Cleveland's Playhouse Square (northeast Ohio’s Broadway touring series) has announced its  2008-2009 season, and my only question – where is that high-speed train connecting Cincinnati-Columbus-Cleveland?

There’s a little overlap in the season. A very little. You’ll just have to wait for May 8. One hint – if you’re a regular reader of Buzzzz…, I predicted one of the shows and I was right.)

In Cleveland’s immediate future: A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, Frost/Nixon, Legally Blonde and Mary Poppins (starring CCM grad Ashley Brown, who originated the role on Broadway.) Also on the schedule are the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a resident production of I Love You Because (being produced here by Know Theatre in January 2009) and An Evening with Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin. (This is the one that’s going to make me fill the tank and hit I-71.)