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AARGH! Cheap fun and laughs at Starbrite
What's the hardest part of being a pirate? "The eye liner," says Cap'n Jack Swallow – a great porn name if I ever heard one – in "Parrot Heads of the Caribbean," the latest offering of StarBrite Presents Dinner Theater at the Uptown Eatery in [...]
Mosaic Singers celebrate troupe's 10th anniversary
DETROIT – Something magnificent is coming to the Max M. Fisher Music Center next week when Detroit's music ambassadors, The Mosaic Singers, hit the stage with "Magnificat," their 10th anniversary concert celebration. "I wanted to do something to [...]
Zettelmaier bears fruit at the Network
At first blush, most theatergoers will assume that the title of Joseph Zettelmaier's latest play at Performance Network Theatre, "Language Lessons," refers to the struggles and eventual triumph of human nature over the barriers of language and [...]
New hardcover art book explores handsome men in all their glory
'ChaosMen' is a fine addition to gay men's library It's probably a safe bet that most gay guys enjoy looking at classically handsome men – either clothed or unclothed. Although we'd probably prefer to see them up close and personal, photographer [...]
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Professional Theater News from Around Town: Shakespeare, via The Theatre Ensemble, receives MCACA grant ROCHESTER – The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs awarded the Theatre Ensemble at Meadow Brook Theatre a $14,200 grant earmarked [...]
Distance between races explored at DRT
Although I might not necessarily agree with playwright Richard Kalinoski's conclusion that "Here in America we're all the ghosts of slaves" – it assumes blacks and whites can't and never WILL be able to look beyond history and the color of our skin [...]
Docu-drama examines turning point in Detroit's race relations
UDM Theatre Company revives 'The Sweet Trials' DETROIT – A pivotal moment in Detroit's history will be re-examined beginning Feb. 2 when the University of Detroit Mercy Theatre Company presents its 20th anniversary production of "Malice [...]
Powerful drama looks at Iraq War through the eyes of Iraqi women
Midwest premiere of '9 Parts of Desire' begins Jan. 31 in Dearborn DEARBORN – If there's one voice that's been missing throughout the coverage of the Iraqi war, it's been that of the Iraqi women who are living it. Even in Metro Detroit – with its [...]
Ability, agility, tight abs at the Fisher
I'd be in traction for months – or years – if I tried that. That was my initial thought while watching remarkable human bodies gracefully and skillfully fly, roll, juggle, tumble and contort their way across the Fisher Theatre stage in "Cirque [...]
A grand folly; a delightful farewell
Most of us cursed with a severe lack of singing ability are smart enough not to embarrass ourselves in public. (I suspect I'm one of the only former ninth grade chorus boys ever instructed to lip-synch throughout "The King and I" – so I understand [...]
Digging deep in the 'Rabbit Hole' at Meadow Brook
"There's nothing so devastating as losing a child," my mother remarked years ago upon learning of the death of a friend's young son. "No one can understand the pain those parents are going through unless they, too, have been unfortunate enough to [...]
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Professional Theater News from Around Town: Half Price Saturday matinees at the Rep DETROIT – The Detroit Repertory Theatre announced a partnership with Target for sponsorship of Half Price Saturday Matinees for the run of the Repertory [...]