Theater director Jackson Gay and Northeast Ohio audiences are revisiting a Cleveland classic this holiday season. That is the Cleveland Play House’s production of “A Christmas Story,” which runs Nov.

In the lead role, Butler has a folksy charm, playing Ralph as a regular guy piecing together a memory in real time. But his constant presence — and a few stumbles in the performance I attended — can ...

If there is a Christmas-themed story, film, play, musical, or drama that packs heartfelt familial feeling, spot-on nostalgia, raucous humor, recognizable childhood experience and relatable sentiment ...

Western New York is blessed with so many beautiful theater spaces—and I’m not even counting the crown jewel that is Shea’s. Every venue has its own unique strengths, but off the top of my head I ...