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Roy Berko

Roy Berko, a life-long Clevelander, holds degrees, through the doctorate from Kent State, University of Michigan and The Pennsylvania State University. Roy was an actor for many years, appearing in more than 16 plays, 8 TV commercials, and 3 films. He has directed more than 30 productions. A member of the American Critics Association and The Cleveland Critics Circle, he has been an entertainment reviewer for more than fifty years. For three years he was a regular on Channel 5, ABC-Cleveland's "Morning Exchange" and "Live on 5," serving as the stations communication consultant. He has also appeared on "Good Morning America." Roy served as the Director of Public Relations for the Volunteer Office in the White House during the first Clinton Administration. He was a professor of communication and psychology who taught at George Washington University, University of Maryland, Notre Dame College of Ohio and Towson University. Roy is the author of 38 books. He was selected by Cleveland Magazine as one of the most interesting people in Cleveland.




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First Show:

Wonderful Town

Favorite Show:

Chorus Line, Fiddler on The Roof, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, West Side Story, Something Rotten, Pippin



Review: Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN at Cleveland Play House
Review: Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN at Cleveland Play House
November 1, 2023

What did our critic think of MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN at Cleveland Play House?

Review: THE ISLAND at Ensemble
Review: THE ISLAND at Ensemble
October 30, 2023

What did our critic think of THE ISLAND at Ensemble? Native South Euclid resident and Brush High School grad, Dr. Alan Wieder, is on a quest “to stem the tide of forgetfulness.”  The oral historian, who has been on the faculties of both South Africa’s University of Western Cape and Stellenbosch University, is concerned that “few young South Africans know of the contributions or the sensibilities regarding the social justice and the revolution against class disparity and racism in the world.” 

Review: DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater
Review: DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater
October 23, 2023

What did our critic think of DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Great Lakes Theater? The cast worked hard, the stagehands did their part with great enthusiasm, but all in all DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH just didn’t live up to expectations. 

Review: THE GROWN-UP at Convergence-continuum
Review: THE GROWN-UP at Convergence-continuum
October 16, 2023

What did our critic think of THE GROWN-UP at Convergence-continuum? THE GROWN-UP, Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison’s play, which is now on stage at convergence-continuum, in its Ohio premiere, uses fantasy to explore how quickly life changes and, therefore, that life is too short to miss any moment of it.  

Review: MAKE BELIEVE at Dobama
Review: MAKE BELIEVE at Dobama
October 10, 2023

What did our critic think of MAKE BELIEVE at Dobama?

Review: THE WIZ (THE TOURING COMPANY) at Connor Palace
Review: THE WIZ (THE TOURING COMPANY) at Connor Palace
October 8, 2023

What did our critic think of THE WIZ (THE TOURING COMPANY) at Connor Palace?

Review: CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts
Review: CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts
September 28, 2023

What did our critic think of CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts? William Mastrosimone, the author of CAT’S-PAW, now on stage in the Studio Theatre at Beck Center, states, “In the early 80s I was shocked by the questionable methods of some activists who called themselves environmentalists.

Review: CLYDE'S at Karma
Review: CLYDE'S at Karma
September 24, 2023

What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Karma?

Review: THURGOOD At Cleveland Play House
Review: THURGOOD At Cleveland Play House
September 18, 2023

What did our critic think of THURGOOD at Cleveland Play House?

Review: LUNGS at Ensemble Theater
Review: LUNGS at Ensemble Theater
September 12, 2023

What did our critic think of LUNGS at Ensemble?

Review: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center
Review: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center
August 21, 2023

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center?

Review: EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum
Review: EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum
August 14, 2023

What did our critic think of EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum? Perhaps one of the most famous, or infamous of Shakespeare’s stage directions, ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ in Act III of THE WINTER’S TALE, sees Antigonus meet death in the most unlikely of ways: at the hands – or rather the claws – of a bear.

Review: FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park
Review: FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park
August 13, 2023

What did our critic think of FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park?

Review: SIX THE MUSICAL Tour at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace
Review: SIX THE MUSICAL Tour at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace
August 10, 2023

What did our critic think of SIX THE MUSICAL (TOURING COMPANY) at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace?

Review: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at Cleveland Play House
Review: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at Cleveland Play House
August 9, 2023

What did our critic think of ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE?

Review: THE PROM at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University
Review: THE PROM at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University
July 30, 2023

What did our critic think of THE PROM at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University?

Review: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center
Review: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center
July 27, 2023

What did our critic think of WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center? About ten minutes before the Blossom music complex was to be filled by glorious music, an announcement asked all attendees who were sitting on the lawn to come into the pavilion as bad weather was moving into the area.

Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts
Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts
July 11, 2023

What did our critic think of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts?

Review: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse
Review: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse
July 5, 2023

What did our critic think of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse? It’s summer, a time of year in Northeastern Ohio for escapist activities.  This is the only logical reason that Porthouse would pick a show like Roger Bean’s jukebox musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES.

Review: RENT at Cain Park
Review: RENT at Cain Park
June 18, 2023

What did our critic think of RENT at Cain Park?



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