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  • Jacques Brel is alive and living in Cleveland, in 5 magnificent restored theatres that are the pride of a city that nearly lost its soul but somehow found the means to grab it back. Cleveland boasts the 2nd largest theatre district in the United States, after New York's Broadway district. Can you believe that? The rescue and restoration of Playhouse Square, a collection of 5 classic and opulent old theatre properties on Cleveland's near east side of downtown is perhaps the most significant and certainly among the proudest moments in Cleveland's post World War II history. The State, Palace, Ohio, Allen, and Hanna theatres, clustered around this end of downtown a few blocks east of Public Square, opened in the early 1920's, and saw a heydey through World War II. But all 5 had fallen into disrepair and disrepute just a couple of decades after the end of the war as Cleveland's residents fled downtown altogether for suburban living. The magnificent theatres were threatened with demolition for bland commercial projects or surface parking lots, but when it seemed their days were numbered, civic groups struggled to save them and finally won control of 2 of the theatres. They restored the facades and lobbies and then worked on the grand theatre spaces. A landmark moment came when the play Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris opened in the lobby of the State for a limited run that eventually lasted 2 years. Jacques Brel helped feed momentum and over the course of a decade Playhouse Square Center was formed, money was raised, two more theatres were purchased, and a 40 million dollar renovation project finally restored these theatres to their former glory. The Hanna soon joined the group, and Playhouse Square resumed its rightful role as the cultural centerpiece in a glittering Cleveland crown that already boasts the best orchestra in the United States, a magnificent art museum in a grand collection of museums, and one of the oldest African-American cultural centers (Karamu House). If I have one quibble it's that there is not much local theatre originating here, but the 5 theatres in Playhouse Square's program host hundreds of events every year and play a major role in keeping Cleveland's wonderful heart still beating.
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