How to play the Cleveland game: in a city of contradictions, the only constant for theatre artists is change.(on the scene: Cleveland)(Great Lakes Theater Festival)(Cleveland Play House)(Karamu House)(Dobama Theatre)(Ensemble Theatre)
American Theatre, April, 2005 by Johnston, Christopher
Cleveland is a city divided by a crooked river and a number of vigorously debated dichotomies. Depending on your orientation, Lake Erie is either mostly polluted or mostly clean. The great industrialists founded what became the best orchestra in the world and one of the best art museums. Today's manufacturers, however, are bleeding business to China and implementing ongoing layoffs. Yet, two of the finest hospitals in the world lead an emerging bioscience industry that could still give the region's economy a strong transition into the 21st century.
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