Encore Michigan
Review: Encore Musical Theatre’s ‘The Secret Garden’
DEXTER, Mich.–Little girls have loved Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel The Secret Garden for more than 100 years. And most today will love the 1991 stage... Continue Reading
‘Les Mis’ at The Wharton Center reaches Stars
LANSING, Mich.–Decades after it burst onto the musical theater scene, the centuries-old story of Victor Hugo’s Les Mis still feels as relevant and compelling as... Continue Reading
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
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
Theatre Nova tees up ‘Follies In Concert’ for fund raiser
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Stephen Sondheim practically reinvented modern musical theatre and lovers of his work often revere Follies as his crowning achievement. But there... 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
