What Are We Gonna Do? Cleveland Theatre Struggles With Its Schedule

Cleveland Play House said it would announce next season’s lineup of plays this Monday. Trouble is, the company began this season with a $3.5 million deficit, and its last two productions haven’t done well. And…well…it hasn’t exactly figured out what plays will be on next year’s lineup. When you start putting play X with play Y and balance it with how many tickets you need to sell, but then you want to accomplish this artistically but can only afford that much risk and…well… there’ll be a season…