Encore Michigan
Read Bridgette Redman on Williamston’s holiday offering, for the Lansing State Journal
Some tales are so classic and rich they can be mined many times over and be retold in new ways. Williamston Theater, which a few... Continue Reading
“Kalamazoo” captures love for any age
There is a disturbing waste of cupcakes in Kalamazoo, the new production at The Tipping Point Theatre. Given the age of the two actors, you’d... Continue Reading
Velocity of Autumn: Thoughtful and provocative treatment of aging crackles at Matrix
On the walls of the old woman’s apartment are spaces where paintings used to hang; on its shelves are books, LPs, jars of a murky... Continue Reading
The Cranky Critic on American Hero, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Last weekend I was finally able to catch "American Hero," the debut production of the Detroit Public Theatre, and if the sold-out house is any... Continue Reading
Read Mark Stryker’s review of MOT’s The Passenger, for Detroit Free Press
As operatic set-ups go, the opening of composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg and librettist Alexander Medvedev's "The Passenger" is extraordinary in how swiftly yet subtly it plunges a viewer into... Continue Reading
Read about the state of Michigan’s creative economy in Model D
The impact of the arts and creative industries on local, regional, and state economies took center stage at a daylong summit in late September at... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan’s review of Streetcar, for Detroit Free Press
It might not be exactly what playwright Tennessee Williams intended, but the Ringwald Theatre’s bold new production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” leaves its audience intrigued... Continue Reading
Read a Q & A with Tim Rhoze, writer/director of Why Not Me: A Sammy Davis Jr. Story; in Current
In November, Ann Arbor’s Performance Network Theatre is producing Why Not Me? A Sammy Davis Jr. Story. Tim Rhoze wrote the play and will also... Continue Reading