BROADWAY BUZZ!
The Playhouse Square Foundation Arts Education Department is proud to present our popular Broadway Buzz! programs. Whether you’ve been a subscriber for many years, or if this is your first Broadway show, our Broadway Buzz! events are sure to enhance your theater experience. Fun, informative and inspiring - we hope you take advantage of all the opportunities we are able to provide. Please join us for any or all of the following events. See you at the theatre!

Broadway Buzz! Pre-Show Talks

Pre-Show Talks begin one hour prior to each performance of MOVIN' OUT February 8-20, Kennedy’s We are delighted to welcome back Joe Garry for his first appearance this season as a Broadway Buzz! host. Joe’s career and theater history are as exciting and spectacular as the smash hit Movin’ Out. A Broadway Buzz! audience favorite, Joe’s knowledge and enthusiasm will take you down an insightful road behind the scenes of this one-of-a-kind show.

Joe Garry

For the past 33 years, Joe Garry has directed operas, musicals, plays and concerts. He has worked extensively with symphonies, rock bands, European theaters, jazz bands and Broadway gypsies. With his partner David O. Frazier, he has created original musicals such as The Arabian Knight, a musical journey into Sir Richard Burton’s ether-soaked brain. Joe has staged concerts for Marvin Hamlisch, Sarah Vaughn, Bobby Short, Ray Charles, Betty Buckley and the late Rosemary Clooney. He was honored to stage Audrey Hepburn’s final tour for UNICEF. Joe was also commissioned to script and stage a tribute honoring Duke Ellington’s 100th birthday, starring such jazz greats as Louis Belson, Oleta Adams and David Sandbourn. He has created more than 20 original scripts, including a theatrical biography on the Irish Playwright Brendan Behan.

Joe is no stranger to Playhouse Square. He was actively involved in the restoration of the Playhouse Square Center theaters in the early 1970s. In fact, he directed the Jacques Brel production that played for two and a half years during that time; a production that grabbed the attention of so many greater Clevelanders that it served as the major catalyst in the theater restoration project. He also co-authored two hit productions that played at Playhouse Square: Irish Rascals and Alice at the Palace.

We are sure Joe will move you right on in to the Palace Theatre feeling even more excited to see Movin’ Out. And, don’t miss him when he returns to host Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma in May.

Post-Show Chats with the Cast
Post-Show Chats with the Cast are scheduled in the Palace Theatre Upper Lobby following the Thursday, February 10th and 17th performances.

Broadway Backstage Master Class
Michael Cavanaugh will return to his alma mater, Midpark High School in Middleburg Heights, to spend time with aspiring music and theater students. Playhouse Square Center’s Arts Education Department is committed to providing valuable opportunities to aspiring artists, students and audiences and we are thrilled to offer this amazing workshop to the students of Midpark. We thank Michael, the casts of Movin’ Out and all the Broadway shows for their continued support of our arts education programs and for sharing their talents and gifts with Northeast Ohio.