150 stories by "The Plain Dealer"
More than 200 years after its publication, Jane Austen's witty and winsome novel of love and manners in Regency England is as relevant as the day she penned it.
Neil Simon knew that many academics and critics never would rank him among the great American playwrights. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, who died Sunday morning at 91, addressed this re…
How do you do "Macbeth" in 2018? How do you make it fresh and new?
Playhouse Square's board recently blessed the project, a 319-unit apartment building and 550-space garage set to open in summer 2020.
Dorothy Silver, the grande dame of Cleveland theater, returns to the stage with a production of "Love Letters" just in time for Valentine's Day.
The show at the State Theatre at Playhouse Square is thoroughly enjoyable, if not comparable to the great "Phantom."
Step right up for the Wizbang! circus and variety show. Friday and Saturday, the little show with big dreams will pull up to Cleveland Public Theatre.
Smash Broadway musical "Wicked" revisits Oz, from the witches point of view.
'Casablanca' is back in theaters to celebrate its 75th anniversary.
"Wicked" is a show about perceptions. The smash Broadway musical revisits L. Frank Baum's wonderful world of Oz long before Dorothy's house crashed down, with a whole different poi…
More than 400 years after its debut, the Bard's comedy of mistaken identity and midsummer mayhem still brings the laughter.
The Cleveland Orchestra's 2017 gala Saturday may not have plumbed any great philosophical depths or explored new artistic realms, but the concert was unquestionably a success in both musical…
Great Lakes season-opening production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a big, splashy Gothic romance with a show-stopping soundtrack.
"The All Night Strut," written and directed by Clevelander Fran Charnas, premiered at Pickle Bill's in the Flats in 1976. It then moved to pre-restoration Playhouse Square, followi…
Pandemonium is an apt name for one of the most theatrical parties of the year. In a very good way.
Guest conductor Juraj Valcuha made his Cleveland Orchestra debut Sunday with music by Strauss, Korngold, and Rota; and the Rota, a Suite for Fellini's "La Strada," was a Cleveland …
A new touring show of the classic has its debut at Playhouse Square this week.
Cinema at the Square series marks its 20th year with more classic movies.
Summer 2017 kicked off with perhaps the best show of the year at Playhouse Square.
Playhouse Square has received one of the largest gifts in its history, $10 million from KeyBank. In honor of the gift, the State Theatre will be renamed.
The most awarded new musical of 2015 will play Cleveland's Playhouse Square June 20 - July 9.
Cleveland's youngest company is back with a new production.
Ohio City is taking on an international accent this summer.
Cleveland's historic Variety Theatre is the recipient of a This Place Matters award from The National Trust for Historic Preservation.
It's not easy to walk in another person's shoes - especially on stage in front of a full theater. But that's the task in "Freaky Friday."