Planet Ant Theatre
See Queer-Coded Burlesque, Attend a Black Pride Cookout, Cheer for Drag Contestants, Go to a Queer Music Fest
Official Pride Month might be winding down, but we're still pretty wound up. Over the next few weeks, you can cheer on drag royalty in the making, dance to [...]Read more about See Queer-Coded Burlesque, Attend a Black Pride Cookout, Cheer for Drag Contestants, Go to a Queer Music Fest
Celebrate TheyGay's Festive Array, Observe World AIDS Day, Run Outside in a Speedo, Cheer With Sapphics
The year may be winding down, but Southeast Michigan’s queer calendar isn't. If you're in need of big WLW energy, a variety show with endless [...]Read more about Celebrate TheyGay's Festive Array, Observe World AIDS Day, Run Outside in a Speedo, Cheer With Sapphics
'Gilligan’s Island' Gets Naughty: Queer-Led 'Seven Castaways' Washes Ashore at Planet Ant
After six years in development, Sean Paraventi's musical parody "Seven Castaways" is finally ready for its full theatrical debut at Planet Ant [...]Read more about 'Gilligan’s Island' Gets Naughty: Queer-Led 'Seven Castaways' Washes Ashore at Planet Ant
Laugh at the Lesbian Lodge, Dive Into Disability Pride, Sing Along in Saugatuck
July’s queer calendar is giving us so many options — it's like a gay Cheesecake Factory menu, but with more sequins and less call for Lactaid. Want a [...]Read more about Laugh at the Lesbian Lodge, Dive Into Disability Pride, Sing Along in Saugatuck
Bounce into Burlesque, Frolic in the Ferns, Connect with Community, Dance with Dykes
We're here! We're queer! We're weary!It's nearly the official end of Pride Month, so it's somewhat inevitable that some of the glitter [...]Read more about Bounce into Burlesque, Frolic in the Ferns, Connect with Community, Dance with Dykes
Learn Self-Defense, See 'Fourteen Funerals,' Support Mr. Liberty Leather, Get Tickets for Stand with Trans Gala
January doesn’t have to be frumpy, babes! But when faced with the bitter bite of Michigan winter — and the second inauguration of Trump — I know releasing [...]Read more about Learn Self-Defense, See 'Fourteen Funerals,' Support Mr. Liberty Leather, Get Tickets for Stand with Trans Gala
Go to Church (or Temple), Observe Trans Day of Visibility, Catch a Queer Film, See an Aerial Drag Performance
Spring has sprung and it’s time for all the cute little cubbies and big, strong bears to emerge from hibernation — sunshine and good times await. On tap in the [...]Read more about Go to Church (or Temple), Observe Trans Day of Visibility, Catch a Queer Film, See an Aerial Drag Performance
See a Play About Love, Buy Girl Scout Cookies, Enjoy Valentine's Drag, Attend a Peace Rally
Valentine’s Day might just be the most divisive of all holidays. Is it a celebration of love or a cynical, collaborative marketing ploy perpetrated by the [...]Read more about See a Play About Love, Buy Girl Scout Cookies, Enjoy Valentine's Drag, Attend a Peace Rally
How to Give Back to Local LGBTQ+ Non-Profits on Giving Tuesday and Beyond
The annual arrival of Giving Tuesday is a welcome time of year for non-profits that rely on donations and other acts of giving to drive their charitable [...]Read more about How to Give Back to Local LGBTQ+ Non-Profits on Giving Tuesday and Beyond
Watch Halloween-Themed Drag, Plus Other Queer Spooky Season Michigan Events
If you’ve been meticulously planning your Ken-who-strictly-does-beach costume, planning to join up with the Weird Barbie cult or plotting something horrifying [...]Read more about Watch Halloween-Themed Drag, Plus Other Queer Spooky Season Michigan Events
Can a Queer, Non-Muslim Candidate Bridge the Divide Within Hamtramck’s All-Muslim City Council?
Lynn Blasey will certainly try — one cup of tea at a time.
