Encore Michigan
Pigeon Creek delivers a tasty Twelfth Night
LANSING, Mich.–Those who complain that Shakespeare’s comedies aren’t funny probably haven’t seen Pigeon Creek Shakespeare perform one. This company, with its intimate spaces, cross-gendered casting... Continue Reading
Papa Weeze’s ‘Next To Normal’ at Slipstream now and Monster Box in spring
By Angela Colombo FERNDALE, Mich.–A friend once said that depression is a liar and a cheat that will say anything to lure a person into... Continue Reading
Zettelmaier’s ‘Channel Cat’ world premiere’s at Detroit Rep
DETROIT, Mich.–It’s amazing the stuff that can come out between an African American BBQ master and a chubby white Southern sheriff in a rib joint.... Continue Reading
WSU brings Lynn Nottage’s gritty ‘Sweat’ to Detroit
DETROIT, Mich.–The United States is in a painful era of transition that has crushed many a small town throughout the Midwest and Southeast. Manufacturing in... Continue Reading
Revel in Opera Modo’s ‘La Gioconda’ at The War Memorial
Editor's Note: This review was updated from its initial publishing to reflect the reviewer seeing the second cast. DETROIT, Mich.–Sometimes you leave a theater thinking... Continue Reading
Flint Rep fills imagination with empty ‘Chairs’
FLINT, Mich.–Humans get nervous around nothingness. We have a tendency to want to fill it up, to insert things into the blanks even to the... Continue Reading
Ixion’s ‘Apples in Winter’ bakes up a heart-wrenching pie
LANSING, Mich.–There are few jobs more terrifying than that of parent. If you don’t believe that, try attending Apples in Winter at Ixion and see... Continue Reading
Penny Seats ‘Dracula’ benefits from Zettelmaier’s triple play
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Riffing on great public-domain characters is a smart angle to galvanize an audience’s attention and sell tickets. Casual theatre goers, after all, gravitate... Continue Reading
‘Silent Sky’ at UDM explores how a woman changed the world
DETROIT — Sometimes it takes a little bit of fictionalized history to remind viewers how far women have come in the last century. While some... Continue Reading
MOT’s ‘Don Giovanni’ taps into modern sex in unexpected ways
DETROIT--Enduring operas achieve that status because their composers and writers tapped into something common to humanity—whether the available conveyance is a horse and cart or... Continue Reading
