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Dracula leaves audience hungry for more
Nerve’s Dracula is not your typical staid dinner theatre production. That's for sure. With the subtitle of "Appetite Must Be Fed,” the unusual, immersive production... Continue Reading
“One Cat Away…” offers purrfect insight into one’s self
The actors in One Cat Away From Sixty-One are so perfect in their roles that the audience ends up feeling like they are voyeurs to a private conversation.... Continue Reading
Girls Night: Rocking it with “girl power”
You know a musical theatre experience was a good one when it results in an infectious ear worm. “Lady Marmalade,” with that famous French line, has been... Continue Reading
The Mountaintop brings Dr. King back to life beautifully for audiences
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr., the man? And what might have happened inside the dingy four walls of room number 306 at The Lorraine Motel... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan’s review of “Butler” for Detroit Free Press
The news that “a runaway negro slave demands to see you” does not sit well with the Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler. First of all,... Continue Reading
Cranky Critic: Read Don Calamia on Planet Ant’s “Orson’s Shadow”
It was an unofficial team-up. Its backstory was a long time in the making. Since its establishment in 1997, Hamtramck's Planet Ant Theatre has had... Continue Reading
Bailey is like buttah in Streisand-focused “I’ll Eat You Last”
Sue Mengers was a real person. This must be distinctly understood. Mengers was a powerful Hollywood agent in the 1950s 60s, 70s and 80s who,... Continue Reading
Detroit Rep’s “Butler” taut, funny and perfect for today
A “negro slave” demands to see the Union General commander at Fort Monroe in the earliest days of the Civil War, weeks after the attack... Continue Reading