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Channeling Grimm
Channeling Grimm
12/13 - 12/22/2024


This fun fairy-tale themed play by Tracy Wells brings The Grimm Brothers from the page to the stage. When Cameron doesn’t know what to write ...

PETER/WENDY
PETER/WENDY
12/6 - 12/29/2024


Think a happy thought… A fresh, lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of the classic story. When the boy that never grew up flies into Wendy’s nursery window ...

The Amen Corner
The Amen Corner
1/9 - 1/26/2025


THE AMEN CORNER      January 9 – 26, 2025 By James Baldwin After giving a fiery Sunday morning sermon, Harlem pastor Margaret Alexander is ...

THE HOT WING KING
THE HOT WING KING
1/24 - 2/16/2025


The sauce ain't the only thing spicy in this kitchen...

Quiereme Hasta La Locura (Love me until madness)


"Quiéreme hasta la locura" is a compelling drama set in the 1960s in the countryside of Argentina. The story follows two women whose lives intertwine ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare


The Tempest, Shakespeare’s final masterpiece, is a captivating tale of magic, love, family, and forgiveness. Exiled from their kingdom, Prospero and daughter Miranda have survived ...

THE WOLVES
THE WOLVES
3/7 - 3/30/2025


Pulitzer Prize Nominee! A girls indoor soccer team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of ...

 SUBMISSIONS FOR 8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest


The Rules Each play must take place on the 2025 set, a subway car.  The required run time for each play is 7-12 minutes.  The ideal run time is 10 ...

Under a Baseball Sky
Under a Baseball Sky
4/4 - 5/4/2025


From José Cruz González, author of American Mariachi, comes a new play about baseball’s deep roots in the Mexican American community. When troublemaker Teo is ...

Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
4/24 - 5/18/2025


Frederick Knott's midcentury melodrama had a highly successful run on Broadway and later gained popularity as a major motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This ...

RUST: A Story of Steel and Grit


WORLD PREMIERE! This is the true story of one woman’s experience in the steel industry, her struggle to find peace, and the courage she summoned ...

8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest


Weathervane's 8x10 TheatreFest is a new-play festival in which we select and present eight 10-minute plays culled from several hundred submissions sent in from around ...



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Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at Connor Palace


by Roy Berko - November 07, 2024

SOME LIKE IT HOT, the movie was released without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code, became a commercial hit, was nominated for six Academy Awards and was the major cause of the end of the restrictive freedoms for the entire film industry....

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Key Bank State


by Roy Berko - October 30, 2024

With that in mind, depending on your place in the pecking order, you may or may not be ready to immerse yourself into MEAN GIRLS, the stage-show with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by the queen of television comedy, Tina Fey....

Review: POTUS at Dobama


by Roy Berko - October 11, 2024

What did our critic think of POTUS at Dobama?...

Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Connor Palace (Key Bank Broadway Series)


by Roy Berko - October 10, 2024

What did our critic think of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Connor Palace in the Key Bank Broadway Series? ...

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at GREAT LAKES THEATER


by Roy Berko - October 09, 2024

William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest Western world playwright of all times.  In spite of this, many are reluctant to see a production of his plays.  Why the hesitance?  It is perceived that language he used, the format of the speeches, and the material he writes of, is too ab...

Review: PURLIE VICTORIOUS at KARAMU


by Roy Berko - October 02, 2024

What did our critic think of PURLIE VICTORIOUS at KARAMU? Neither Ruby Dee or Ossie Davis ever appeared in a Karamu stage production but both had significant presence and impact in the organization and in the lives of Karamu artists. They often visited for speaking engagements, to instruct master cl...

Review: INTO THE WOODS at Great Lakes Theater


by Roy Berko - September 29, 2024

What did our critic think of INTO THE WOODS at Great Lakes Theater?...

Review: LES MISERABLES at Connor Palace (Cleveland)


by Roy Berko - September 19, 2024

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by Roy Berko - September 16, 2024

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Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Cain Park--Alma Theatre


by Roy Berko - September 09, 2024

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



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