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Read Dan Skora’s review of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, for It’s All Theatre
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” is the cruelest, most relentlessly vitriolic play in the canon of modern American Theatre. Edward Albee’s play about an alcoholic... Continue Reading
Read Dan Skora’s review of The Explorer’s Club in It’s All Theatre
Travis W. Walter has a habit of opening up the Meadow Brook season with a play that has “scope”: themes and production values that stretch... Continue Reading
Read John Monaghan’s review of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf for Detroit Free Press
Until last weekend, I had never seen a stage production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — only the 1966 film version starring Richard Burton and... Continue Reading
Antigone provocative but puzzling
Imagine you’re at the symphony, watching and listening to a striking new orchestration of a venerated concerto; the soloist is topnotch, the ensemble brilliant, the... Continue Reading
Read Dan Skora’s review of Casting Session in It’s All Theatre
Jeff Daniels has written a perfect little gem of a play in “Casting Session”, a comedy about two middle-aged actors who find themselves auditioning for... Continue Reading
Jersey Boys working its magic at The Wharton Center
When it comes to jukebox musicals, Jersey Boys stands out as the best of the genre. This is because it isn’t simply a collection of... Continue Reading
Read Jeri Packer in The Voice on The Snug and Riverbank providing Halloween mysteries for all ages
“The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie, one of the great mystery writers of her time, is now showing at the Riverbank Theatre in Marine City. The... Continue Reading
Riverbank’s “Mousetrap” catches the Christie classic
As I sat in the Riverbank Theatre awaiting the start of The Mousetrap, a play adapted from the Agatha Christie story, I heard a patron,... Continue Reading