Encore Michigan

‘Kinky Boots’ – What a pair: enlivened substance and explosive style

Review January 18, 2015
by Carolyn Hayes Harmer Posted: Jan. 18, 2015 at 9:50 a.m. To bastardize a classic Steve Martin bit, “If I had two wishes that I... Continue Reading

All’s Well That Ends Well: Pigeon Creek asks Shakespeare’s comedic questions

Review January 18, 2015
Posted: Jan. 18, 2015 at 10:15 a.m. It’s a premise that is sometimes hard to accept. Is all well that ends well if what happens... Continue Reading

‘Yellowman’ is a timely reflection on color of skin and content of character

Review January 18, 2015
by John Quinn Posted: Jan. 18, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. All drama, says Aristotle, should provoke an emotional response; some emotional responses will have an... Continue Reading

The Way of the World: Hilberry Theatre takes up Restoration project

Review January 17, 2015
by John Quinn Posted: Jan. 17, 2015 at 3:20 p.m. Hold on. This really is a review, not an article in “News and Previews.” The... Continue Reading

Unique and unconventional, ‘Tongues’ stays one step ahead of its audience

Review January 13, 2015
by John Quinn Posted: Jan. 13, 2015 at 2:20 p.m. When Bailey Boudreau welcomes his patrons to the “unconventional performance space” now housing Slipstream Theatre... Continue Reading

Things My Mother Taught Me: One ‘Mother’ of an ensemble makes comedy to savor

Review January 11, 2015
by Carolyn Hayes Harmer Posted: Jan. 11, 2015 at 6:13 p.m. Theater satisfies different tastes and appetites in the same way that food does. Just... Continue Reading

In ‘Helen & Edgar,’ memories of the ‘best, funnest, most beautiful (and maddest) mother’

Review January 09, 2015
by John Quinn Posted: Jan. 9, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. The French have a word for it, and the word is “raconteur.” If that word... Continue Reading

Detroit Rep’s ‘Sweet Pea’s Mama’ plays on familiar types

Review January 09, 2015
by Jenn McKee Posted: Jan. 09, 2015 at 4:45 p.m. In Robert Lawrence Nelson’s play “Sweet Pea’s Mama” – set near the end of Martin... Continue Reading

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