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The play King James –now at the Round House Theatre ---is like a pleasurable afternoon shooting hoops with a friend in the ...
“King James” shows how two Cleveland buddies navigate life and relationships.
“King James,” opening June 25 at Capital Stage Theatre, 2215 J St., centers on two Cleveland friends whose bond is forged ...
That’s exactly what happens at the conclusion of “King James,” now playing at Cleveland Play House’s Outcalt Theatre in Playhouse Square. But replaying the moment Cavaliers won the city ...
The title “King James” refers neither to a Bible nor to British royalty. The king in this two-person play is LeBron James, but playwright Rajiv Joseph is more interested in the drama James ...
But “King James” has defied expectations. The play, a two-hander set in a bar in Cleveland Heights, follows two men as they navigate their turbulent friendship over the years spanning LeBron’s rookie ...
Overall, the play is energetic, enjoyable, and a nice way to escape a divisive world. In Act Two of “King James” Matt (Gregg Weiner) and Shawn (Melvin Huffnagle) inside the bric-a-brac shop in ...
The bar was onstage at TheaterWorks Hartford, the two talkative characters were Cleveland, Ohio residents named Shawn and Matt and the play was “King James” by Rajiv Joseph. The show — at ...
In “King James,” the Rajiv Joseph play with which Forward Theater is opening its “Sweet 16” season in the Overture Playhouse (through Sept. 29), a shared fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers ...
It is in this consideration of friendship that King James ultimately succeeds. In its last moments, with a buzzer-beating scene that I will not spoil, the play offers a hesitantly optimistic answer to ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- How do you make a room full of Clevelanders cry? Show them the final seconds of Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals. That’s exactly what happens at the conclusion of “King James ...