It’s Back!
Live Theater Returns to Center Stage
By Linda Feagler
Stages across Northeast Ohio are ready to welcome you back with a variety of show-stopping performances. Here’s a rundown of what to see and where to see it.
Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood 44107, 216-521-2540, ext. 10, beckcenter.org
Broadway Bound (9/10–10/3/21), The Exonerated (10/8–11/7/21), Elf The Musical (12/3/21–1/2/22), Lizzie The Musical (2/4–27/22), Meteor Shower (4/1–5/1/22), The Legend of Georgia McBride (5/27–6/26/22), Something Rotten (7/8/22–8/7/22).
Broadway in Akron presented by Playhouse Square at Akron University’s E.J. Thomas Hall
198 Hill St., Akron 44325, 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org
Waitress (10/8 & 9/21), Anastasia (11/30/2 & 12/1/22), Hairspray (4/12 & 13/22), Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The New Musical (5/10 & 11/22).
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
40 River St., Chagrin Falls 44022, 440-247-8955, cvlt.org
Holmes & Watson (9/17–10/2/21), Miracle on 34th Street (11/19–12/11/21), Women in Jeopardy! (1/21–2/5/22), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (3/18–4/10/22), Elliot & Me (6/10–25/22), Disney’s Newsies (7/22–8/13/22).
Cleveland Play House
1407 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44115, 216-241-6000, clevelandplayhouse.com
Twelfth Night (10/13–23/21), Where Did We Sit on the Bus? (10/23–11/14/21), Light It Up! A New Holiday Musical (11/27–12/22/21), The Three Musketeers (2/5–27/22), Antigone (3/5–27/22), I’m Back Now (4/30–5/22/22).
Dobama Theatre
2340 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts. 44118, 216-932-3396, dobama.org
Airness (10/29–11/21/21), Hurricane Diane (1/21–2/13/22), Kill Move Paradise (3/4–27/22), Life Sucks (4/22–5/22/22).
Fine Arts Association
38660 Mentor Ave. Willoughby 44094, 440-951-7500, fineartsassociation.org
Steel Magnolias (9/17–19, 24–26 & 10/1–3/21), The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2/11–13, 18–20 & 25–27/22), Ten Below (4/1–3 & 8–10/22), Alice in Danceland (6/10, 17–18 & 24–26/22).
Great Lakes Theater
2067 East 14th St., Cleveland 44115, 216-241-6000, greatlakestheater.org
The Tempest (10/15–11/7/21), A Christmas Carol (11/26–12/23/21), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (2/11–3/6/22), Much Ado About Nothing (3/25–4/10/22), The Marvelous Wonderettes (4/29–5/22/22).
Hudson Players
41 S. Oviatt St., Hudson 44236, 330-655-8522, hudsonplayers.com
Domestic Tranquility (11/5–6, 12–14 & 19–20/21), Something Rotten (2/4–5, 11–13, 18–20 & 25–26/22), The Bikinis: A New Musical Beach Party (4/29-30 & 5/6–8, 13–15 & 20–21/22).
Karamu House
2355 East 89th St., Cleveland 44106, 216-795-7077, karamuhouse.org
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (10/8–31/21), Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity (12/3–23/21), Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop (2/11–3/6/22), Keith Hamilton Cobb’s American Moor (5/6–29/22).
Playhouse Square KeyBank Broadway Series
1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44115, 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org
The Prom (11/2–21/21), Pretty Woman (3/8–27/22), Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (4/26–5/15/22), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (7/12–31/22), Frozen (8/11–9/11/22).
Weathervane Playhouse
1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron 44313, 330-836-2626, weathervaneplayhouse.com
Kinky Boots (9/30–10/24/21), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (11/18–12/19/21), 8×10 TheatreFest (1/13–23/22), The Color Purple (2/17–3/13/22), Clue 4/7–5/1/22), Disney’s Newsies (6/2–7/3/22).
