Encore Michigan
Farmers Alley hits perfection with ‘Fun Home’
KALAMAZOO, Mich.–When it comes to structure, composition, and precision, there are few musicals as perfect as Fun Home. But it is its heart, not its... Continue Reading
REVUE: Farmers Alley ‘Fun Home’ “stunning.”
KALAMAZOO, Mich.–Every now and then, the perfect show comes at the perfect moment. The stunning production of “Fun Home” currently at Farmers Alley Theatre in... Continue Reading
What A Do is back with ‘Mamma Mia’
By Julie Linderleaf BATTLECREEK, Mich.–If you were invited by an ex to a wedding on a small Greek Island would you go? This is the... Continue Reading
Detroit Rep’s world premiere ‘Williston’ probes the slag of corporate life
DETROIT, Mich.–In corporate America, things and people are rarely what they seem. It's a bloodsport of survival, fear, attack, politics and strategizing how you are... Continue Reading
Enter Stage Right performs…gasp…’I Hate Hamlet’
PORT HURON, Mich.–Everyone loves Shakespeare, right? I mean, what person with a brain, or a heart, doesn’t appreciate the greatest English language playwright ever. [pause]... Continue Reading
Barn Does Disaster Redux To Open Season
The Barn Theatre sold out its run of Disaster last September, so it decided to open its new season with the show with some different... Continue Reading
‘Songs About Stuff’ at Flint Rep hits Pleasant Gen X music
FLINT, Mich.–Generation X is somewhat of a lost generation—dwarfed in numbers by the generations on either side of it–its voice always too quiet to make... Continue Reading
A2 Pulp: Kill Move Paradise at Theatre Nova
By Hugh Gallagher ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Sometimes it seems like every few days a black American is gunned down by a police officer. They are often... Continue Reading
Great Escape’s ‘Third Person’ a witty script
MARSHALL, Mich.–In welcoming home director Jennifer Conley Darling, Great Escape Stage Company here is playing host to a new work that is clever, witty and... Continue Reading
Opera Modo brings Broadway to ‘Orpheus’
DETROIT, Mich.–When opera gets silly, it can be most enjoyable in good hands. And Orpheus in the Underworld, produced by Opera Modo this weekend, is... Continue Reading
