Great Lakes Theater is celebrating its 50th anniversary in grand style with a first-time collaboration with PlayhouseSquare to produce Sondheim on Sondheim, which opened Wednesday at the Hanna Theatre.
Theater review: ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ at Actors’ Summit
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, the musical revue that takes audiences through the life cycle of love, has had staying power, the second-longest running off-Broadway musical in history at nearly 12 years.
Expect laughs in ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’
What to Expect When You’re Expecting is a Valentine’s Day take on impending parenthood. Assorted couples cope with pregnancies, planned and unplanned, adoption and the epic change that is coming to their lives.
‘The Dictator’ falls between ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ in quality
For most of its quick and extremely dirty running time, the new Sacha Baron Cohen offender The Dictator wages war with itself, crude nonsense up against crude nonsense that’s really funny. Then comes the golden ticket, the speech of speeches, the scene in which the fictional North African dictator General Admiral Haffaz Aladeen addresses a gathering in New York City, recanting his barbarous ways with a heartfelt confessional.
Nightspots — week of May 17
A Chance to Dance
A CHANCE TO DANCE Contemporary line dancing — 1-2 p.m. today, Springfield Township Boyd Esler Senior/Community Center, 2491 Canfield Road. $4. 330-733-2556. Polka dance — 2-5 p.m. today, Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 32, 283 Dayton St., Akron. Free. 330-253-0542. Dance Lessons — 7-8 tonight at Paolo’s, 1 W. Exchange St., Akron. Learn cha-cha…
Classical music
CLASSICAL Akron Baroque — 7:30 tonight, First Congregational Church, 292 E. Market St., Akron. With Susan Wallin and Debra Bordo. Featuring the world premiere of Aeternum, the fully orchestrated requiem by Amy Barlowe. Free. 330-253-5109. Cleveland Orchestra — 11 a.m. Friday, Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Featuring: Franz Welser-Moest, conductor. Program: Smetana, Three Movements…
Now showing
Opened Wednesday THE DICTATOR — HH½ (R — strong crude, sexual content, brief male nudity, language, some violent images) The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. 1 hour, 24 minutes. Aurora 10, Chapel Hill, Hickory Ridge Cinema 8,…
Also showing
ALSO SHOWING Akron-Summit County Public Library — (Auditorium, 60 S. High St., Akron; 330-643-9015) Rear Window, 6:30 tonight. Free. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies Final Event — 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Tinseltown USA, Jackson Township; Cinemark 15, Macedonia; Valley View 24; Southpark Mall, Strongsville; Crocker Park Stadium 16, Westlake; Hudson Cinema 10, Hudson; Montrose…
Top 10 movies
1. The Avengers, $103,052,274, 4,349 locations, $23,696 average, $373,071,647, two weeks. 2. Dark Shadows, $29,685,274, 3,755 locations, $7,906 average, $29,685,274, one week. 3. Think Like a Man, $5,816,108, 2,052 locations, $2,834 average, $81,432,840, four weeks. 4. The Hunger Games, $4,505,362, 2,531 locations, $1,780 average, $387,007,048, eight weeks. 5. The Lucky One, $4,107,492, 2,839 locations, $1,447…
Auditions
AUDITIONS Akron Pops Orchestra — Seeking musicians, especially strings and keyboards, for the volunteer orchestra, which performs a variety of concert music. Rehearsals are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. Most concerts are on Thursday evenings, with a few weekend concerts. Contact Kristan Crane at 330-203-1926 or www.akronpops.org…
Fresh Air
Today Bees for kids — Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, is offering a Kinderealm program on bees for youngsters 3 to 6 years old and accompanying adults at 10:30 a.m. at the Brushwood Area at Furnace Run Metro Park, off Townsend Road in Richfield Township. Reservations are required. 330-865-8065. Humor hike — Metro Parks, Serving…
Theater
THEATER Actors’ Summit — (Greystone Hall, 103 S. High St., Akron; 330-374-7568) I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change continues through June 3. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. 2 p.m. Saturday. $30 Saturdays; $28, $25 seniors Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays; $19 for Saturday afternoon show. Canal Fulton Players — (United Methodist Church of Canal…
Et Cetera
ET CETERA Greater Cleveland Aquarium — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, last admission is at 5 p.m., Nautica Entertainment Complex, 2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland. Features more than 40 tanks of all sizes, which are home to thousands of living creatures including the Ohio-native brook trout, ferocious piranhas and sand tiger sharks that are more…
