Encore Michigan
“Mr. Joy” brings laughs, tears and searing truth from headlines to the stage
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
Read the Detroit Free Press story on the metro Detroit roots to “Alabama Story”
The staging of “Alabama Story” at Detroit’s Marlene Boll Theatre not only marks the Michigan premiere of the well-regarded play about a nearly forgotten censorship... Continue Reading
Read Broadway World’s review of “Sizwe Bansi is Dead” at Matrix Theatre
The Matrix Theatre Company opened their 2016-2017 season with Sizwe Bansi is Dead, an incredibly thought provoking play, by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston... Continue Reading
Full Monty bares the souls of the unemployed at The Encore
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
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
Outvisible’s “Cagebirds” tweets whole new meanings
ALLEN PARK, Mich.–Playgoers were filing out at the end of Outvisible Theatre’s production of Cagebirds, when the youngest member of the audience—he must have been... Continue Reading
Farmers Alley presents “1776,” a divided Congress, and other…surprises?
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – In her program notes for Farmers Alley’s current production of 1776, Director Kathy Mulay suggests the shocking revolution we’re experiencing in today’s... Continue Reading
Puzzle Piece’s “Ambition Facing West” plays out the struggle across generations
FERNDALE, Mich. – Even if you aren’t Croatian like the three generations of family featured in Ambition Facing West, the theme of push and pull... Continue Reading