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Other Voices: Read Marin Heinritz’s review of “It Shoulda Been You” in ‘Revue’
It Shoulda Been You is full of adept acting, farcical fun It’s clear from the first moments of the opening number, “I Never Wanted This,”... Continue Reading
Read Daniel Skora’s take on ‘The Lesson’
WATERFORD TWP, Mich. – The Theatre de la Huchette is a modest little venue in Paris’ Left Bank where most every evening for the last... Continue Reading
Read: Ron Baumanis in A2View on Dio”s Home For The Holidays
PINCKNEY, Mich. – The Dio Theatre has a holiday-cheer filled reprise of its own Home For the Holidays in store for this season. It looks... Continue Reading
Read the Detroit Free Press story on the metro Detroit roots to “Alabama Story”
The staging of “Alabama Story” at Detroit’s Marlene Boll Theatre not only marks the Michigan premiere of the well-regarded play about a nearly forgotten censorship... Continue Reading
Read Broadway World’s review of “Sizwe Bansi is Dead” at Matrix Theatre
The Matrix Theatre Company opened their 2016-2017 season with Sizwe Bansi is Dead, an incredibly thought provoking play, by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston... Continue Reading
Read Patrick Dunn’s take on Detroit Public Theatre’s “Murder Ballad” for Detroit News
Detroit Public Theatre co-founder Courtney Burkett loves musicals, but she has no interest in rehashing the hackneyed classics of the genre. “We’re not the kind... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan’s review of “Alabama Story” for FREEP
“Alabama Story” is the real life story of Emily Wheelock Reed, the librarian who defended a book that caused a minor uproar in 1959 Alabama. The offending... Continue Reading
Read Sue Brinkley in The Blade, on Purple Rose Theatre
Theater audiences of today aren’t any different from the audiences of 2,000 years ago, says Guy Sanville, artistic director of the Purple Rose Theatre in... Continue Reading
Read Broadway World on Matrix Theatre’s season opener
The Matrix Theatre Company opens its 2016-2017 season with Sizwi Bansi is Dead by Athol Fugard on September 23rd in Detroit. It is a powerful play that weaves the story of... Continue Reading
Read Leslie Green on the death of the print arts and culture review, for Crain’s Detroit Business
When I started at The Detroit News in 2002, the paper employed a dedicated restaurant critic, a dance critic, two film critics, a couple of music critics,... Continue Reading