Cleveland saved Broadway before it was cool—no cape, just volunteers and grit.
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.
Direction
Yaw weaves archival gold with heartfelt interviews.
Production
PBS polish meets local love letter.
Director
Geoff Yaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ohio Theatre was nearly demolished for a parking lot—now it's the largest performing arts center outside New York.
PlayhouseSquare's 'Chandelier'—the world's largest outdoor chandelier—became a symbol of Cleveland's theatrical rebirth in 2014, two years after this film.
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