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Osage County is a family drama that percolates
Dysfunction doesn’t just run through the Weston family, it gallops, leaving no one untouched no matter what the age or temperament. And at What a... Continue Reading
Broadway’s Audra McDonald wows ’em in Ann Arbor
Broadway actress Audra McDonald captivated a near sell-out audience at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor last night. It was Ms. McDonald’s sixth appearance in Ann... Continue Reading
OTHER VOICES: The Lansing State Journal on Ixion’s Glengarry Glen Ross
Lansing’s newest theater is opening its second season in Lansing’s newest theater venue. Ixion, brainchild of Jeff Croff, the former artistic director of Icarus Falling,... Continue Reading
OTHER VOICES: Williamston Theatre launch party
FROM Williamston Today, Sept. 12: Williamston Theatre hosted their annual launch party fundraiser on September 10th to kickoff of the 2015-2016 season. The weather allowed the... Continue Reading
OTHER VOICES: from Pridesource–a new owner and expanded mission for EncoreMichigan.com
It lasted far longer than it was supposed to. When Pride Source Media Group and I launched EncoreMichigan.com in 2008, the website devoted exclusively to professional theater... Continue Reading
OTHER VOICES: from IXITI.com, anniversaries and premieres highlight the 2015-2016 season
If the calendar says September, then it must be time for theaters across Southeast Michigan to begin opening their doors on the 2015-16 season. From... Continue Reading
Read Dan Skora’s blog review of “Drowsy Chaperone” at The Dio
It’s quirky. Sometimes it even feels like it’s been stitched together from vignettes and sketches. It had an inauspicious beginning in 1997 as a performance... Continue Reading
BFs! at Slipstream: Coming out never looked so hopeful
Two teenage boys struggling with their sexual orientation can find a lot of truth and drama in a tiny bedroom. Before anything sexual ever happens... Continue Reading