Encore Michigan
A child’s twisted imagination plays out in Summer Circle’s “Mr. Marmalade”
You might expect that everything out of the imaginings of a four-year-old girl would be sweetness, light, playful princesses and unicorns. If those are your... Continue Reading
Read Jenn McKee in FREEP, on the Shakespeare in Prison program
On a recent Tuesday night, 16 women gathered backstage and changed into costumes to play their roles in a production of Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The space hummed... Continue Reading
Ringwald’s Gay Play Series off to great start
FERNDALE, Mich. — The only bad thing about seeing the Gay Play Series at The Ringwald Theatre is that you only get to see four... Continue Reading
“Hairspray” at Hope Summer Rep is an explosion of joy
HOLLAND, Mich.–Hope Summer Repertory Theatre does a lot of things well. One of things that they excel in is the big-cast musicals. For the opening... Continue Reading
The Canterbury Tales are alive and well in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–“The life so short, the craft so hard to learn,” wrote Geoffrey Chaucer. He was talking about the art of wooing, but his... Continue Reading
Theatre Nova’s “Spin” is a hopeful antidote to Orlando tragedy
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Sometimes a play doesn’t meet expectations based on the advance billing. And sometimes that doesn’t matter because the play, the story, manages to... Continue Reading
Drive to Tibbits for “Miss Daisy”
COLDWATER, Mich.–Aging widow and retired school teacher Daisy Werthan is an ornery, stubborn, self-reliant woman who carries her losses and hardships with pride even though... Continue Reading
Summer Circle’s “The Groundling” plays with storytelling
EAST LANSING, Mich.–A play within a play is a convention almost as old as theater itself. It speaks to how we tell stories and even... Continue Reading