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.
Sound Check: The Royalty plays tonight at new ‘dive bar’
A relatively new venue in downtown/East Akron, Old Haunts Tavern, which held its grand opening in February, will welcome a band with a very new album tonight.
Theater review: ‘Move Over, Mrs. Markham’ at Coach House
Coach House Theatre has a big hit on its hands with the fabulously funny farce Move Over, Mrs. Markham, a rib-tickling delight from 1971 that’s in keeping with creator Ray Cooney and John Chapman’s other recent smash at Coach House, Not Now, Darling.
Fox moving “Glee” to Thursdays, making Tuesdays all-comedy, putting sports on Saturday night
May 14, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels, Television
ox announced five new series — three comedies and two dramas — for its 2012-13 season on Monday. But the biggest news may be its moving Glee from Tuesdays to Thursdays in the fall.
Casinos and Popular Culture: Often a Good Bet
May 14, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels, Television
Every time a new casino opens in a place like Cleveland, the ancient aura of a casino fades a little.
Johnny Carson more than just a TV memory
In a new documentary about talk-show legend Johnny Carson, comedian Drew Carey describes his first appearance on Carson’s Tonight Show and begins choking up.
Restaurant Spotlight: Mavis Winkle’s Irish Pub
Mavis Winkle’s Irish Pub grew from a desire to offer a fun loving, casual dining experience, serving excellent food at moderate pricing. It needed to be a place where any age group could participate. The belief is that a restaurant is not just a place you come to have a meal, to fill the basic…
The Howard Stern era begins on ‘America’s Got Talent’
May 10, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels, Television
In the late ’80s, Morton Downey Jr. had a brief run of success as a talk-show host. Make that an abrasive, vulgar, confrontational, rage-filled talk-show host. But as loud and hostile as Downey was during his show, when he made the publicity rounds on other programs (and with the press), he could be downright polite.
‘Perfect Family’ provides modest pleasures
The Perfect Family is at best a moderately entertaining movie, one that tries to grapple with some big ideas about faith and doctrine, but which seems unwilling to make either its characters or its audience too uncomfortable.
Soundcheck: Dwele returns to UA’s Keepers series
On Saturday night, the third season of the Keepers Lounge at the Stage Door at E.J. Thomas on the University of Akron campus (whew! that’s a mouthful) wraps up with the return of indie soul singer Andwele Gardner aka Dwele.
Stage review: ‘See How They Run’ at Weathervane
The folks at Weathervane Community Playhouse are taking the theater adage “the show must go on” seriously after some mishaps opening week for the highly physical British farce See How They Run, which has characters being knocked around, manhandled and diving behind a couch.
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp sink teeth into ‘Dark Shadows’ parody
The years, gray hairs and wrinkles fade away from Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer, and the cobwebs are brushed off Dark Shadows in director Tim Burton’s campy and dark take on the late 1960s vampire soap opera. The cheesy and cheap but beloved TV program takes an affectionate ribbing in the film, which has more in common with That ’70s Show than its actual source.
Official: ‘Avengers 2’ is a go
As though anyone doubted it, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on Tuesday that Avengers 2 is in the works. Disney, which owns Marvel Comics, already has the next Iron Man and Thor planned for 2013 and the sequel to Captain America coming in 2014. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Iger gave no indication on when…
Art review: Summit Artspace showcases Arts Alive! award winners
Akron doesn’t ignore all of its treasures.
Through June 3, Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., exhibits Why Art’s Alive in Akron!, an exhibit of works by the visual arts winners of the biennial Arts Alive! Awards from 2001 to 2011, and the two winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
