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Read John Monaghan’s review of Shakespeare Royal Oak’s Richard III, for FREEP

Other Voices August 05, 2016
In typical stagings of Shakespeare's "Richard III," Richard is a hunchbacked villain who's so grotesque that dogs bark at the sight of him. Between the famous... Continue Reading

The Barn’s “Rocky Horror” brings Transylvania to Augusta

Review August 04, 2016
AUGUSTA, Mich.–We first see him from the back rising out of the pit donning ripped thigh-high fishnets, a bustier, buckled garter belt, six-inch platforms and... Continue Reading

Water Works’ “Twelfth Night” is plenty of sound and funny

Review August 02, 2016
ROYAL OAK, Mich.–Twelfth Night is one of those Shakespeare plays that’s easy to follow and hard not to like. Well, as long as you have... Continue Reading

Read Dan Skora on the best of the 2015/2016 season

Other Voices August 01, 2016
One of the disadvantages of writing for a newspaper is that much of what the reader sees and reads of an author’s work has been... Continue Reading

Tibbits’ “Addams Family” musical is altogether “ooky” good

Review July 29, 2016
COLDWATER, Mich.–Sometimes a new musical doesn’t need a fresh plot line or original characters to be witty, entertaining and on-point. And sometimes borrowing from the screen... Continue Reading

Read The Detroit News’ take on the 2016 Michigan Shakespeare Festival season

Other Voices July 29, 2016
Social upheaval abounds in The Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s 22nd season, which shifts from Jackson Potter Center to Canton’s Village Theatre on Friday for a three-week... Continue Reading

Read LSJ: Ixion’s “She Kills Monsters” takes road trip to to GenCon

Other Voices July 28, 2016
LANSING, Mich.–Ixion, a theater with mythological origins in its name, is taking great glee in preaching to the choir. For the second time in its... Continue Reading

Read K. Michelle Moran’s preview of Water Works’ “Twelfth Night”

Other Voices July 28, 2016
ROYAL OAK — Actress and director Nancy Kammer, of Grosse Pointe Park, had put her career on hold to care for her mother, who has... Continue Reading

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