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A little mincing never hurt anyone – especially in a smash hit musical Stuart Marland steps into role as flamboyant director – and into the hearts of theatergoers It is not often that an actor steps into a major role in the middle of a tour and [...]
Art & Around
AA Chieftan.jpg: Material objects, such as the sword this Norse re-enactor shows, often signified a chieftain's high status. Photo by Anne Crowne. Credit: Anne Crowne Vikings to set up camp at Cranbrook this weekend BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Take a trip [...]
Round One: Garcia vs. Dobson & Phelps
When local playwright and LGBT activist Antonio David Garcia gets mad, he doesn't just sit around bitching and complaining – he gets creative. So when Christian fundamentalists first blamed gays and lesbians for 9-11 – and later – Hurricane Katrina, [...]
No longer a virgin: Icarus Falling
Why do people like to go to the theater? Although experts have debated that question ad nauseum throughout the centuries, Icarus Falling's Artistic Director Jeff Croff thinks he knows the answer – and it's really quite simple: "Because we all like [...]
Genders Bend in Unique, Gay-themed 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Two couples walk into a bar. Yes, that's a familiar opening to many a tale, but when the couples are Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius, and the bar is a gay nightclub with Puck as the shot boy, then Slipstream Theatre Initiative's [...]
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Review: 'Tony n' Tina's Wedding' Wacky "wedding" invites the audience to share the fun 'Tis the season once again when families gather for traditional celebrations, only to end up too close, like ingredients in a pressure cooker. Nothing can take [...]
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Review: 'The Dybbuk for Two People' Love inhabits center stage in spirited production at JET There was a moment early in the opening night performance of "The Dybbuk for Two People" at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre where I thought I was totally out [...]
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Review: 'Over the Tavern' Bless me, Father, for I have laughed: BoarsHead opens season with irreverent family comedy "God could learn a few things from Ed Sullivan," 12-year-old Rudy Pazinski tells his dad at the conclusion of "Over the Tavern," [...]
Michigan Opera Theatre begins season with 'A Masked Ball'
DETROIT – The Michigan Opera Theatre opens its 2003-04 Season of Love with the company premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's dramatic tale of fatal love, "A Masked Ball." The long-awaited production of "A Masked Ball" is scheduled for six performances, Oct. [...]
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Tidbits from here and there Stratford Festival's 2004 season announced STRATFORD, ONT – Six Shakespeare plays, along with seven other productions, will be mounted at the Stratford Festival of Canada in 2004 as Artistic Director Richard Monette [...]
Teen Actors Are Totally Convincing In 'BFs!'
Maxim Vinogradov (Brad) and Jackson Abohasira (Jack) star in the coming-of age tale "BFs!" at Slipstream Theatre Initiative in Hazel Park. Photo: STI I have to hand it to the young actors who are currently starring in "BFs!" – the impressive [...]
A New Owner And Expanded Mission For EncoreMichigan.com
It lasted far longer than it was supposed to. When Pride Source Media Group and I launched http://EncoreMichigan.com in 2008, the website devoted exclusively to professional theater in Michigan was intended to be in use for no longer than about six [...]