Cleveland Play House Posted February 8th 2012 RUN OF SHOW: FEBRUARY 10TH —MARCH 4TH 2012   Play is Finale of Ten-Play Cycle by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson! CLEVELAND, OH – Lou Bellamy, Artistic Director of the acclaimed Penumbra Theatre, will direct the Cleveland Play House production of Radio Golf, the Tony Award®-nominated finale of [...]

Cleveland Play House Posted December 18th 2011 (PHOTO: CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE SECOND STAGE VENUE)   Emmy®-award Winning Actress Mariette Hartley Stars in Backstage Comedy!     CLEVELAND, OH (December 14, 2011) – Cleveland Play House (CPH) is thrilled to produce Jeffrey Hatcher’s backstage comedy Ten Chimneys as the inaugural production in the new Second Stage, [...]

Great Lakes Theater By Todd Krispinsky Posted November 13th 2011   Great Lakes Theater Seeks AEA Actor/Singers for Sondheim on Sondheim! The auditions, scheduled for November 30th, are by appointment only.   (Cleveland, OH) – Great Lakes Theater (GLT) will be casting seven singer/actors of any ethnicity for Sondheim on Sondheim. Rehearsals will begin on [...]

NPR.com Posted November 4th 2011 To read Harry Belafonte’s new memoir, My Song, is to discover a man who has packed enough life for 10 people into 84 years. There’s the smash hit from 1956, “Banana Boat Song.” There’s a film career that made great use of his matinee-idol looks. And then there’s Harry Belafonte [...]

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Posted October 27th 2011   CLEVELAND (October 13, 2011) – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University announce the events and tribute concert artists that will honor Aretha Franklin, one of the greatest singers in popular music, during the 16th [...]

Fordham.edu Posted October 19th 2011   Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, FCLC ’77, has made a $2 million gift to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre and a $250,000 gift to establish the Denzel Washington Endowed Scholarship for an undergraduate student studying theatre at Fordham. “Show me a successful individual, and I’ll show you [...]

TheGrio.com By Talia Whyte Posted August 2nd 2011 You may not know Kadir Nelson by name, but you’ve probably come across his work. Whether you saw a commemorative U.S. postage stamp or a scene from a big-budget Hollywood film, this San-Diego-based artist and illustrator uses his art to record the black experience, and he’s leaving [...]

HuffingtonPost.com Posted July 5th 2011 After the botched response to Hurricane Katrina, then New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said he plunged into a state of paranoia. In his new book, Katrina’s Secrets: Storms After the Storm, Nagin writes that he believed his criticisms of top officials, including President George W. Bush, would put him in [...]

Cleveland Public Library Posted June 10th 2011 n May of 2002, President George W. Bush, by way of an official Presidential Proclamation, declared June as Black Music Month. During this month Americans are to celebrate the rich contributions made to our culture by “highlighting the enduring legacy of African-American musicians, singers, and composers.” Here in [...]

Cleveland Institute of Art By  Casey Burry Posted February 1st 2011 Spring is the time for showcasing emerging art and design from the talented students of the Cleveland Institute of Art. This year marks CIA’s 65th annual Student Independent Exhibition (SIE), a juried show that is entirely organized and curated by students. Meet the creative [...]