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Roy Berko

Roy Berko, a life-long Clevelander, holds degrees, through the doctorate from Kent State, University of Michigan and The Pennsylvania State University. Roy was an actor for many years, appearing in more than 16 plays, 8 TV commercials, and 3 films. He has directed more than 30 productions. A member of the American Critics Association and The Cleveland Critics Circle, he has been an entertainment reviewer for more than fifty years. For three years he was a regular on Channel 5, ABC-Cleveland's "Morning Exchange" and "Live on 5," serving as the stations communication consultant. He has also appeared on "Good Morning America." Roy served as the Director of Public Relations for the Volunteer Office in the White House during the first Clinton Administration. He was a professor of communication and psychology who taught at George Washington University, University of Maryland, Notre Dame College of Ohio and Towson University. Roy is the author of 38 books. He was selected by Cleveland Magazine as one of the most interesting people in Cleveland.




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First Show:

Wonderful Town

Favorite Show:

Chorus Line, Fiddler on The Roof, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, West Side Story, Something Rotten, Pippin



Review: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center
Review: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center
July 27, 2023

What did our critic think of WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center? About ten minutes before the Blossom music complex was to be filled by glorious music, an announcement asked all attendees who were sitting on the lawn to come into the pavilion as bad weather was moving into the area.

Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts
Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts
July 11, 2023

What did our critic think of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts?

Review: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse
Review: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse
July 5, 2023

What did our critic think of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse? It’s summer, a time of year in Northeastern Ohio for escapist activities.  This is the only logical reason that Porthouse would pick a show like Roger Bean’s jukebox musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES.

Review: RENT at Cain Park
Review: RENT at Cain Park
June 18, 2023

What did our critic think of RENT at Cain Park?

Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Kent State University Porthouse Theatre
Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Kent State University Porthouse Theatre
June 12, 2023

What did our critic think of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Porthouse (Kent State University)?

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at KEY BANK STATE
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at KEY BANK STATE
June 10, 2023

What did our critic think of MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at KEY BANK STATE?

Review: THE SHOW THAT GOES WRONG at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
Review: THE SHOW THAT GOES WRONG at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
June 6, 2023

What did our critic think of THE SHOW THAT GOES WRONG at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre? In 1923 there was THE TORCHBEARERS.  In 1982 the stage was filled with hysterical disasters during NOISES OFF.  Now there is THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, the zany Laurence Olivier Award winner.

Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE At Beck Center For The Arts
Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE At Beck Center For The Arts
June 5, 2023

What did our critic think of DOUBT: A PARABLE at Beck Center For The Arts?

Review: WALKING TO BUCHENWALD at Convergence-continuum
Review: WALKING TO BUCHENWALD at Convergence-continuum
June 5, 2023

What did our critic think of WALKING TO BUCHENWALD at Convergence-continuum? At the start of the opening night of BUCKENWALD, it appeared that no matter the quality of the script the audience was in for a rough night.  Lighting guffaws, a confusing scene with actors speaking directly to the audience, but talking to other actors seemingly miles apart, with no visual means of the messages being conveyed.  Not a healthy beginning.

Review: THE LIGHT at Ensemble
Review: THE LIGHT at Ensemble
May 29, 2023

What did our critic think of THE LIGHT at Ensemble?

Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Connor Palace
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Connor Palace
May 17, 2023

Dear Evan Hansen at Connor Palace is a top-ranking musical drama that highlights social anxiety, suicide, family angst, and teenage drug addiction. Based on real-life incidents, it explores the complexities of mental health and societal investigation. With a pop-contemporary musical theatre sound, it is a must-see musical for those interested in boundary-pushing storytelling.

Review: KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House
Review: KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House
May 13, 2023

What did our critic think of KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House?

Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at GREAT LAKES THEATER
Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at GREAT LAKES THEATER
May 8, 2023

What did our critic think of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at GREAT LAKES THEATER? The setting in which a musical production takes place, often affects the pleasure one gets from the experience. A perfect case in point is AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' presently being staged by Great Lakes Theater in its intimate Hanna Theatre home.

Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Connor Palace
Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Connor Palace
April 29, 2023

What did our critic think of TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at CONNOR PALACE?

Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu
Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu
April 28, 2023

What did our critic think of THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu? It's been called '...[a] sharp and tasty new musical...charming...as the show ingeniously turns professional perkiness, the lifeblood of the American musical, into a funny, poignant comment on ethnic self-denial.'

Review: WHAT WE LOOK LIKE at DOBAMA
Review: WHAT WE LOOK LIKE at DOBAMA
April 25, 2023

What did our critic think of WHAT WE LOOK LIKE at DOBAMA?

Review: BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cleveland Play House
Review: BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cleveland Play House
April 12, 2023

What did our critic think of BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cleveland Play House?

Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Great Lakes Theater
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Great Lakes Theater
April 7, 2023

What did our critic think of AS YOU LIKE IT at Great Lakes Theater?

Review: SOMETING ROTTEN! at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
Review: SOMETING ROTTEN! at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
March 30, 2023

What did our critic think of SOMETING ROTTEN! at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre?

Review: THE OTHER PLACE at Dobama
Review: THE OTHER PLACE at Dobama
March 12, 2023

What did our critic think of THE OTHER PLACE at Dobama?



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