Arts on the Heights

Fred Dolan reviews Cymbeline, a seldom seen Shakespeare play presented by the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, now playing outdoors at Stan Hywet in Akron.  

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Fred Dolan reviews Fiddler On The Roof, the classic Broadway play now onstage at Porthouse Theater.  

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Fred Dolan reviews Spamalot, the comic King Arthur and knights musical based on the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail“, now playing Beck Center in Lakewood.  

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Fred Dolan reviews Maestro: Leonard Bernstein, a one man play with music as Hershey Felder powerfully portrays one of the major musical forces and personalities of the 20th century.  

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Fred Dolan reviews the Porthouse Theatre production of the musical Working, based on the book by Studs Turkel.  

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Fred Dolan previews the Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s productions of Comedy of Errors and Cymbeline at Stan Hywet’s outdoor stage.  

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Lantern Theatre presents the legendary hammer-swinger John Henry in a family oriented production inside the Tinker’s Creek Barn in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.  

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The Bikinis is a girl group extravaganza of hit songs from the 1960s and ’70s currently playing Actors’ Summit Theater in Akron.  

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South Pacific, the classic American musical, is currently playing the Porthouse Theatre at Blossom Music Center.

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English coal miners become art sensations in the true story of The Pitman Painters, now playing the Beck Center in Lakewood.  

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