Great Lakes Theater

Enjoy the blooming trees, maple syrup and lively performances this week with events throughout Northeast Ohio. Here are five suggestions.

See one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies in Playhouse Square or celebrate the queen of Cleveland burlesque’s anniversary with an exciting show. These performances and other events make up this week’s list of things to do.

Dobama Theatre stages a simmering “STEW” of family drama while a trio of Northeast Ohio jazz lions heat things up in Hingetown. And that’s not all when it comes to arts and culture offerings in Northeast Ohio this week. Here’s our weekly to-do list of suggestions.

Akron will distribute around 3,200 free, at-home COVID tests this Saturday at four locations; three parents in Hudson have filed a lawsuit challenging the school district's quarantine and mask-wearing rules; University Hospitals has closed its freestanding Madison Health Center emergency room in Lake County; and more stories.

COVID-19-related cancellations continue to wrack Cleveland’s performing arts scene.

A requirement to test staff and actors three times a week came as both a surprise and obstacle.