Encore Michigan
Meadow Brook puts the happy in Blues In The Night
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI—If you like the blues, you’ll like Blues In The Night, now presented at The Meadow Brook Theatre through March 12. The jukebox... Continue Reading
‘The R and J Project’ is a play of the heart
DETROIT, MI--We don’t always read the Director’s letter in a theatre program. But read Craig Ester’s note, and his The R and J Project, now... Continue Reading
‘The Peculiar Patriot’ sizzles while turning the lights on the American prison system
DETROIT, MI–In Liza Jessie Peterson’s The Peculiar Patriot, now playing at The Detroit Public Theatre through March 5, people of privilege are being let in... Continue Reading
Review: The Language Archive at Theatre NOVA teaches real love language
ANN ARBOR, MI--All language is communication. But not all communication has to be language. That could be a two-sentence review of Julia Cho’s The Language... Continue Reading
The Ringwald opens ‘Assassins’ 2/23
The Ringwald Theatre is honored to present a new production of the late Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical masterpiece Assassins. A multiple Tony Award-winning... Continue Reading
Bruce Millan, co-founder of The Detroit Rep and Michigan theater giant has died.
DETROIT, MI—Bruce Millan, one of the founders of The Detroit Repertory Theatre here, has died. He was 94. Millan and co-founder Barbara Busby retired in... Continue Reading
Moby Dick is a “whale of a show.”
ANN ARBOR, MI--When my editor asked me to review a production of a musical version of the 1851 classic novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville,... Continue Reading
Tipping Point’s ‘Light’ is a brisk, to-the-point story of love, pain and understanding
NORTHVILLE, MI--The Light, a play by Loy A. Webb, runs a quick 70 minutes without an intermission. Some playwrights today don't know when to put... Continue Reading
