Encore Michigan
Read Jenn McKee’s review of Why Not Me? at Performance Network, for MLive.com
Although the one-man show about Sammy Davis Jr. that's now having its Michigan premiere at Performance Network Theatre is titled, "Why Not Me?", Sean Blake,... Continue Reading
Read Malissa Martin’s review of Meadow Brook’s Christmas Carol, in The Daily Tribune
Carolers in Victorian costumes sang as dozens of students filled Meadow Brook Theatre, excited to see Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol.” While teachers... Continue Reading
Read Bridgette Redman on Williamston’s holiday offering, for the Lansing State Journal
Some tales are so classic and rich they can be mined many times over and be retold in new ways. Williamston Theater, which a few... Continue Reading
Read Mark Stryker’s review of MOT’s The Passenger, for Detroit Free Press
As operatic set-ups go, the opening of composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg and librettist Alexander Medvedev's "The Passenger" is extraordinary in how swiftly yet subtly it plunges a viewer into... Continue Reading
Read about the state of Michigan’s creative economy in Model D
The impact of the arts and creative industries on local, regional, and state economies took center stage at a daylong summit in late September at... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan’s review of Streetcar, for Detroit Free Press
It might not be exactly what playwright Tennessee Williams intended, but the Ringwald Theatre’s bold new production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” leaves its audience intrigued... Continue Reading
Read a Q & A with Tim Rhoze, writer/director of Why Not Me: A Sammy Davis Jr. Story; in Current
In November, Ann Arbor’s Performance Network Theatre is producing Why Not Me? A Sammy Davis Jr. Story. Tim Rhoze wrote the play and will also... Continue Reading
Read George Bulanda’s review of MOT’s The Passenger, in The Detroit News
Dramatically searing and intensely harrowing, Michigan Opera Theatre’s production of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s opera “The Passenger” grabs you by the collar and doesn’t let go —... Continue Reading
Read Mark Stryker in Detroit Free Press, on MOT’s The Passenger
Michigan Opera Theatre has produced a handful of world premieres, lots of modern and contemporary American works and explored corners of the repertory that don't see much... Continue Reading
Read George Bulanda for Detroit Press, on MOT’s The Passenger
Conductor Steven Mercurio has tackled plenty of tough projects in his career, but Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s opera “The Passenger” posed a uniquely emotional challenge. An opera... Continue Reading