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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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