Encore Michigan
Pigeon Creek does boisterous ‘Romeo and Juliet’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–Despite—or perhaps because of—its popularity, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is not an easy play to produce. Everyone knows it. It’s mandatory reading in... Continue Reading
Michigan Shakespeare Festival Announces 2020 Season
JACKSON, Mich.–The Michigan Shakespeare Festival announced its 2020 season during opening night of King Lear here. The company, currently in its 25th year, will produce... Continue Reading
Roustabout’s ‘Big Daddy Shakespeare’ samples Big Bard classics
By Brian Cox YPSILANTI, Mich.–Shakespeare in Southeast Michigan in recent years has become not unlike yogurt in the dairy aisle: There is all manner of... Continue Reading
Penny Seats’ ‘La Mancha’ sparkles under the moonlight
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–The Man of LaMancha is a bonafide classic Broadway musical. But patrons can see it in the twilight and under the stars by... Continue Reading
MOT launches young patrons program
Young Patrons Circle to offer networking opportunities, discounted pricing for patrons 21-40 DETROIT—Michigan Opera Theatre (MOT) has launched a new young patrons program, offering networking... Continue Reading
Hope’s ‘West Side Story’ has power and pizazz
HOLLAND, Mich.–The production of West Side Story currently playing at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre here in is every bit as fresh, vibrant and tragic as... Continue Reading
Tibbits’ ‘Dreamcoat’ shows its many colors
COLDWATER, Mich.–It’s hard to know which came first, but it could be that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice conceived Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat... Continue Reading
‘The Niceties’ at Interlochen challenges traditional roles
INTERLOCHEN, Mich.–History professor Janine Bosko quips to her student Zoe Reed that her back pain from years of being hunched over scouring research material is... Continue Reading
