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Read Jenn McKee’s interview with Ethan Steiner on touring with Newsies, for MLive
The classic stardom narrative goes like this: a young performer with showbiz dreams takes a bus to New York City and, through hard work and... Continue Reading
Read Patty Nolan on Slipstream’s Twelfth Night, for Examiner.com
Slipstream Theatre Initiative is serving up some Shakespeare for the season – with its own take on Twelfth Night. The show opens this Saturday, December 12,... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan on Newsies, in Detroit Free Press
Iain Young can’t remember how many times he has seen the 1992 Disney movie “Newsies.” But when he was an aspiring dancer growing up in Novi... Continue Reading
For Detroit Free Press, John Monaghan’s review of The Velocity of Autumn
“One mother. One son. 100 Molotov cocktails.” That was one of the tag lines attached to “The Velocity of Autumn” during its brief Broadway run... Continue Reading
Read Dan Skora’s review of Matrix’s The Velocity of Autumn, for It’s All Theatre
Sometimes the question of what to do with mother when she’s at that age when everyone believes she needs the kind of care that only... Continue Reading
Read Kathleen Kirby’s review of FYT’s Wizard of Oz, for Flint Area Theatres blog
In keeping with this season’s theme of “Finding Home”, Flint Youth Theatre is taking us once again down that magical yellow brick road in search... Continue Reading
Read Dan Skora’s review of two Performance Network shows, in It’s All Theatre
Performance Network Theatre has two shows scheduled for the holiday season. “Why Not Me? A Sammy Davis Jr. Story” is a one man show that... Continue Reading
Other Voices: Read Jenn McKee at Mlive on Dickens: An A Capella Carol at PNT
Since the 1843 publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the iconic ghost story has been endlessly recited, adapted for the stage (and film), re-visited,... Continue Reading
Other Voices: Read Jenn McKee from MLive–Almost British Christmas
Theatre Nova's new, original production, a panto titled "An Almost British Christmas," is stuffed to the max — much like the bursting bosom of Mrs.... Continue Reading
Read Patty Nolan’s review of Streetcar, for Examiner.com
This season The Ringwald Theatre is offering a season of classics, and Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948,... Continue Reading