The Cleveland Curtain Curmudgeon's site is a love letter to Northeast Ohio's performing arts - equal parts applause, side-eye, and "someone had to say it."

Jim Becker here - I'm the opinion you hate to love; as a retired NYC show boy, Broadway Personal Trainer, and the man your local Dolly Dinkle dance studio loves to hate.

I've publically ousted artistic leadership at major ballet companies and my tongue is sharper due to my time in the biz before the #MeToo movement.

And now I'm spilling AAAAALLLLLLL the tea.

I'll give you samples of my upcoming memoirs plus recent reviews of local and beloved theatre and dance productions, books, and restaurants.

I have standards so high, no one is above hearing my wrath... except for maybe the Broadway revival of The Rink with Cher and Lady Gaga.

Updated regularly. Visit. Enjoy. Stay.