Encore Michigan
Penny Seats goes to church to perform Henry James’s ‘Turn of the Screw’
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is a novella that first appeared in serial form in Colliers Magazine in 1898. The... Continue Reading
‘The Underpants’ are not so dirty at The Hilberry
DETROIT — With a title like The Underpants, you expect a little bawdiness. However, Steve Martin’s (yes, that Steve Martin) adaptation of the 1911 German... Continue Reading
What A Do ready to haunt your October
SPRINGFIELD, Mich.–It’s nigh on October and the witches are starting to fly, the ghosts are beginning to haunt and storytellers are bringing out their most... Continue Reading
Outvisible’s ‘Human Being’ powerfully rekindles the lessons of apartheid
ALLEN PARK, Mich.–Sometimes a play takes you off guard. Sometimes a work will not hit you on the head, but rather gradually unfold on you.... Continue Reading
Ringwald does “the time warp now” with Rocky Horror
FERNDALE, Mich.–It’s hard to go wrong with a classic like The Rocky Horror Show and The Ringwald’s treatment does not disappoint. If you’ve seen the... Continue Reading
Encore’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ changes eras and is even more delicious
DEXTER, Mich.–Sweeney Todd is dark, black comedic musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. And it is a show frequently done both in Broadway... Continue Reading
North American Premiere: North By Northwest, a staged version of the Hitchcock movie
TORONTO–Directors and film historians Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich have both referred to Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest as a “perfect film.” Who can resist... Continue Reading
Tibbits dresses its women in a memory play
COLDWATER,Mich.–Memories are funny things. They get attached to totally unrelated things sometimes, whether it be where we are, what we were smelling, who we were... Continue Reading
Neil Simon’s ‘Sunshine Boys” at Great Escape
MARSHALL, Mich.–Celebrated American playwright Neil Simon is known best for his comedy writing: shot through with natural dialogue, rapid-fire jokes, and punchline zingers, his plays... Continue Reading
Oliver! and “More! ” at The Riverbank
MARINE CITY, Mich.–The Riverbank Theatre and director Aaron Dennis Smith bring another favorite to the stage in Marine City with the musical Oliver! With book,... Continue Reading
