LITTLE BIG SHOWS
We get our share of big, big shows in Northeast Ohio, especially since PlayhouseSquare is the country’s second-largest performing-arts complex. But sometimes the action shifts to a slightly smaller scale. Take “Wanderlust: A History of Walking” at Cleveland Public Theatre, right. New York-based director Matthew Earnest has crafted a world-premiere show from a nonfiction book by Rebecca Solnit that is in fact a history of walking. But the play is much more than that, theater critic Tony Brown insists — “a nonstop, highly choreographed dance-theater piece” realized by an “indefatigable” ensemble of seven. Through Saturday, May 29, at CPT’s Gordon Square Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave. Tickets are $10-$21. Go to cptonline.org or call 216-231-2727.
Dobama Theatre, a small but feisty off-Euclid company, is wowing ‘em with “Humble Boy,” which critic Brown calls a “thoughtful production of a brilliant play that buzzes with intelligence and packs a sordid sting.” Full of family dysfunction and black humor, Charlotte Jones’ play concerns a group of five characters in the backyard of a dead British beekeeper stung to death by his own hive. There’s a big pot of gazpacho, too. Through Sunday, May 30, at Dobama, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. Tickets are $10-$22. Go to dobama.org or call 216-932-3396.
Viktor Schreckengost was Cleveland’s quintessential Renaissance man, an “artist, teacher and industrial designer who transformed America through his own work and that of the generations of students he taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art,” as art critic Steven Litt wrote in 2008, when Schreckengost died at 101. Now the region’s first posthumous exhibit devoted entirely to his work is here, called “From Jazz to Design: The Art of Viktor Schreckengost” in the modest confines of Bonfoey Gallery. On view is a sampling of the master’s work in a wide range of media: industrial designs, sculpture, pastels and watercolors. Through Saturday, June 5, at 1710 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Go to bonfoey.com or call 216-621-0178. Free.
By Plain Dealer staff May 16, 2010, 12:25AM
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