Our tour guides blend deep local knowledge, skill and a lot of heart to make your tour an enriching, entertaining and fun experience. Along your walk, you’ll meet up with historical Clevelanders, portrayed by actors and actresses, who share their story and their role and impact in shaping our city. All tours are 90 minutes except for Friday’s 45-minute lunchtime tour.
The five historic Playhouse Square theaters first opened in the early 1920s. After avoiding the wrecking ball in the 1970s, Playhouse Square began to come back to life in the 1980s. Now with 11 performance spaces, Playhouse Square is the largest performing arts center in the country outside of New York and a fully developed mixed-use neighborhood following the 2020 opening of The Lumen apartment tower.
Characters you may meet along the tour: Alan Freed and Milton Krantz