Encore Michigan
Read Dan Skora’s review of “Spin” at Theatre Nova, for It’s All Theatre
It’s no coincidence that playwright Emilio Rodriguez has one of his characters in his new play “Spin”, currently in production at Ann Arbor’s Theatre Nova,... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan’s feature in FREEP: Slipstream’s timely take on Shakespeare’s “Dream”
“I am what I am.” Those are the first words that Luna Alexander said when she met with her Slipstream Theatre Initiative producing partner, Bailey... Continue Reading
Read about Joe Zettelmaier’s new theater “troupe”, in the Lansing State Journal
Joe Zettelmaier has made a name for himself as an up and coming playwright. Mid-Michigan theater goers frequently experience his new works at Williamston Theatre... Continue Reading
Read about the Carr Center’s financial woes and blessings, in FREEP
The financially challenged Carr Center, a small Detroit arts organization focused on African-American culture, has received recent commitments for more than $770,000, including a $500,000 grant from the Fred... Continue Reading
Read Between The Lines how Slipstream rethought its “Midsummer” in wake of Orlando massacre
"That was my first concern. ... What I was seeing and hearing from my friends around the country was that people wanted to celebrate our... Continue Reading
Read Jenn McKee’s review of “Spin” in Pulp
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Mila – a gay, black/hispanic teen in Emilio Rodriguez’s Spin, now having its world premiere at Theatre Nova – greets the enrichment programs... Continue Reading
Read Jenn McKee in FREEP, on the Shakespeare in Prison program
On a recent Tuesday night, 16 women gathered backstage and changed into costumes to play their roles in a production of Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The space hummed... Continue Reading
Read A2View’s take on Encore’s “Assassins”
Every now and again, my role as a musical theater director and reviewer compels me to launch into teaching mode — and that mode was... Continue Reading
Read Dan Skora’s review of Williamston’s “Chapatti,” for It’s All Theatre
There’s an old truism that says there are dog lovers and there are cat lovers, and never the twain shall meet. That might not always... Continue Reading
Read Jenn McKee’s Preview of “Assassins” in WeLoveDexter.com
DEXTER, Mich.–Even though Matthew Brennan is directing, choreographing and performing in Encore Musical Theatre’s new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins” – which focuses on nine... Continue Reading