Encore Michigan

Forever Plaid creates holiday harmony at Farmers Alley

Review December 06, 2015
In his director’s note for Farmers Alley’s current production of Forever Plaid, Larry Raben suggests the  musical revue “is more timely than ever,” because “We... Continue Reading

AT UDM, it really is a “A Wonderful Life”

Review December 04, 2015
Anytime a new film or stage cast takes on a script that is already indelibly etched in the brains and consciousness of the audience, it's... Continue Reading

Marley is the Christmas star at Williamston

Review November 30, 2015
There are numerous adaptations, parodies and variations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for stage and screen, and even if those iterations appear but once... Continue Reading

Wizardly Fun at The Encore Musical Theatre

Review November 30, 2015
It’s the story everyone knows. Young Dorothy Gale, a Kansas farm girl, is picked up by a twister and dropped into the wonderful land of... Continue Reading

“British Christmas” is a holiday hoot at Theatre Nova

Review November 29, 2015
English pantomime (panto, for short) is a popular form of entertainment usually performed during the Christmas season. It involves music, general zaniness, physical and topical... Continue Reading

Mrs. Cratchit offends and wisecracks her way through the holidays at The Dio

Review November 29, 2015
After seeing A Christmas Carol at The Meadow Brook Friday night in all of its Victorian traditional seasonal glory, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge... Continue Reading

Sammy Davis Jr. is alive and well at Performance Network

Review November 26, 2015
Sammy Davis Jr. was an entertainment icon from the time he burst on the national scene in the 1950s to the time of his death... Continue Reading

“Kalamazoo” captures love for any age

Review November 23, 2015
There is a disturbing waste of cupcakes in Kalamazoo, the new production at The Tipping Point Theatre. Given the age of the two actors, you’d... Continue Reading

Velocity of Autumn: Thoughtful and provocative treatment of aging crackles at Matrix

Review November 22, 2015
On the walls of the old woman’s apartment are spaces where paintings used to hang; on its shelves are books, LPs, jars of a murky... Continue Reading

MOT’s “The Passenger” may be best the company has ever produced

Review November 15, 2015
Following Michigan Opera Theatre successful staging last month of fan-favorite La Boheme, the prospect of a multi-lingual opera about the Holocaust might seem dauting–except to... Continue Reading