OLEY SPEAKS AUDITORIUM

by Roy Berko - September 16, 2024

What did our critic think of THE SUNSHINE BOYS at BECK CENTER?...

by Roy Berko - September 09, 2024

What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Cain Park--Alma Theatre?...

by Roy Berko - August 13, 2024

CHILDREN OF EDEN, has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.  He is the creator of such hit shows as WICKED, PIPPEN and GODSPELL.  Unlike those shows, EDEN had no Broadway or off-Broadway productions. ...

by Roy Berko - August 06, 2024

It is entirely appropriate that convergence-continuum, with its tendency of challenging conventional notions by choosing plays because they contain controversial topics, stage Stephen Karam’s SPEECH AND DEBATE, which examines teenage angst as it relates to love, self-acceptance and what happens when...

by Roy Berko - August 05, 2024

In 2010 a gay Mississippi high school student was banned from going to her senior prom by the school’s Board of Education because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date.  She challenged the ruling, which resulted in the cancellation of the prom.  The student and the ACLU sued the district.  ...

by Roy Berko - July 24, 2024

Terri Kent, the Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s summer home on the grounds of Blossom Center, states in her program notes for ANNIE: I believe the arts have the power to transform lives and I believe in miracles....

by Roy Berko - July 18, 2024

What did our critic think of MJ THE MUSICAL at Key Bank State Theatre?...

by Roy Berko - July 15, 2024

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Beck Center For The Arts?...

by Roy Berko - July 08, 2024

Musicals are born from many sources including books, movies, plays and comic strips.  None, however, has a more intriguing past than NUNSENSE, which is now on stage at Kent State’s Porthouse Theatre, on the grounds of the Blossom Center. ...

by Roy Berko - June 24, 2024

What did our critic think of BIG FISH at Cain Park-Alma Theatre?...