"Driving Miss Daisy" by Alfred Uhry can seem like a simple play. It needs three actors, three set pieces, and few costume changes. The script... Continue Reading
Name a main character Ulysses and unless he's a Civil War general, you've got "The Odyssey" on your mind. The Ulysses in "Annapurna" hasn't done... Continue Reading
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer With a title as uplifting as "Buried Child," the viewer might presume (correctly) that bleak times are ahead. But the mechanism... Continue Reading
Excalibur. No, that isn't it. Exuberance. Yes, that's the word for The Encore Musical Theatre's production of "Spamalot." In Thalia V. Schramm's staging, the Monty... Continue Reading
The 2013-14 professional theater season was a tempestuous one, an even more unsettled year than usual for the state's theaters. So perhaps it was appropriate... Continue Reading
The Great Escape Stage Company is taking on a complicated musical with "Grey Gardens." "Grey Gardens" centers around two real people, though the autobiographical elements... Continue Reading
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer PuppetART: Detroit Puppet Theatre embarks on its 17th year of residence in Detroit, in a multipurpose space close to the opera... Continue Reading