Cleveland Theatre Newsroom

The American Theatre Guild has revealed the 25–26 Season for the Stranahan Theater. The 25–26 BROADWAY IN TOLEDO Series will include Broadway touring productions. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

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

Clague Playhouse will present The Half-Life of Marie Curie, written by Lauren Gunderson, from next month. Performances are on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8PM and on Sundays at 2PM.

What did our critic think of WAITRESS at Beck Center For The Arts?

Beck Center for the Arts has announced spring training has begun at the theater, in the form of the regional premiere of the play, Under A Baseball Sky.

Teatro Público de Cleveland and Cleveland Public Theatre will present El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom by Matt Barbot. Featuring: Roxana Bell, Nathalie Bermudez, Alisha Caraballo, Angelluis Centeno, Alejandro Martinez Jr., Elena Grace Thomson (Understudy).

Playhouse Square has revealed that The Outsiders, winner of the 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical, is the final title on their seven show Broadway Series 2025-2026 lineup. See the full lineup and learn more.

Five more headliners joined the burgeoning FAN EXPO Cleveland celebrity roster today as Adam Savage, Brandon Routh, and more. Learn more and see how to attend.

Rajiv Joseph's King James is headed to Cleveland Playhouse. Set in a bar in Cleveland Heights and spanning LeBron’s rookie season to the 2016 NBA Championship, the men navigate their turbulent friendship through their shared love of the game.

Mention author J. M. Barrie, and the immediate thought is Peter Pan.  Peter Pan, the tale of a boy who refused to grow up, which has become a cottage industry.   Dolls, movies, a musical play, coloring books, cartoons, Halloween costumes, a non-musical play, and books are all available.   There is even a psychological condition, “The Peter Pan Syndrome,” which puts the spotlight on men who refuse to assume responsibility for their boyish actions.

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) sets the stage for the second half of its 63rd season with the playful Peter Pan prequel, Peter and the Starcatcher. Check out photos of the cast in action.

What did our critic think of THE HOT WING KING at Dobama?

PARADE, which is now on stage at the Palace Theatre as part of the Key Bank Broadway series, is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.

Sara Bruner, Producing Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater has announced a six-show lineup for the company's 2025-26 season. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Comic creators including Patrick Gleason, Larry F. Houston, Michael Golden, Pasqual Ferry, and dozens of others who have delighted millions with their work will be on hand in a standout Artist Alley at FAN EXPO Cleveland. Learn how to attend.

Beck Center for the Arts, one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theater programs in the nation has announced a creative approach to William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

On Monday, CIM announced that fourth-year double bass student Gisel Dominguez was nominated by her peers for a 2025 Undergraduate Scholar Award from the Presser Foundation.  

Cleveland Public Theatre has announced the world premiere of local playwright Jeanne Madison's play Showin' Up Black February 20 through March 8, 2025.

THE GREAT GATSBY is launching a North American tour in January 2026. THE GREAT GATSBY will be part of Playhouse Square’s 2025-2026 KeyBank Broadway Series. Learn more!

CIM anticipated has revealed the 2025 edition of its popular scholarship fundraiser, which takes place each spring the evening before Commencement. Learn more about the event and see how to attend.

The National Center for Choreography - Akron (NCCAkron) is welcoming the sixth cohort of their Creative Administration Research program.

CIM will again hold its acclaimed Young Artist Piano Seminar, July 6-12. The program also will be led again by pianist Gerardo Teissonnière (BM ’85, MM ’89, Vronsky), a distinguished member of the faculty and winner of the 2025 Governor’s Award for the Arts in the Individual Artist category. 

At the end of each year, Broadwayworld Cleveland's Critic Roy Berko elects to recognize productions, performers and technicians to be recognized from Cleveland, OH stagings.  The format for these acknowledgments is being altered. 

The already stellar FAN EXPO Cleveland celebrity lineup got another major upgrade today with the addition of several standouts from beloved franchises 'Doctor Who,' 'Supernatural,' and more! Learn how to attend.

Cleveland Public Theatre will present the return of its quintessential play development series, Test Flight, back with ten up-and-coming Northeast Ohio playwrights. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.