The Hanna Theatre is a theater at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is one of the original five venues built in the district, opening on March 28, 1921. The Hanna Theatre reopened in 2008 as the new home of Great Lakes Theater Festival after a major renovation by the classic theater company.
Hanna Theatre
Theatre hosting the taping of Washington Week during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Program cover from a 1936 show at the theatre
Gwen Ifill after filming an episode of Washington Week at the Hanna Theatre during the 2016 Republican National Convention
Playhouse Square is a theater district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the largest performing arts center in the US outside of New York City. Constructed in a span of 19 months in the early 1920s, the theaters became a major entertainment hub for the city for much of the 20th century. However, by the late 1960s, the district had fallen into decline and its theaters had closed down. In the 1970s, the district was revived through a grassroots effort that helped usher in a new era of downtown revitalization. For this reason, the revival of Playhouse Square is often locally referred to as being "one of the top ten successes in Cleveland history."
The Ohio and State Theatres and Connor Palace are on the north side of Euclid Avenue.
Lobby of the Allen Theatre.
Part of James Daugherty's The Spirit of Drama – Europe, one of four murals in the lobby of the State Theater.
Winterfest at Playhouse Square.