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Karamu House in the Fairfax neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is the oldest producing Black Theatre in the United States opening in 1915. [2] Many of Langston Hughes 's plays were developed and premiered at the theater.
From 1951–78, the theater offices were home to radio stations WHK (1420 AM) and WMMS nee WHK-FM (100.7 FM); the theater itself was known as the WHK Auditorium. In 1968–69 the theater was known as the Cleveland Grande. In the early 1980s, it briefly re-opened as the New Hippodrome Theatre showing movies. [8] [9]
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The last theater to be constructed was the Palace Theatre, [7] now known as the Connor Palace, opening in November 1922 in the Keith Building, which at the time was the tallest in Cleveland. [5] There was a great promotion for the theater's opening: the largest electric sign in the world [8] was
The Mimi Ohio Theatre is a theater on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, part of Playhouse Square. The theater was built by Marcus Loew's Loew's Ohio Theatres company. It was designed by Thomas W. Lamb in the Italian Renaissance style, and was intended to present legitimate plays. The theater opened on February 14, 1921, with 1,338 seats.
The League of Resident Theatres (LORT) is a collective bargaining association with over 70 non-profit theatre members in the U.S. LORT members.LORT serves as a way for member resident theaters, also called regional theaters, to bargain collectively on behalf of theater management with Actors' Equity Association, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists.
The festival offers multiple awards and honors to its films and filmmakers, including for Best Documentary and for Best Central and Eastern European film. [12] In 2006, the festival introduced The Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition, which honors films focused on social justice and activism and is sponsored by The George Gund Foundation in honor of Greg Gund, who died in a plane ...
ColossalCon was started in 2002 and began as a one-day convention in Strongsville, Ohio. [8] In 2003, it became a three-day convention and moved to the Holiday Inn Cleveland South Independence in Independence, Ohio where it remained until 2007, except for 2005 when it was located in the Embassy Suites.