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Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Eugene O’Neill is one of America’s greatest, if not THE greatest playwright. The winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature and four Pulitzer prizes for drama, including “Anna Christie,” which is now in production at Ensemble Theatre, his plays are master classes in language usage.
His forte is realism, much in the mold of Chekhov and Ibsen. He was the forerunner of the …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Clyde Simon, Artistic Director of convergence continuum, has a knack for finding off-beat, provocative plays that incite discussion and strong reactions from the theatre’s loyal following. That group, and probably many more, will find themselves entranced by Martin McDonagh’s black comedy, “The Pillowman.”
The play is set in an unnamed country whose symbol is a large five cornered red star, which is bannered …more…
Lakeland Civic Theatre presents depressing, well staged AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
The Westons of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, gives new meaning to the phrase dysfunctional family.
The dark comedy centers on Beverly Weston, an alcoholic, the family patriarch, and award winning poet who-disappears. We quickly learn that his wife, Violet, eats prescription drugs like …more…
Cesear’s Forum’s “Occupant,” the true or false history of sculptor Louise Nevelson
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Louise Nevelson, the subject of Edward Albee’s play, “Occupant,” now in production by Cesear’s Forum, may or may not be the person that is written about in the script. The iconoclast artist, known for her monochromatic abstract expressionist sculptures, was an elusive figure. Many of the accepted “facts” of her life …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Lillian Hellman, author of “The Little Foxes,” which is now in production at the Cleveland Playhouse, was a rebel with many causes. An independent woman in an era before the women’s rights and liberation movements, she had strong political and societal opinions. Because of her liberal affiliations she was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. She was “a smoker, a drinker, …more…
Meet Ricky Ubeda, the winner of TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” who will be performing in Cleveland
Roy Berko
(Member: Dance Critics Association)
When the tour of “So You Think You Can Dance” comes to the Connor Palace Theatre in Cleveland on October 20, it will expose the local community to the top ten contestants and some of the other dancers who got the attention of the judges.
Since its premiere in …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
Cormac McCarthy, the author of “The Sunset Limited,” which is now on stage at none too fragile theatre, probes, in his script, the topics: Why would someone want to commit suicide? Why does one person turn to religion when angst-filled, while another rejects the concept of a deity? Is traditional education a negative or positive influence in dealing with problems? What …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Do you like close-harmonic singing? Are you harking back to experience the “good” old days? Do you like to escape from the stressful world and just “yak” at comedy shticks and revel in the ridiculous? Then the place for you to be is Beck Center where Cleveland’s multi-award winning choreographer, Martin Céspedes, has added “creative director” to his résumé.
“Forever Plaid” is a quirky, …more…
Roy Berko
(member, Cleveland Critics Circle and American Theatre Critics Association)
There’s a new couple in town. The musical Theatre Project and Kent State’s Musical Theatre program are joining forces to do a staged reading/sing-through of the musical “Babes in Arms.”
People familiar with “Babes in Arms” usually think of it as the “hey let’s us kids, put on a play.” The 1939 wholesome movie starred Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. What might …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Dobama may be entering its 55th year (I was present the moment founding artistic director Don Bianchi declared its existence), but it is actually in its first season. What? Late last season, the Dobama board voted to change the status of venue to that of a full professional theatre. This makes Dobama, like Great Lakes Theatre and Cleveland Play House, a stage …more…
Roy Berko
(member, Cleveland Critics Circle, American Theatre Critics Association)
Theatre is representative of the era from which it comes. Seeing a play that reflects a specific time period can reveal the cultural attitudes of the people and society of that period.
Seeing HAIR, “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” can give a film clip of the 1960s and early 70s in the U.S. It was the era of the anti-war movement and rebellion …more…
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