Christine Howey, Author at Cleveland Scene

Center-Stage Smartass

A flaming narrator ignites the Palace’s Drowsy Chaperone.

If you like it short, sweet, and offbeat, AtTENtion Span may be for you.

The government wants control of your nasty bits in Measure for Measure.

A cast of future stars makes a plundering-for-oil play shine.

Cross-dressing is no drag in Act a Lady.

What good is handling serpents if you can’t handle storytelling?

A fine Quixote is undermined by a slight Aldonza in Man of La Mancha.

The girls are handing out fatal, funny cocktails again in Arsenic and Old Lace.

Despite great songs, Peggy Lee remains hidden in Reflections.

Hard lessons are taught in Lakeland’s version of a classic.

Nostalgia meets reality in Ensemble’s The Magic Fire.

Everything is hazy in Carousel’s Pump Boys and Dinettes.