Cleveland Theatre Newsroom

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Cleveland Public Theatre will present the World Premiere of its most experimental artistic development program to date, SoftLaunch. This groundbreaking festival seeks to reinvent what theatre and art can be.

Playhouse Square will welcome unique shows to its stages this May, spanning comedy, dance, music, theatrical performances and more. 

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

What did our critic think of PETER/WENDY at Dobama?

What did our critic think of 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE... BY. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL at Key Bank State Theatre?

The National Center for Choreography-Akron and The University of Akron School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration have announced the sixth year of 21st Century Dance Practices, a series of classes guest taught by working dance artists.

The Cleveland Orchestra will host its 45th annual concert honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center. Learn more!

Baldwin Wallace University's nationally recognized Music Theatre program has appointed of Jennifer Hemphill as professor of music theatre and music theatre director. Learn more!

Playhouse Square has announced that tickets for & Juliet are currently on sale for a three-week run with performances March 4 – 23, 2025. 

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Dobama Theatre’s 2024/25 mainstage season continues with the Professional Cleveland Premiere of Peter/Wendy. See photos from the production.

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The Cleveland Orchestra has released its 2023-24 fiscal year operating results, reporting a balanced operating budget for the sixth consecutive year with a small surplus of $6,000. The operating results span July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.  

HELL’S KITCHEN will launch a second company in North America with a multi-year tour in 2025. Learn more about the tour route and see how to purchase tickets!

Great Lakes Theater is presenting its 36th production of Charles Dickens’ timeless tale, A Christmas Carol, running through December 22, 2024. Check out production photos here!

BorderLight Theatre Festival has announced the return of its Fringe Festival, taking place in July, at Playhouse Square, the largest performing arts center in the country outside New York City.

Tickets for Shucked at Playhouse Square will go on sale tomorrow. What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical. Learn more.

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced three highlights of its 2025 Blossom Music Festival: An Evening with Cynthia Erivo, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Disney's The Lion King

Cleveland Institute of Music announced the 2025 Chamber Music Intensive, offering string players an opportunity to enhance their skills with expert guidance and collaborative performances.

Northeast Ohio-based vocalist Kate DeL is set to celebrate the release of her highly anticipated holiday album, 'Cheers to Christmas', with a special live performance at Blu Jazz+ in Akron, Ohio.

Playhouse Square announced that tickets to the touring Broadway productions of HADESTOWN and COME FROM AWAY are available for purchase now. Learn more here!

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The second production for Dobama Theatre's 2024/25 mainstage season will be the Professional Cleveland Premiere of Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom. The production will run this December at Dobama, Cleveland's Off-Broadway Theatre.

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