Staging Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story
2012•56m•Released
Documentary
As PlayhouseSquare celebrates its first 90 years, “Staging Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story” pays tribute to the people who were instrumental in saving the theaters and shows how the community worked together to create a cultural showplace in the heart of downtown Cleveland. This new documentary, a production of WVIZ/PBS, in collaboration with Think Media Studios, reveals a Cleveland rags-to-riches tale as dramatic as any on Broadway.
Director
Geoff Yaw
Languages
English
Studio
Think Media Studios
Cast
Peter Van Dijk
self
Joel Henning
self
Art Falco
self
Lainie Hadden
self
Dennis Kucinich
self
Mike Belkin
self
Patrick Sweeney
self
George Voinovich
self
John Hemsath
self
Ray Shepardson
self
Joseph Garry
self
Oliver "Pudge" Henkel
self
Gina Vernaci
self
Robert Rody
self
John Lewis
self
Production
Company
Think Media Studios
Producer
Geoff Yaw
Producer
Brian Glazen
Producer
Olivia Otten
Producer
Keith Potoczak
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