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TIDBITS: Fundraisers around town Bring out the tropical attire for Stagecrafters' fundraiser ROYAL OAK – Stagecrafters will host a South Pacific Beach Party Night on Thursday, May 13 to kick off the opening of its production of the Rodgers and [...]
Broadway star returns home for a worthy cause
Danny Gurwin to star in an evening of classic showbiz tunes NEW YORK – It's probably a sure bet that Broadway star Danny Gurwin doesn't include on his resume roles with Detroit's Peanut Butter Players or Nancy Gurwin Productions. But it was from [...]
Queen of Lansing Theater' returns to the BoarsHead stage
LANSING – It's seemingly been ages since the undisputed "Queen of Lansing Theater" last appeared on the BoarsHead stage, but local fans of Carmen Decker are in for a treat when the acclaimed actress returns in the world premiere production of [...]
Sound: Musician thrives upon what most take for granted
DETROIT – Some people don't like to be told what they can and cannot do with their lives. One such person is Evelyn Glennie who, at the age of eight, began playing the piano. But because of a neurological disorder, the youngster was dependent upon [...]
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Professional Theater News from Around Town: Mason Street Warehouse announces 2006 season SAUGATUCK – Mason Street Warehouse, an uptown theatre in downtown Saugatuck, is pleased to announce its 2006 season. MSW continues the tradition of presenting [...]
Celebrating people's differences: Affirmations hosts special performance of 'Sordid Lives'
FERNDALE – Affirmations, the Ferndale-based LGBT community center, will host a performance of "Sordid Lives" on Thursday, April 6, as part of the organization's ongoing series of social gatherings called Shindigz! According to Kathleen LaTosch, [...]
Collaborative work explores paths we walk
Walk & Squawk returns with the 'Walking Project' DETROIT – Walking. It's a simple, everyday activity that no one really thinks much about; we just do it. Detroiters walk; South Africans walk. Is there a connection between us – despite our [...]
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Review: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' 'Hedwig' rocks at 1515 Broadway A funny thing happened in the late 1960s and early '70s. The rock-opera "Tommy" burst onto the scene and legions of young people took notice. Like its musical theater ancestors, [...]
Documentary celebrates revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe
London was ablaze with a Great War in 1938, but it wasn't the one involving a nasty little man with a mustache and his goose-stepping minions. Rather, it was the Great London Ballet Wars – fought between the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the [...]
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Review: 'Crime Stopper Watchers' Late night laughs at Planet Ant hit close to home Back in the good old days, pretty much every neighborhood had that one civic-minded individual who took it upon themselves to know pretty much everything that went [...]
Johnny Depp shines in gritty period drama
"Allow me to be frank: You will not like me," the 2nd Earl of Rochester matter-of-factly announces in the opening prologue of "The Libertine," a Restoration-era drama that opens in movie theaters March 10. And he's probably correct, since his [...]
Meet Genre Man of the Year Joe Fitrzyk
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – It's rare that gay men from Michigan – let alone Metro Detroit – are taken seriously by their brethren in other parts of the country. After all, isn't it common knowledge that the hottest, sexiest and most exciting gay men live [...]