Christine Howey, Author at Cleveland Scene

A Jewish writer confronts his past and his religion in the Mandel Center’s Brooklyn Boy

For a hostage and his tormented wife, the same hell in different worlds.

For Punch and Judy, the gloves are off (again) at Cleveland Public Theatre.

The quilting-as-life metaphor works, but not at warp speed.

Julius Caesar and Malcolm X merge in the fascinating but flawed Julius X.

The Odd Couple is back. The laughs, not so much.

A gifted pianist brings Gershwin to (partial) life in George Gershwin Alone

How to get to Avenue Q? Follow the laughter. And leave the kids at home.

The Rwandan tragedy, as seen through one woman’s horror.

Two families are wrecked on the rocks of adultery in Orange Flower Water.

A well-meaning play about civil rights gets tangled in talking.