Page Two Hundred-Thirteen.
I forgot to mention in yesterday's blog some of the stuff which will be coming soon to Playhouse Square. This season (2013-14) is almost over, but you can still catch: Flashdance; Jersey Boys; Green Day's American Idiot (all 3 are Broadway's traveling shows); Shakespeare's As You Like It; A lecture by Bob Woodward; Jessica Lang Dance Company; Pinocchio; Ethan Bortnick; Eddie Izzard; The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra; Rent; Tracy Morgan; Elvis Costello; Beck and a couple dozen other things.
And then Playhouse Square's major events this summer will be lots of entertainment by and about the International Gay Games. The Gay Games will be in Cleveland this summer and the entire city is getting gussied up and rolling out the red carpet for that*.
Some of the entertainment for 2014-15 which has already been announced includes: Motown The Musical; Dirty Dancing; Disney's Newsies; Kinky Boots; Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella; Pippin; White Christmas (all previous shows are Broadway's traveling versions); The Little Foxes; Five Guys Named Moe; A Christmas Story, Stomp, I Love Lucy Live and probably another 100 or so things.
Seriously, I bet I could go down to Playhouse Square 100 nights per year and see something different. If that's an exaggeration it's not intentional. And almost all of those things would be superior or good quality. Not everything is good of course. Over the years, I've occasionally gone down and seen some things which were just terrible. I mean awful. But at least I got out of the apartment and ate a hot pretzel. Getting out to see a dreadful show and eating a hot pretzel is still better than sitting home, watching TV and inhaling stale air.
*The International Gay Games are essentially a gay version of the Olympics. They began in the 1980's and now attract over 10,000 athletes; the majority of them are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender but some are Heterosexual. The Games will be in Paris in 2018.
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