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3 weeks ago | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
“If music be the food of love, play on” is one of many quotable lines in William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” on stage at Great Lakes Theater.
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4 weeks ago | 
news-herald.com | Sheri Gross
“If music be the food of love, play on” is one of many quotable lines in William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” a production by Great Lakes Theater at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
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1 month ago | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
“Are you a strong enough man to write a stronger woman?” Behold! What a “mic drop” moment for William Shakespeare (Cleveland’s own Corey Mach) who must decide whether or not to accept this challenge from his willful wife Anne Hathaway (Teal Wicks). The North Eastern tour of the jukebox musical “& Juliet” will run through March 23 at Playhouse Square.
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2 months ago | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
Quote“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
Elie Wiesel once said, “God created man because God loves stories.”Abraham and Sarah’s journey to Canaan; Joseph being sold as a slave and taken to Egypt; Moses leading the Israelites through the desert to the Promised Land – all stories that illustrate Wiesel’s point, and support Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’s theory that storytelling is part of the fabric of Judaism. He holds that “Judaism is less about truth as system than about truth as story. And we are part of that story.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
The iconic film “Some Like It Hot” has been heating up screens since 1959 with the comic antics of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, and you might say the musical adaptation onstage at Playhouse Square has some big “high-heel-pumps” to fill. Fortunately, this version brings a fresh twist, proving that even decades later, this story hasn’t lost its spark – it has just learned a few new dance steps.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ejewishphilanthropy.com | Sheri Gross
What do Pirkei Avot, a traveling salesman, a pop song and a modern-day painting of the golden calf have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
Don’t let the blood-sucking, lip-smacking, man-eating plant in the window keep you from getting a front row seat to Blank Canvas Theatre’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” But you should be warned that the front row is considered the splash zone.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
news-herald.com | Sheri Gross
Don’t let the blood-sucking, lip-smacking, man-eating plant in the window keep you from getting a front-row seat to Blank Canvas Theatre’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Be warned, though, that the front row is considered the “Splash Zone.” This “special breed of flytrap” was first spotted on screen in Roger Corman’s 1960s cult film of the same name, but it wasn’t until a musical version — with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken — had its Off-Broadway premiere...
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sheri Gross
If you are looking to fill your mind, body, and spirit with some beautiful noise, look no further than Playhouse Square where Neil Diamond’s greatest hits are brought to life in the Jukebox musical named after Diamond’s smash 1976 album, “A Beautiful Noise.” And in spite of some glaring technical issues that put this particular performance an hour behind schedule, the cast, and Diamond’s music, had no trouble winning the audience over once it got started.
