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NYTimes: ‘Mockingbird’ producer backs off forbidding regional theaters to do Harper Lee classic
NEW YORK, NY–The Broadway producer Scott Rudin, facing a barrage of criticism over his efforts to shut down productions of To Kill a Mockingbird around... Continue Reading
FORBES: Jeff Daniels on ‘Guest Artist’ and new production company
CHELSEA, MI–Many actors of Jeff Daniels' stature opt to create their own production companies to insulate their projects from being poisoned by studio executives beholden... Continue Reading
Southfield Sun: PuppetArt finds new home in Southfield
SOUTHFIELD — After 19 years In the Motor City, PuppetArt Theatre has decided to call the Center of it All home. The group recently moved... Continue Reading
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Jeff Daniels is Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
SPECIAL FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES: NEW YORK, NY–As this is a trial, let’s have a verdict: “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which opened at the... Continue Reading
ICYMI-FREEP: Alec Baldwin does Willy Loman in A2
Though Alec Baldwin came to Ann Arbor on Saturday to play theater’s quintessential miserable, unraveling father, Willy Loman, in a staged reading of Arthur Miller’s... Continue Reading
David DiChiera remembered as tireless supporter and producer of the arts and opera in Detroit
Special from The New York Times: By Daniel E. Slotnik David DiChiera, the founder of Michigan Opera Theater, a regional company that attracted world-class talent and... Continue Reading
A2 Arts Addict: ‘Night of The Stars’ at Theatre Nova
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–A go-to hypothetical question, especially among the word-nerd set, is: “What three writers, alive or dead, would you invite to a dinner party?”... Continue Reading
Revue: Barn’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is big, bold and beautiful
From Revue: West Michigan's Art and Entertainment Guide AUGUSTA, Mich.–When Beauty and the Beast hit Broadway in 1994 it was a spectacle the likes of... Continue Reading
Ann Arbor Pulp: Playright Joe Zettlelmaier takes center stage with three regional productions
The playwright teaches at Eastern Michigan University, is executive director of a theater company, and has three of his numerous plays on stage locally this... Continue Reading
Johnny Manhattan takes Meadow Brook stage
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.–To kick off its 52nd season, Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland County’s leading professional venue for the performing arts located on the campus of... Continue Reading