| Events in the Greater
Cleveland Area
2004-2005 Season
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Not all events listed here are in places where it is known
cross-dressers are welcome.
While in theory any performance in a public venue which is
about gender or sexual variance should be safe, this isn't always
true. I've attempted to mark venues based on whether
I've been to them with good results.
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Leading Ladies
Sep. 7, 2004 - Oct. 3, 2004
The
Drury Theatre
Cleveland Playhouse
Contact Us
8500 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Directions
(216) 795-7000, opt. 4
(800) 278-1274, opt. 4
(216) 795-7005 (FAX)
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| Jack and Leo, two aspiring young
actors, take their two-man Scenes from Shakespeare to
all the "big" houses - like the Elks Lodge in
Scranton. But, when they learn of an opportunity to collect a
very large inheritance, they rush headlong (a la Some Like
It Hot) into the cross-dressing roles of a lifetime.
See our review in the August issue of
our newsletter |
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Friday, October
8, at 9:30 pm &
Sunday, October 10, at 9:20 pm
Filmmaker in Person Friday Night!
Cleveland Cinematheque
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SUPERSTAR IN A
HOUSEDRESS
USA, 2004, Craig B. Highberger |
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The life and legend of Andy Warhol
superstar Jackie Curtis, a flamboyant drag personality who
starred in Paul Morrissey's 1971 comedy Women in Revolt and
penned various campy theatrical extravaganzas before dying of
a drug overdose in 1985, is chronicled in this entertaining
new documentary narrated by Lily Tomlin. Includes rare
photographs and film clips and interviews with Joe Dallesandro,
Holly Woodlawn, Harvey Fierstein, and others. Filmmaker Craig
B. Highberger will answer audience questions after Friday's
screening. "Bitchy, catty, moving and hilarious." –NY
Magazine. Cleveland premiere. 35mm. 95 min. Photo © Jack
Mitchell. www.jackiecurtis.com
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at Cleveland Public Theatre. They have a $100/head
benefit on Sept 18, which should be fun.
Saturday |
Cleveland
Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44102
phone: (216)631.2727
fax: (216)631.2575
09.18.2004 |
@7:00PM |
A helluva party will be had when CPT once again
celebrates its commitment to innovative performed work
with Pandemonium II: The Divine Comedy, on Saturday,
September 18, 2004, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
"Pandemonium! did what any self-respecting benefit
should do--leave you wanting more." --angle magazine,
October 2003
"Phenomenal." --Cleveland Jewish News
As part of this gala benefit evening, CPT honors two
individuals for their contributions to the arts and the
community. The CPT campus, an anchor in the Detroit-Shoreway
neighborhood, will be abuzz with activity as area theatre,
dance, visual, and performance artists riff on the themes
of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The action takes place
throughout the CPT campus in unexpected places, and
attendees decide how they choose to experience Pandemonium
II.
Tickets are $100 ($75 tax deductible).
The evening includes performances around the campus,
silent auction, food and complimentary beer, wine and soft
drinks, and valet parking.
Cleveland
Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44102
phone: (216)631.2727
fax: (216)631.2575
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| Oct 1-23
Ticket $12-15 |
Othello
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| The Bad Epitaph Theatre Company
present a version of Othello where Iago is played by a
woman. They are performing out of Cleveland Public
Theatre's newest performance space at the
"Orthodox" a former Orthodox Church at 6415
Detroit, just down the road from the other CPT theaters.
Call 216 556-0919 for tickets and further information. |
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| October 28th-November 6th
Tickets $19-24 |
"The Girl with the Pearl Necklace- An Act of
Love"
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| Varla Jean Merman Returns to
Cleveland Public Theatre for the fourth year in a
row. Bawdy, Cheesy and not-lipsynched and not to be
missed. |
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November 18-28
Upstairs Theatre
Ticket Prices to be Announced
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"Pulp"
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| The only self-proclaimed GLBT
theatre company in town, Wild Plum will be putting on a
Musical by Patricia Kane, Amy Warren and Andre Plues.
More info as it becomes available |
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April 13-24
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The Secretaries
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| A comedy by the Five Lesbian
Brothers troupe...a group of secretaries engages in the
ritual murder of a male once a month. This is a
comedy? |
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| Performances of Note at
Playhouse Square |
Jan 18-23
Allen Theatre
Tickets $27.50-82.50 |
The Producers |
| Mel Brooks musical refinement
(Oy!...as if any of Brook's humor can be called
"refined") of his cult film classic by the
same names features every trick in the Broadway
Book....but it's still loveable. It actually has
songs you can sing, lyrics that rhyme, and a Broadway
Director preparing his costume for the Artists and
Models Ball as the "Grand Dutchess
Anastasia" The gown in the stage show the
last time it was in town was an architectural triumph. |
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June 14-26
State Theatre
Tickets $27.50-$77.50 |
Hairspray |
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This stage adaptation of schlockmeister John
Water's film featured Harvey Feirstein as the
mother. Who knows who will get the role on
tour? If you can stand to go to a show set in
Cleveland's arch rival, Baltimore..(.wait I thought
our arch-rival was Pittsburgh), then this might be
fun. I can't swear that the songs are as
predictably memorable as The Producers because I've
only heard a few bars here and there. |
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October 1-10
Case Western Reserve University
Eldred Theatre 2070 Adelbert Road
(216) 368-6262
www.case.edu/artsci/thtr.
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The Laramie Project
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| An ensemble play about the
murder of Mathew Shepherd. |
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| October 29, 30, November 5, 6
October 27, Nov. 3
October 28, Nov 4
Baldwin Wallace College
Kleist Center for Arts and Drama
95 E. Bagley Road
Berea
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Falsetto Trilogy
March of the Falsetto's
Falsetto Land
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| The story of a young man
growing up in a family split when the father comes out
as gay. |
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