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A scene from a production of "Annie" at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Porthouse Theatre, Summer 2025

If you happened to attend any Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Blossom Music Center in the summer of 1969, you would have seen a group of minstrels strolling the grounds, entertaining concertgoers during orchestra intermissions. It turns out that the roving band of performers was the genesis of what is now ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Porthouse Theatre, which is situated on the beautiful grounds of Blossom.It was an Akron Beacon Journal reader who recently wrote in to ask how the highly venerated local theatre came to exist at Blossom. Akron Beacon Journal Reporter Kerry Clawson shared the answ...

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