Encore Michigan
Broadway’s Newsies Seizes The Day in Grand Rapids
When it comes to acrobatics and energy, it’s hard to find a show that competes with Disney’s Newsies, currently touring through Broadway Grand Rapids. Throw... Continue Reading
Cinderella Broadway tour hits Wharton Center with storybook delight
The national tour of the Tony Award-winning (costumes) Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella seemed to delight every tiara-wearing child in the audience at The Wharton Center... Continue Reading
Caution: “Love You…Now Change” at Snug will inspire hand-holding
Whether it’s your first date or your 400th, or even if you are going stag and just looking for some comfort and laughs, I Love... Continue Reading
Ixion makes the sale with Glengarry
The five men in Glengarry Glen Ross are not the co-workers anyone would wish to have. Nor are they the people you want to buy... Continue Reading
“Kid Like Jake” provokes and probes proper parenting
At what point does a parent wanting the best for their child turn into the parent wanting to make themselves look and feel good? [caption id="attachment_1452"... Continue Reading
Little Shop Kills at Farmers Alley
An adorable, curvaceous, squeaky blonde’s got a black eye and then her arm in a sling because her sadistic, nitrous oxide addicted dentist boyfriend’s been... Continue Reading
Three stories about facing death or looking away
A play about the last stages of life, about care and caregiving—not necessarily the same thing—Michael Cristofer’s “The Shadow Box” won the Tony Award and... Continue Reading
Osage County is a family drama that percolates
Dysfunction doesn’t just run through the Weston family, it gallops, leaving no one untouched no matter what the age or temperament. And at What a... Continue Reading
BFs! at Slipstream: Coming out never looked so hopeful
Two teenage boys struggling with their sexual orientation can find a lot of truth and drama in a tiny bedroom. Before anything sexual ever happens... Continue Reading
“Drowsy” deliciously delights at Dio
The lights go down and a voice comes out of the darkness, a voice articulating all the anxiety of a theater goer sitting in the... Continue Reading
