Encore Michigan

‘Unnecessary Farce’ rollicks at Wilde Theatre

Review June 27, 2023
BRIGHTON, MI--Google defines Farce as :”a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.” Unnecessary Farce by Paul... Continue Reading

Review: ‘Great American Trailer Park Musical at The Riverbank’

Review June 26, 2023
MARINE CITY, MI--Anyone in the mood for some raucous hilarity should get to Marine City ASAP for The Great American Trailer Park Musical, playing at... Continue Reading

Arabic To English Lifts Curtain On Arab Immigration and Arab-American identity

Review June 23, 2023
ANN ARBOR, MI--Turn on the news. Log on to twitter. And what you will find is a steady stream of vitriol spouted by one of... Continue Reading

‘Game, Set, Match’ is a Win at Tipping Point

Review June 17, 2023
NORTHVILLE, MI--Whether you are 21 or 61, gay or straight, online dating, which has taken over the whole process of meeting potential matches, is a... Continue Reading

Flint Rep brilliantly intertwines hope and struggle with intimate ‘Ragtime’

Review June 14, 2023
FLINT, MI--Flint Repertory Theater’s Michael Lluberes continues to prove that just about anything can be done in the intimate space that is the Elgood Theater—even... Continue Reading

The Ringwald wraps epic, sparkling production of ‘The Inheritance’

Review June 13, 2023
By David Kiley and Jennifer Kahn FERNDALE, MI--The Inheritance, wrapping up its run at The Ringwald here this past weekend, is an important, compelling play... Continue Reading

Review: ‘Lost in Yonkers’ lands in Pinckney at The Dio

Review June 12, 2023
PINCKNEY, MI--Lost in Yonkers, a play written by Neil Simon, takes audiences on an emotional and captivating journey about family that is bound to leave... Continue Reading

The Meadow Brook delights with ‘Noises Off’

Review June 02, 2023
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI--Noises Off is a fan-favorite play that takes the art of farce to splendid heights. The current production at The Meadow Brook Theatre... Continue Reading

Williamston’s ‘Alabaster’ opens poignant window into pain and loss

Review June 01, 2023
WILLIAMSTON, MI--Everyone’s a little bit broken. We may march out into the world as shiny toy soldiers, but sooner or later we are buffeted by... Continue Reading

Powerful production of ‘How I Learned To Drive’ at Open Book

Review May 29, 2023
TRENTON, MI--How I Learned to Drive, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Paula Vogel, delivers a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of a deeply troubling subject... Continue Reading