Encore Michigan
The Barn pumps it up with energetic ‘Hairspray’
AUGUSTA, Mich.–Musicals have a talent for mixing energetic fun with more serious messages. The musical, Hairspray, opening at The Barn Theater in Augusta this week,... Continue Reading
‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ shows heart at The Snug
MARINE CITY, Mich.–If there is a downside to living a successful and comfortable life, it is that it becomes easy to overlook the small, but... Continue Reading
Pigeon Creek sets Henry VI to music to enliven little-done Shakespeare
LANSING, Mich.–Shakespeare has his wildly popular plays that are performed over and over again—and then those rare few that almost never make the stage for... Continue Reading
2018 Wilde Award Nominations Coming
ANN ARBOR, MI.–The 2018 Wilde Awards will take place on August 27th at The Berman Center for Performing Arts in West Bloomfield, Michigan to honor... Continue Reading
‘Sipping Society’ at Dio is breezy as sweet-tea on a summer porch
PINCKNEY, Mich.–There is a popular genre of play today about women of a certain age examining their lives, forging sisterhood relationships, cracking funny about getting... Continue Reading
Barn Theatre scores with ‘Noises Off’
AUGUSTA, Mich.–There’s nothing quite like a British farce for pure, meaningless entertainment that will go over the top to make its audiences laugh. Noises Off,... Continue Reading
Tibbits’ ‘Mixed Emotions’ seems stodgy and dated
COLDWATER, Mich.–A relatively simply-staged play with a small cast generally opens Tibbits’ Summer Theatre season, and Richard Baer’s Mixed Emotions fits that particular bill—with a... Continue Reading
ICYMI: TheaterTalk 6/13 on Michigan Radio’s Stateside
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–June is an amazing month for theater in Michigan. EncoreMichigan i scrambling to cover and review some 28 new show openings, from Tennessee... Continue Reading
