffed the Swiss Miss on the Cocoa Cruiser ride at Hershey Park." -Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene<http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/were-out-on-a-limb-in-more-ways-than-on…> "...a remarkably engaging and brilliantly orchestrated series of images. And it is surprisingly buoyant thanks to superb performers who have mastered the playwright's complex wordplay and found the dark humor in the deepest recesses of this intriguing work." -Bob Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News<http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/there-are-not-enough-compleme…> Meet Fiona, a mother who has suffered an unimaginable loss. It is the two-year anniversary of her seven-year-old son's disappearance and, still, nothing makes sense. Not her blasé husband, not the incompetent detective, nor the neighborhood kidnapper who keeps introducing himself in the checkout line. As she delves back into her memories of that fateful day in a search to find the missing piece, logic buckles and language breaks. At turns lyrical, poignant and absurd, Lauren Yee's breathtaking in a word chronicles Fiona's attempts to get over, around and through what haunts her-a journey where grief and comedy collide, and ordinary turns of phrase take on dangerous new meanings. Shows Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Monday at 7:00, CPT's James Levin Theatre Featuring Liz Conway, Matt O'Shea and Mark Rabant April 16-May 2 Tickets $12 - $28 :: Students/Seniors get $3 off Mondays and Thursdays just $12! www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> | 216-631-2727 x501 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland OH 44102 **EVERY FRIDAY is Free Beer Friday - mingle with artists after the show and enjoy your drinks on us. Tickets available at www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> or (216) 631-2727 x501. (And no ticket fees, ever.) Cathleen O'Malley Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations Cleveland Public Theatre (216) 631-2727 x 212 To see what's onstage tonight, visit www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org/>

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THIS WEEKEND ONLY - Magnificat High School presents classic farce SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
by Dale Van Niel via NEohioPAL 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

*THIS WEEKEND ONLY!* *MAGNIFICAT HIGH SCHOOL * presents *SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER* by Oliver Goldsmith *April 24 & 25 at 7:30pm* *April 26 at 2:00pm* *Magnificat Center for the Performing Arts* *20770 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River 44116* One of the comic jewels of the English theatre, *She Stoops to Conquer* lampoons the quirks and customs of 18th-century England, from matchmaking and marriage to character and class. Aptly subtitled *The Mistakes of a Night*, this light-hearted farce turns several imminent romances upside-down through an absurd series of deceptions, disguises, and mistaken identities. It’s a wildly funny romp through the English countryside. This restoration comedy is filled with mistaken identities, studied strong women, the bumbling geniality of parents, confused gallantry of tongue-tied lovers. The story rushes along with breathless hilarity as characters trip over each other on the stage. Lots of door slamming and silliness. *Tickets are on sale now! To purchase tickets log on to: www.magnificat.tix.com <http://www.magnificat.tix.com/> or call 440-331-1572 <440-331-1572>, 261* *Adults - $13 Senior/Students (under 18) - $8* *Dale Van Niel* Performing Arts Center Manager Magnificat High School 20770 Hilliard Blvd. Rocky River, OH 44116 440-331-1572 x.284 dvanniel(a)maghs.org

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