Episode 5: Gettin’ Ready for Grease A new season is upon us at PlayhouseSquare and we’re busy “gettin’ ready” for it all. While show business is glamorous, life in the office and neighborhood at PlayhouseSquare is often…well, ordinary. In this series of videos, the line between the real and surreal at PlayhouseSquare is blurred. For ticket and contest information, visit playhousesquare.org/broadway.

Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker tells the story of a young girl’s Christmas fantasy. This classic version is set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious music, with its wonderfully danceable, innocent melodies and brilliantly inventive orchestration. It features dancing mice, a sugar plum fairy and a Christmas tree that grows all wrapped up in a turn-of-the-century Canadian setting. With original costumes and scenery by designers Paul Daigle and Brian Perchaluk, this new Nutcracker is visually spectacular. Choreographed by Galina Yordanova and Nina Menon, the RWB’s Nutcracker preserves the best of the Russian tradition and spices it with a uniquely Canadian perspective. An instant holiday classic!

Episode 4: Gettin’ Ready for Xanadu A new season is upon us at PlayhouseSquare and we’re busy “gettin’ ready” for it all. While show business is glamorous, life in the office and neighborhood at PlayhouseSquare is often…well, ordinary. In this series of videos, the line between the real and surreal at PlayhouseSquare is blurred. For ticket and contest information, visit playhousesquare.org/broadway.

Episode 2: Gettin’ Ready for Chicago: The Musical A new season is upon us at PlayhouseSquare and we’re busy “gettin’ ready” for it all. While show business is glamorous, life in the office and neighborhood at PlayhouseSquare is often…well, ordinary. In this series of videos, the line between the real and surreal at PlayhouseSquare is blurred. For ticket and contest information, visit playhousesquare.org/broadway.

Episode 1: Gettin’ Ready for the New Season A new season is upon us at PlayhouseSquare and we’re busy “gettin’ ready” for it all. While show business is glamorous, life in the office and neighborhood at PlayhouseSquare is often…well, ordinary. In this series of videos, the line between the real and surreal at PlayhouseSquare is blurred.

Join the thousands who subscribe to the thrilling live entertainment of the hottest Broadway shows brought to your own community. Don't miss Chicago, In The Heights, Xanadu, August: Osage County, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof or Phantom of the Opera! There is plenty of music and video on this site. Discover it all. Share it with others. And be sure to get your tickets.

Phantom of the Opera coming to PlayhouseSquare

A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget. Over ten million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that makes Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show! A mother confronts her past as three men return to the Greek island they've not visited for 21 years just as her 20-year-old daughter is about to be married... The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone's having the time of their lives! MAMMA MIA is part of the US BANK STAR PERFORMANCE SERIES

So much happened before Dorothy dropped in. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. When WICKED opened on Broadway, it worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of 20 major awards including a Grammy® and 3 Tony® Awards. Today, Wicked is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" (The New York Times).

The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE…and it's headed to PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland, October 13-25! You'll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience award for BEST MUSICAL! Don't miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stopping numbers for the stage, including "Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' on the Ritz."

The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE…and it's headed here! You'll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience award for BEST MUSICAL! Don't miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stopping numbers for the stage, including "Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' on the Ritz." This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster--but not without scary and hilarious complications. The brains behind the laughter is mad genius and three-time Tony winner Mel Brooks himself--who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book along with his record-breaking team from the Producers: five time Tony-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman and three-time Tony-winning writer, Thomas Meehan.

Children Theater Series Sizzle 2009

As the Mary Poppins excitement grows for opening weekend, we had a special event that many joined us for. The unveiling of Euclid Avenue to Cherry Tree Lane. PlayhouseSquare now has a new address, Cherry Tree Lane! Mix 106.5 was also there giving their listeners a free lunch on Star Plaza! Join the fun and watch Councilman Joe Cimperman, Disney’s Jack Eldon and PlayhouseSquare’s Art Falco officially re-name Euclid Avenue to Cherry Tree Lane. Our street signs will last through August 9th.

Experience after work summer time fun with friends and co-workers from 5:00– 7:30pm with live music and plenty of Happy Hour specials at the local bars and restaurants of PlayhouseSquare.

Catch a glimpse of what's in store for the upcoming Broadway season at PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland. The 2009-2010 KeyBank Broadway Series features: Young Frankenstein, Chicago, In The Heights, Xanadu, August: Osage County, Grease and Fiddler on the Roof

PlayhouseSquare is extremely excited to see all the winners and nominees in the upcoming Tony Awards. On June 7th at 8PM on CBS, Neil Patrick Harris (yes, Doogie Howser, M.D. himself) will host the 63rd Annual Tony Awards – which honor each season’s best Broadway shows, actors & more. Hot nominees this year include Billy Elliot, Shrek, Next to Normal, Hair, Rock of Ages, West Side Story, Mary Stuart, God of Carnage, and more. The winners and nominees may end up on our stages someday!

2009-2010 KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare Energy, escape, laughter, passion, triumph... each one a treasured experience offered by Broadway at PlayhouseSquare. Don't miss your chance to experience the thrilling new season of shows including Young Frankenstein, Chicago, Grease and more.

“Magic” is the only word to describe what happened when we put stars Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee; songwriters Richard Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and David Caddick; and producer Thomas Schumacher in a room with NPR’s Scott Simon. Hear the behind-the-curtain stories of how MARY POPPINS was transformed from page to screen to stage. Tune in to WVIZ/PBS ideastream on Sunday, June 7 at 6 pm.

Thomas Schumacher (President, Disney Theatricals) on the power of theater. While in Cleveland for the taping of “BackStage with Mary Poppins,” Thomas Schumacher (President, Disney Theatricals) sat down with PlayhouseSquare to share his thoughts on the power and importance of the performing arts.

Thomas Schumacher (President, Disney Theatricals) on his experience with taking high school students to the theater. While in Cleveland for the taping of “BackStage with Mary Poppins,” Thomas Schumacher (President, Disney Theatricals) sat down with PlayhouseSquare to share his thoughts on the power and importance of the performing arts.