Encore Michigan
August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ drives into The Musical Hall
DETROIT, Mich.–August Wilson is one of the few playwrights over the last 100 years of American theater who manages to perfectly capture dialogue the way... Continue Reading
Flint Rep taking submissions for Young Playwrights plays
FLINT, Mich.–Flint Repertory Theatre is taking submissions from young playwrights under age-22 for a new works festival this April. Young Playwrights will workshop their original... Continue Reading
Pigeon Creek delivers a tasty Twelfth Night
LANSING, Mich.–Those who complain that Shakespeare’s comedies aren’t funny probably haven’t seen Pigeon Creek Shakespeare perform one. This company, with its intimate spaces, cross-gendered casting... Continue Reading
Papa Weeze’s ‘Next To Normal’ at Slipstream now and Monster Box in spring
By Angela Colombo FERNDALE, Mich.–A friend once said that depression is a liar and a cheat that will say anything to lure a person into... Continue Reading
Zettelmaier’s ‘Channel Cat’ world premiere’s at Detroit Rep
DETROIT, Mich.–It’s amazing the stuff that can come out between an African American BBQ master and a chubby white Southern sheriff in a rib joint.... Continue Reading
WSU brings Lynn Nottage’s gritty ‘Sweat’ to Detroit
DETROIT, Mich.–The United States is in a painful era of transition that has crushed many a small town throughout the Midwest and Southeast. Manufacturing in... Continue Reading
Revel in Opera Modo’s ‘La Gioconda’ at The War Memorial
Editor's Note: This review was updated from its initial publishing to reflect the reviewer seeing the second cast. DETROIT, Mich.–Sometimes you leave a theater thinking... Continue Reading
Flint Rep fills imagination with empty ‘Chairs’
FLINT, Mich.–Humans get nervous around nothingness. We have a tendency to want to fill it up, to insert things into the blanks even to the... Continue Reading
