As the Stage Turned: A History of The Front Row Theater

Name: As the Stage Turned: A History of The Front Row Theater
Start: 2025-09-11T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Music Box Supper Club

Schedule

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Music Box Supper Club | Cleveland, OH

Cleveland Stories Dinner Parties
Venue: Supper Club
Showtime: 7:00 pm
Doors open: 5:00 pm
Free Admission, Table Reservations Required
Storyteller: Jeannie Emser Schultz
As the Stage Turned: A History of the Front Row Theater
Sammy Davis, Jr. opened it. Luther Vandross closed it. During the 19 years in between, a who’s who of the world’s top entertainers and speakers performed on the novel revolving stage of the Front Row Theatre, from Liberace to Alice Cooper, Jay Leno to Jerry Seinfeld, Marlene Dietrich to Dolly Parton, Presidents Ford and Carter and culinary grand dame Julia Child. Many were unknown opening acts, like Whitney Houston. Another, the legendary Roy Orbison, would unknowingly perform the final concert of his life there.
As the Stage Turned: A Front Row Theatre Memoir captures the dynamic energy that sprung from one of the most unique entertainment venues in the country – a theater-in-the-round located in the sleepy suburb of Highland Heights, just outside of Cleveland.
Hear a detailed and behind-the-scenes firsthand journey of the almost 20-year history of what was considered one of America’s most significant entertainment venues while you revisit your own fond memories of a lost Cleveland classic.