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Happy holidays: A classic returns to Meadow Brook Theatre
PREVIEW: 'A Christmas Carol' Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester. Dec. 6-10, 14-17 & 20-24. Tickets: $25-$40. For information: 248-377-3300 or http://www.mbtheatre.com MINNEAPOLIS – Charles Nolte didn't set out to write and direct a stage [...]
Suggestions for this holiday season
CONFESSIONS OF A CRANKY CRITIC: 'A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That' What's an entertainment writer to do when there's so much happening this holiday season and so little room to report on all of it? While Curtain Calls still has a handful [...]
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Plowshares Theatre Company brings the Wild West to stage DETROIT Ñ ÒDark Cowgirls and Prairie Queens,Ó a two-act play with mesmerizing musical scores, comedic Southern language and captivating dance routines, is now underway at The City [...]
No 'bah humbug' at Williamston Theatre
It starts out familiar enough. "Marley was dead to begin with," Chris Korte drolly reminds us in the opening moments of Williamston Theatre's second show of its first full season. But that's pretty much all of the traditional BHC – beloved holiday [...]
A rare treat: a funtastic 'Fantasticks'
I don't have to try very hard to remember "The Fantasticks." Of all the shows I've attended over the past 30-plus years, I've seen this one more than any other. Some were quite memorable; most others were rather forgettable. So I was fairly [...]
Curtain Calls ONLINE: Professional Theater News from Around Town
BoarsHead managing director named AATE State Rep LANSING – BoarsHead Theater's Managing Director, Marlene Shelton, has been named the new State Representative for Arts and Education with The American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE). A [...]
Ho-ho-ho: Second City dons gay apparel
'Dysfunctional Holiday Revue' I suspect that most of us approach the holiday season very much like the character Tim Robinson plays in the opening number of Second City's latest satire, "Dysfunctional Holiday Revue" – except for the part about the [...]
DATE CHANGE: Irish novelist Jamie O'Neill to make mini-tour of Michigan
ANN ARBOR – Jamie O'Neill, who shot to prominence in 2001 with the publication of his novel "At Swim, Two Boys," will be visiting three Michigan communities as part of LGQRI on Tour, a project funded by the ARCUS Foundation to bring noted LGBT [...]
Detroit Stories: Detroiters share their stories
Groups collaborate to keep Detroit's rich heritage alive DETROIT – While southwest Detroit resident Carl Taggs sat patiently in the makeshift studio inside the Boll Family YMCA in downtown Detroit, three student documentary filmmakers from Wayne [...]
It's no contest: Dallas does Detroit
Director Walter Dallas returns to stage Plowshares' 17th season opener DETROIT – If all of the directors whose shows are currently running at one of Metro Detroit's professional theaters were gathered together and asked, "Which of you has ever won [...]
Sappy satire' takes root at Detroit Rep
REVIEW: 'Arborophilia' Detroit Repertory Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit. Thursday-Sunday, through Dec. 31. Tickets: $20. For information: 313-868-1347 or http://www.detroitreptheatre.com Older people marry younger people, Catholics marry [...]
Serial killer stalks gay men on video chat site
REVIEW: 'OpenCam' A Lil Coal's Pictures production distributed on DVD by Wolfe Video. Directed, written, edited and co-produced by Robert Gaston. Running time: 100 minutes. Not rated. For information: http://www.wolfevideo.com New DVD delivers [...]