Encore Michigan

Five women celebrate vaginas at Great Escape

Review November 22, 2014
Step through the cloth vagina hanging at the entrance to Great Escape's theater and you'll be birthed into the performance area of "The Vagina Monologues."... Continue Reading

Variety is the spice of ‘Caroled!’

Review November 22, 2014
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer Gather 'round, children, for a bit of Christmas candor. In short, the parallels are scant between the world-premiere musical revue "Christmas... Continue Reading

Better dry plains than die plain

Review November 17, 2014
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer Once upon a time, on an arid stretch of the American West, there was a girl who wasn't married. It's not... Continue Reading

It all starts with this hat

Review November 16, 2014
There's an old folk song that begins, "The other night when I got home as drunk as I could be/ I saw a hat on... Continue Reading

Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre does corn well

Review November 15, 2014
You expect a great turkey dinner with all the fixins when you go to Cornwell's Dinner Theatre in Marshall. After all, the farm/restaurant complex is... Continue Reading

‘Girls Night’ looks for strength in numbers

Review November 07, 2014
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer It is a truth universally acknowledged that, once assembled, a collective of otherwise adult women must slam alcoholic drinks and shriek... Continue Reading

Enriching world-building at PuppetART

Review November 02, 2014
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer How do you tell a story as big as the world? In "Turtle Island," Detroit's PuppetART Theatre incorporates Native American mythology... Continue Reading

Yee haw, it’s ‘Nunsense Jamboree’

Review October 31, 2014
By Diane Speer It's got up tempo tunes, it's got singing nuns a little on the wacky side and it's got lots of Catholic humor,... Continue Reading

Portrait of the artist as a young ham

Review October 26, 2014
Take heart, would-be stars. If a kid with a ton of desire and a teaspoon of talent can make it, no matter how much his... Continue Reading

‘Crucible’ transcends time in intimate production

Review October 25, 2014
Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" has always been a thinker. Miller had things he wanted to say in the Tony Award-winning play. The 1959 drama about... Continue Reading

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