Encore Michigan

“Dracula” at The Hilberry will suck you in to Halloween season

Review October 23, 2016
DETROIT, Mich. – The story of Dracula is known to everyone – from the iconic and campy Bela Lugosi depiction, to Frank Langella’s 1979 film,... Continue Reading

Evil Dead: Blood, decapitation, chainsaw, demons…and music

Review October 18, 2016
Editor's Note: Evil Dead has returned to The City City Theatre. Read our review from 2015. When a show returns with many of the same... Continue Reading

Sultry Sexy “Carmen” at MOT begins David DiChiera’s final season

Review October 16, 2016
DETROIT—Bizet’s Carmen is such a universally loved opera that the Michigan Opera Theatre puts it on every five or six years. And for good reason.... Continue Reading

Trying to Fall in Love in “The Fall” at Planet Ant

Review October 16, 2016
HAMTRAMCK—How appropriate that The Fall opened over the weekend of the often-scorned romantic holiday, Sweetest Day. But give the quirky romantic comedy, which kicks off... Continue Reading

“The Actress” at The Snug dives into Diva life with flair

Review October 08, 2016
MARINE CITY, Mich. – The intimate seating and stage arrangement at The Snug Theatre is ideally suited for a production like The Actress by Peter... Continue Reading

“Gentleman’s Guide” kills at Fisher Theatre

Review October 07, 2016
DETROIT, Mich. – Serial killers have been the stuff of comedy—on stage, anyway—since at least "Arsenic and Old Lace” opened on Broadway in 1941, and... Continue Reading

“Car Stars” taps into Detroit’s storied past with song and story

Review October 07, 2016
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – It’s tough to say at this point whether Car Stars, a new musical presentation making its world premiere at The Berman... Continue Reading

“Mr. Joy” brings laughs, tears and searing truth from headlines to the stage

Review October 05, 2016
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – One of the great canards that we find in the news today is that white people in positions of power –... Continue Reading

Full Monty bares the souls of the unemployed at The Encore

Review October 02, 2016
DEXTER, Mich. – Most of us spend so much time at our jobs that our work comes to define us. It’s why losing a job,... Continue Reading

Zettelmaier’s “Pulp” a yummy salad bowl of genres murder yarn

Review October 02, 2016
WILLIAMSTON, Mich. – For the opening of Williamston’s 11th season, they’re presenting a show that mixes not one, not two, but five genres in an... Continue Reading

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