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State grants deferred; Inferno to close
Michigan's performing arts community got hit not once, but twice this past week with news that could negatively impact an already struggling industry. On March 29, Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm issued Executive Directive No. 2007-11 that imposed a [...]
Thomas the Tank Engine to visit Greenfield Village
DEARBORN – Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is set to roll into Dearborn for the "Day Out With Thomas 2007: All Aboard Tour." The event, which takes place April 21-22 and 25-29, will be hosted by Greenfield Village at 20900 Oakwood Blvd in [...]
Three theaters team for 'Menage A Shaw' in Lansing
LANSING – Three downtown Lansing theaters will join together April 15 to do a staged reading of George Bernard Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma." This wonderful play is the center of a "Menage A Shaw," an afternoon community fundraiser for BoarsHead [...]
Tipping Point Theatre announces initial fundraising campaign
NORTHVILLE – Tipping Point Theatre, the newest professional theater in Southeastern Michigan, announces its initial fundraising campaign, "100 Founders, 100 Days – Opening the Doors of Tipping Point Theatre." The goal of the campaign is to raise [...]
U.S. theater critics honor Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's 'Hunter Gatherers'
NEW YORK – The American Theatre Critics Association has selected Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's "Hunter Gatherers" to receive the 2006 Harold and Mimi Steinberg /American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. The presentation occurred March 31 at [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'The Male Intellect: an oxymoron?' One-man show presents two points of view in battle of the sexes Some of the greatest minds of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have expended considerable energy debating a very basic, yet extremely [...]
Curtain Calls XTRA
Review: 'Entertainment Zero Machine: A Cyber Peep-Show' Poetic words and images warn about rampant consumerism Attending a Ron Allen play is always a senses-shattering experience. Reviewing a Ron Allen play – and doing it justice – is nearly [...]
Director Kristin Tyrrell steps into role in 'Master Class'
KALAMAZOO – True to the old adage that "the show must go on," director Kristin Tyrrell will be stepping into the demanding role of Maria Callas in "Master Class," which is scheduled to play in the Parish Theatre March 30 through April 15. A family [...]
Golf outing to benefit Meadow Brook Theatre
ROCHESTER – The first annual "The Plays the Thing" golf outing will be held Monday, May 21 at the R&S Sharf Golf Course. The cost per golfer is $150. Registration is at 11 a.m. Shot gun start is noon. The event will include 18 holes, cart use, [...]
Ingham County theater project seeks actors
LANSING – Todd Heywood, the artistic director of Sunsets with Shakespeare, has been hired by the Mid-Michigan Alliance for Community Health to develop and implement an improvisationally based theater troupe addressing stigma associated with mental [...]
Local notables author '3 Star Productions' at the BoarsHead
LANSING – BoarsHead Theater proudly presents an evening of original plays written by three Lansing area notables who create "3 Star Productions." The star playwrights have each written a unique10-minute play on a theme of their choice with their [...]
Macomb Community College awarded Whitney Fund Grant
CLINTON TOWNSHIP – The Whitney Fund has awarded a $20,000 grant to Macomb Community College to support cultural partnerships and programming at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts and the Macomb Cultural Center, located adjacent to each other [...]