Encore Michigan
Riverbank’s ‘Grease’ timeless and tuneful
MARINE CITY, Mich.–The gals are wearing circle skirts and scarves, the guys are strutting about in leather jackets and slicked hair, and the tunes are... Continue Reading
Pigeon Creek does boisterous ‘Romeo and Juliet’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–Despite—or perhaps because of—its popularity, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is not an easy play to produce. Everyone knows it. It’s mandatory reading in... Continue Reading
Roustabout’s ‘Big Daddy Shakespeare’ samples Big Bard classics
By Brian Cox YPSILANTI, Mich.–Shakespeare in Southeast Michigan in recent years has become not unlike yogurt in the dairy aisle: There is all manner of... Continue Reading
Penny Seats’ ‘La Mancha’ sparkles under the moonlight
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–The Man of LaMancha is a bonafide classic Broadway musical. But patrons can see it in the twilight and under the stars by... Continue Reading
Hope’s ‘West Side Story’ has power and pizazz
HOLLAND, Mich.–The production of West Side Story currently playing at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre here in is every bit as fresh, vibrant and tragic as... Continue Reading
Tibbits’ ‘Dreamcoat’ shows its many colors
COLDWATER, Mich.–It’s hard to know which came first, but it could be that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice conceived Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat... Continue Reading
‘The Niceties’ at Interlochen challenges traditional roles
INTERLOCHEN, Mich.–History professor Janine Bosko quips to her student Zoe Reed that her back pain from years of being hunched over scouring research material is... Continue Reading
Barn’s Sweeney Todd is a show worth obssessing over
AUGUSTA, Mich.–Obsession is a dangerous thing. It often blots out everything but that which is obsessed upon and can even destroy all the good in... Continue Reading
Richard III Summer of Content at Interlochen
INTERLOCHEN–It is for good reason the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival produced Richard III this year, and they’re not even pretending the historical tragedy isn’t a horrifying... Continue Reading
HSRT sells out Sojourner ‘Truth’
HOLLAND, Mich.–Speaking truth to power is not a modern undertaking. As long as there has been injustice, there have been courageous women and men who... Continue Reading
