Encore Michigan
‘Burt & Me’ brings Bacharach’s music to the stage at Meadow Brook
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.–Burt Bacharach’s music, including that which he collaborated with on with Hal David, feels like the easy listening soundtrack for the late 1960s... Continue Reading
Great Escape Brings ‘Wit’ to Marshall
MARSHALL, Mich.–Though first produced nearly 25 years ago, Wit, Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama, remains the most powerfully touching and relevant piece of literature... Continue Reading
Diversity ignites discussion ‘At The Table’ with new company–Exit Left Theatre
HOLLAND, Mich.–Honesty is often considered the heart of any good relationship. But Michael Perlman’s new play At the Table makes it painfully clear that even... Continue Reading
Williamston takes its audiences ‘Out Of Orbit’ in new play
WILLIAMSTON, Mich.–Mother-daughter relationships can be tricky in the best of times, but when you have a parent on a totally different time zone than her... Continue Reading
Opera Modo’s ‘La Cenerentola’ is a Cinderella you’ll never forget
DETROIT, Mich.–“And she persisted.” Funny to consider that phrase apropos to a fairy tale princess, but darn if Opera MODO’s latest production Rossini’s La Cenerentola... Continue Reading
Open Book keeps ‘Time Stands Still’ very sharp
TRENTON, Mich.–In Time Stands Still, by Donald Margulies, we have what I consider to be an old fashioned play, but one that is thoroughly rooted... Continue Reading
‘The Summer King’ depicts tragedy of baseball great Josh Gibson
DETROIT,Mich.–Baseball and opera. It doesn't happen, except for a staged flash mob in Comerica Park a few years ago to promote the Michigan Opera season.... Continue Reading
Mind The Gap’s ‘Happy Birthday Dear Alice’ explores Mother and “adult” children journey
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Hardly anyone wants to end up in a nursing home. To be fair, there are “senior living options,” and there are “nursing homes.”... Continue Reading
Slipstream’s ‘Othello’ bends genders and sexuality
FERNDALE, Mich.–One of the benefits of adapting Shakespeare’s plays and changing genders of the characters as they lie, connive, dissemble, plot and generally act badly... Continue Reading
A trim ‘Angels in America; at What A Do
SPRINGFIELD, Mich.–For young people today, it’s easy to forget what it was like to be gay in the 1980s (or even earlier). AIDS was a... Continue Reading
