Theater director Jackson Gay and Northeast Ohio audiences are revisiting a Cleveland classic this holiday season. That is the Cleveland Play House’s production of “A Christmas Story,” which runs Nov.

In the lead role, Butler has a folksy charm, playing Ralph as a regular guy piecing together a memory in real time. But his constant presence — and a few stumbles in the performance I attended — can ...

If there is a Christmas-themed story, film, play, musical, or drama that packs heartfelt familial feeling, spot-on nostalgia, raucous humor, recognizable childhood experience and relatable sentiment ...