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Cinderella is magical event at Detroit Opera House
DETROIT, Mich.–Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical playing at The Detroit Opera House, is a delight not just for the (many) little... Continue Reading
Read about Mitch Albom’s new play, in FREEP
In his new play, “Hockey, The Musical!” Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom has one simple goal for the 90-minute, fast-paced, wacky comedy filled with... Continue Reading
Talley’s Folly a transcendent romance from Great Escape
MARSHALL, Mich.–When Matt Friedman takes the stage in Great Escape Stage Company’s production of Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning Talley’s Folly, he breaks the fourth... Continue Reading
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well in an Ann Arbor pub
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–The Belgian-born French troubadour Jacques Brel was passionately obsessed with love and death. And sex and death. And women and death. He had... Continue Reading
Read Patrick Dunn’s review of “The Electric Baby” for The Detroit News
Lynn Lammers says theater audiences are often a homogenous group, and she’s out to change that. “Our audiences tend to look the same, and always... Continue Reading
Drum Me A Story sets a beat for Black History Month
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Wild Swan Theater, to mark Black History Month, is performing Drum Me A Story, a trilogy of three African stories told through acting,... Continue Reading
Read The Cranky Critic on Slipstream’s appeal to younger audiences
One of many things many (if not most) producers are struggling with today is this: How do we get young people into our theaters? As... Continue Reading
“Chicago” at The Fisher is trim and lively
DETROIT, Mich.–Anyone who has seen Chicago will notice when they go to the Fisher Theatre for the current tour that the production is trim. The... Continue Reading