Editing Cleveland (section)

=== Theater and performing arts ===
[[File:Playhouse Square at dusk.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Playhouse Square]]]]
Cleveland's Playhouse Square is the second largest performing arts center in the U.S. behind New York City's [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Playhouse Square |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/61 |access-date=July 1, 2023 |quote=By the turn of the twenty-first century, all of the original theaters were again hosting performances, constituting the nation's second largest performing arts complex after New York's Lincoln Center. }}</ref> It includes the [[State Theatre (Cleveland)|State]], [[Connor Palace|Palace]], [[Allen Theatre|Allen]], [[Hanna Theatre|Hanna]], and [[Ohio Theatre (Cleveland)|Ohio]] theaters.<ref name="playhouse" /> The theaters host [[musical theatre|Broadway musicals]], special concerts, speaking engagements, and other events throughout the year. Playhouse Square's resident performing arts companies include [[Cleveland Ballet (founded 2014)|Cleveland Ballet]], the [[Cleveland International Film Festival]], the [[Cleveland Play House]], Cleveland State University Department of Theatre and Dance, DANCECleveland, the [[Great Lakes Theater Festival]], and the Tri-C Jazz Fest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resident Companies |publisher=Playhouse Square Center |url=http://www.playhousesquare.org/about-playhousesquare-main/resident-companies |access-date=June 7, 2020 }}</ref> A city with strong traditions in theater and [[vaudeville]], Cleveland has produced many renowned performers, most prominently comedian [[Bob Hope]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Hope and the American Variety: Early Life |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/early.html |access-date=August 3, 2012 |date=May 10, 2000 }}</ref>

Outside Playhouse Square is [[Karamu House]], the oldest African American theater in the nation, established in 1915.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Karamu House |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/k/karamu-house |access-date=May 11, 2021 |date=April 5, 2021 }}</ref> On the West Side, the Gordon Square Arts District in the Detroit–Shoreway neighborhood is the location of the Capitol Theatre, the [[Near West Theatre]], and an [[Off-Off-Broadway]] playhouse, the [[Cleveland Public Theatre]].<ref name="CLE-hustles" /> The [[Dobama Theatre]] and the [[Beck Center for the Arts]] are based in Cleveland's streetcar suburbs of Cleveland Heights and Lakewood respectively.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Mansfield |first=Herbert |title=Theater |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/t/theater |access-date=August 1, 2019 |date=May 12, 2018 }}</ref>