Theater Reviews Highlight Modern Twists on Classic Romance
The Chronicle Telegram reviews three regional productions. Sondheim’s Company in Cleveland reimagines a 1970 musical with gender swaps and a boxed Manhattan loft, while Dobama’s Significant Other offers sharp wit and rueful romance. Great Lakes Theater’s Always Patsy Cline foregrounds intimate connection in a one woman study of love and music.
Regional theater lineups feature Pitts and Patsy Cline tribute
KeyBank Broadway Series at Playhouse Square runs through May 19 in Connor Palace with tickets 25 to 115. Great Lakes Theater presents Always Patsy Cline through May 19 at Hanna Theater, a lively jukebox musical with Christina Rose Hall as Patsy Cline and Harmony France as her fan, directed by Victoria Bussett with country-flavored design and a live onstage band.
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Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim
Connor Palace
Playhouse Square
Lothario
Bunny Christie
Neil Austin
Liam Steel
David Cullen
Marianne Elliott
Bobbie
Bobby
Manhattan
Robbie
George Furth
Britney Coleman
Roger Mastroiann
Louise
Harmony France
Patsy
Christina Rose Hall
Great Lakes
Patsy Cline
Hanna Theatre
KeyBank
Great Lakes Theater
Ted Swindley
Convivial Harmony France
Texas
Cline
Jessica Lange
Hanna Theater
Victoria Bussett
Jeff Herrmann
Matthew Webb
Lords return and Eurovision dominate this week
A report blends notes on Peter Jackson and friends teasing The Hunt for Gollum in 2026 while praising The Return of the King’s Oscar haul. It also covers Eurovision 68th finals in Malmo Sweden with acts from over two dozen countries, voting plans, US broadcast on Peacock, and live competition facts and history.
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New Zealand
Jackson
Walsh
Boyens
Middle-earth
Serkis
Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group
Michael de Luca
Pam Abdy
Tolkien
de Luca
Abby
Warner Bros. Discovery
David Zaslav
Hunt For Gollum
Malmo
Sweden
Europe
United States
Eurovision
U.S
Peacock
Israel
Australia
Celine Dion
Switzerland
Maneskin
Loreen
Nemo
Baby Lasagna
Eden Golan
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