Something Borrowed
Joseph Verbovszky, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2012
Players’ Theatre Group presents: The Borrowers Have you ever lost something around the house and never found it? A sock perhaps, a hammer from the toolbox, or a piece of silverware? Could it be that it was “borrowed” by little people who live under your floorboards? While this is most lik...
Women Come Out On Top!
Joseph Verbovszky, Theatre Reporter
February 17, 2012
Coming this week to Eldred Theater: Top Girls Can a woman have it all? Or, as a recent New York Times article asked, what are women willing to give up for success? Should a woman’s advancement in the workplace even be structured in such a way? With a mixture of laughter and tears, this is the qu...
PTG produces experimental 30 in 60 play; audience to determine outcome
Melanie Sayre, Staff Reporter
November 5, 2010
30 in 60, performed by the Players Theater Group (PTG), is the newest addition to the circle of productions on campus. As the name implies, the performance is created with a core of 30 short plays that are performed within the time span of an hour. It is based on the original idea from Chicago’s Neo-Futu...
Footlighters aim for Thoroughly Modern performance of Millie
Melanie Sayre, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2010
Straight from Broadway script, Thoroughly Modern Millie has arrived on the set of Case Western Reserve’s campus for the first time. Initially conceived as a movie in 1967 and later as an award-winning Broadway musical in 2002, the production has been followed by wide-spread success. The play, presented...
Playhouse Square’s Legally Blonde offers surprisingly enjoyable escapist fare
Drew Scheeler, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2010
It’s not often that life gives you a second chance to enjoy something you’re fairly certain you’re going to hate. The year is 2008 and this critic has just received his press pass to Playhouse Square. So, imagine my surprise when the second show of that year, Legally Blonde the Musical, turned...
Great Lakes Theater Festival focuses on Shakespeare for upcoming season
John Eldridge, Staff Reporter
September 17, 2010
This year’s season at the Great Lakes Theater Festival will feature four classic works of drama at the Hanna Theater, beginning later this month with a production of William Shakespeare’s Othello. Considered one of the Bard’s greatest tragedies, it will be performed in repertory (featuring many...
