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Glam-rock radio hits wow them at The Barn

Review July 30, 2015
Let’s face it: almost everything about the 1980s is better when we’re making fun of it. The narrator of “Rock of Ages” describes the Reagan... Continue Reading

Invasive Species: A fish called Toothy

Review July 26, 2015
Article:10030; Posted: July 26, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. You’ve heard the story of the grumpy recluse whose hardened heart melts when a winsome but equally... Continue Reading

To sell out, or not? That’s the question in ‘Jihad Jones’

Review July 26, 2015
Article:10028; Posted: July 26, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Giving new meaning to the term “struggling actor,” Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi presents a performer wrestling... Continue Reading

Channeling Streisand in one-character play

Review July 26, 2015
In 2010 celebrated singer, actor, director, and gay icon Barbra Streisand released “My Passion for Design,” a coffee table book full of photos and text... Continue Reading

Catch “Hay Fever” in Holland

Review July 25, 2015
Article:10027; Posted: July 25, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. A weekend in the country may sound blissfully relaxing, unless you have “Hay Fever,” which in the... Continue Reading

Pippin finds meaning and stands out Tibbits

Review July 25, 2015
It is a deadly siren that offers up a single perfect moment of extraordinary experience in exchange for death and ruin. So too is the... Continue Reading

“The Art of Murder” is a grand killing

Review July 25, 2015
Article:10026; Posted: July 25, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. “Just one more thing,” is a phrase made iconic by actor Peter Falk in his Columbo TV... Continue Reading

“Rivals” a hearty stew of comedy to be eaten with gusto

Review July 24, 2015
It’s nearly impossible to say too much good about Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s “The Rivals” at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival. There are so many things in... Continue Reading

“Schoolhouse Rock Live” teaches and entertains

Review July 21, 2015
by Diane Speer The Alpena News Who knew that singing about the parts of speech, multiplication tables and the planets could be so fun? Thunder... Continue Reading

Henry IV: Shakespeare like you’ve never seen… really

Review July 20, 2015
Article:10000; Posted: July 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. It’s no exaggeration to say you haven’t seen this Shakespeare play before. Jan Blixt, artistic director of... Continue Reading

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