Encore Michigan

Encore publisher to deliver bi-weekly ‘Theatre Talk’ on Michigan Radio

Review April 18, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich.– Starting today, April 18, EncoreMichigan publisher David Kiley will be doing a a bi-weekly segment, called "Theatre Talk," on Michigan Radios's Stateside... Continue Reading

‘Into The Wild’: A soulful tragedy brought to astonishing light at Encore Musical Theatre

Review April 15, 2017
DEXTER, Mich.–It’s not a story that lends itself to an elevator pitch to a Broadway producer: It’s a musical based on the story of a... Continue Reading

Brilliant adaptation of ‘Curious Incident’ comes to Wharton Center

Review April 13, 2017
LANSING, Mich.–Sometimes you read a book and it is so perfect in its presentation that you simply can’t imagine it in any other medium. Then,... Continue Reading

‘Bridges of Madison County” at Dio stirs the heart, mind and body

Review April 09, 2017
PINCKNEY—The Dio Dinner & Entertainment's production of The Bridges Of Madison County is poignant and thought provoking. It’s also a story that will surely provoke... Continue Reading

Monster Box explores Edward Albee’s ‘Seascape’

Review April 09, 2017
WATERFORD TWP.—Other than Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, we don't see very many Edward Albee plays produced in Michigan's regional professional theaters. Monster Box, though... Continue Reading

‘Six Guitars’ is a musical odyssey that marries comedy with musical chops

Review April 07, 2017
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.– In his one-man play/concert/standup comedy act, Six Guitars, Chase Padgett brings together the character-sketch skills of a Lily Tomlin with the musical chops... Continue Reading

‘1984’ feels very 2017 at The Williamston Theatre

Review April 01, 2017
WILLIAMSTON, Mich. – A really good playwright knows that the story he or she tells must have its own mark and its own shape. This... Continue Reading

Outvisible shines with Mamet’s ‘Oleanna’

Review April 01, 2017
ALLEN PARK, Mich.–Playwright David Mamet likes to play around with power shift that can happen among people who know each other. That is the stuff... Continue Reading

World Premiere: ‘Clutter’ at Theatre Nova exposes the pain of no do-overs in marriage

Review March 30, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Sometimes the writing of a play is so incredibly on the nose for the subject, the truth of the characters, the dialogue, the... Continue Reading

‘Disgraced’ at The Jet is rough, real and revelatory

Review March 26, 2017
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – Sometimes, I suppose, we can get so caught up focusing on the conflicts that separate Muslim from Christian, Muslim from Jew,... Continue Reading

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