Mark Horning
This show is a perennial Northeast Ohio holiday favorite and this time around has enough changes to give it a fresh appeal. As in most shows during the holidays it is geared for the family and you are encouraged to bring the entire family to relax and have a laugh or two. Buy tickets for the entire family!
To see a full review of this show, read Mark Horning's Review here.
Laura Kennelly
The Cleveland Play House’s latest version of A Christmas Story, the holiday classic about family, gifts and dreams, shines with talent. Now at Playhouse Square’s cozy Allen Theatre, director Jackson Gay’s version offers a slightly new (but not too new) approach that not only invokes holiday spirit, but offers a new insight into the characters, especially of our hero Ralphie.
To see a full review of this show go here read Laura's posts at Cool Cleveland.
Dr. Yuko Kurahashi
The play version, written by Phillip Grecian, is based on the 1983 motion picture A Christmas Story written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark, and on the book In God We Trust, Al Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd. Phillip Grecian’s script underscores the element of “memory” of the narrator Ralph (Herndon Lackey) who follows the young Ralphie around on stage throughout the show. The narrator’s constant presence adds the sense of “observation” and reminiscence, reminding the audience that all the characters live inside Ralph’s memory. Many “transformations” of the people and their roles within Ralphie’s wishful imagination become more imaginative, creative, and entertaining (with familiar music prepared by sound designer Joanna Lynne Staub) than the transformations portrayed in the film.
To see a full review of this show, read Yuko's posts here.