Queer Things to Do: See 'Bottoms,' Attend the Funky Ferndale Art Fair, Reflect on Suicide Awareness Month
You totally deserve a break from the absolute shit-shows competing for your attention in the worlds of entertainment news and politics. We all do, which is why [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: See 'Bottoms,' Attend the Funky Ferndale Art Fair, Reflect on Suicide Awareness Month
Queer Things to Do: Go to a MasQueerade Ball, Get Tickets for Greta Van Fleet and Affirmations Big Bash, Go Camping
It’s already been a long year, and you totally deserve a nice night out. It’s a good thing, then, that there are so many excellent LGBTQ-affirming options [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Go to a MasQueerade Ball, Get Tickets for Greta Van Fleet and Affirmations Big Bash, Go Camping
Planet Ant Couldn’t Let This 23-Year-Old Playwright Get Away
Planet Ant director Darren Shelton didn’t plan to produce a new play this year. Still resetting after Covid shut down the theater and arts center for an [...]Read more about Planet Ant Couldn’t Let This 23-Year-Old Playwright Get Away
After Hamtramck Pride Flag Ban, Local Theater Shows LGBTQ+ Support Through Performance
In early June, Hamtramck’s City Council banned the Pride Flag from being flown on public property, a move that has prompted a wave of backlash across the [...]Read more about After Hamtramck Pride Flag Ban, Local Theater Shows LGBTQ+ Support Through Performance
Queer Things to Do: Support a Good Cause at a Burlesque Show, Get Tickets for Melanie Martinez and a Tina Turner Tribute
Are you overdue for a break from a news cycle that has become hyperfixated on underwater exploration and global crises that require a degree in international [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Support a Good Cause at a Burlesque Show, Get Tickets for Melanie Martinez and a Tina Turner Tribute
Queer Things to Do: Bask in Art, Learn Stand-Up, Support a Good Cause For Black History Month
February is Black History Month, a time to honor Black lives and culture. This month, bask in the undefinable opulence that is the artist Dion, watch a [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Bask in Art, Learn Stand-Up, Support a Good Cause For Black History Month
Queer Things to Do: Get Tickets for the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Perform at an Open Mic, See a Cirque Show
Well, you’ve made it through another year of Super Weird and Unsettling American History. Well done, you! Why not wrap up another year of adventure with a [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Get Tickets for the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Perform at an Open Mic, See a Cirque Show
Trans, Non-Binary Voices in Focus as Hamtramck's Trans Stellar Film Fest Puts Queer Artists First
The return to safe and comfortable live events has been a bumpy road for most everyone after many months of Covid-related ups and downs. For the organizers [...]Read more about Trans, Non-Binary Voices in Focus as Hamtramck's Trans Stellar Film Fest Puts Queer Artists First
Drag Extravaganza' at Planet Ant This Weekend Spotlights Queerness and Gender Identity
"Looking Back Through Stained Glass," a limited run "live-band drag extravaganza," will wrap up this weekend at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. "Stained Glass," a [...]Read more about Drag Extravaganza' at Planet Ant This Weekend Spotlights Queerness and Gender Identity
Monday Night Improv at Planet Ant
Planet Ant is home to "the longest-running improv show in all of history, ever" and invites fresh and new comedians to take the stage. At the end of the night, [...]Read more about Monday Night Improv at Planet Ant
Planet Ant Celebrates 2nd Annual Live Out Fest for LGBTQ+ Freedom, Identity
Hamtramck — For the second year in a row, Planet Ant Theatre will recognize National Coming Out Day with the Second Annual Live Out Fest: A Celebration of [...]Read more about Planet Ant Celebrates 2nd Annual Live Out Fest for LGBTQ+ Freedom, Identity
BoxFest Detroit Announced at Planet Ant, Submissions Due June 3
by David Kiley DETROIT — The producers of BoxFest Detroit have announced performance dates for BoxFest Detroit 2019, an annual theater festival that showcases [...]Read more about BoxFest Detroit Announced at Planet Ant, Submissions Due June 3
Detroit Fringe Festival Marks Fifth Year of Experimental Performances Over Weekend
DETROIT — Aerialists and police radios, a theatrical podcast airing and the first multi-generational performance by an internationally renowned spoken word [...]Read more about Detroit Fringe Festival Marks Fifth Year of Experimental Performances Over Weekend
Not in my House' Gives Dance New Meaning
Coming out stories. In the LGBTQ community, we all have one. Now, a unique collaboration between Kristi Faulkner Dance and the Ruth Ellis Center is turning [...]Read more about Not in my House' Gives Dance New Meaning
REVIEW:Improv troupe scores late night dream
Metro Detroit's improv community sure knows how to throw a holiday party. This past December, area improvisers got together to participate in Planet Ant's [...]Read more about REVIEW:Improv troupe scores late night dream
REVIEW: Fathers and sons to the third power
By Robert Bethune, guest critic Caryl Churchill's "A Number" at Planet Ant Theatre is not about human cloning, even though three of the four characters in it [...]Read more about REVIEW: Fathers and sons to the third power
Plenty to be thankful for in 2006
Happy New Year, and welcome to our annual look at some of last year's highlights in the always-exciting world of Michigan theater. The biggest news – given our [...]Read more about Plenty to be thankful for in 2006
Five women directors strut their stuff
This week in Curtain Calls ONLINE at pridesource.com: JET season revised and 'The Rat Pack' returns REVIEW: 'Box Fest 2006' Staged every Thursday evening at [...]Read more about Five women directors strut their stuff
Curtain Calls ONLINE
CCO Honus_PowersSmithCoven.jpg: A "Fan Appreciation" performance of "Honus and Me" has been scheduled Aug.29 by the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea. [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
Curtain Calls XTRA
Preview: 2005 'Michigan Theatre Festival' Nine professional theaters unite to produce historic festival in Ann Arbor Theater will be busting out all over Ann [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
Curtain Calls XTRA
Review: 'Deceptions to the Rule' Detective thrillers get dead-on comedic treatment at Planet Ant Never trust a woman you're blackmailing, the audience is [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
Curtain Calls
Review: 'And the World Goes 'Round' Meadow Brook closes season with musical tribute to Kander and Ebb "Sometimes you're happy, and sometimes you're sad," a [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
Curtain Calls XTRA
Preview: 'Mrs. Shakespeare Dishes the Dirt' Better half of The Bard finally gets her say in world premiere production If, as the theory goes, behind every [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
Riot Grrrl 90s Comes to Ferndale
Fresh off a very successful run at the Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, Riot Grrrl 90s comes to Ferndale for a two weekend – limited engagement at The [...]Read more about Riot Grrrl 90s Comes to Ferndale
Campfire' Opens at The Ringwald Theatre
FERNDALE — Prolific Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier's newest play, Campfire, has opened at The Ringwald Theatre for it's tenth season. This horrifying [...]Read more about Campfire' Opens at The Ringwald Theatre
Wilde Awards Honor Best Productions, Performances of 2015-16 Professional Theater Season
Planet Ant Theatre's original comedy "Antenna" was honored with three 2016 Wilde Awards, including a Best Performance nod to Lauren Bickers (center). Photo: [...]Read more about Wilde Awards Honor Best Productions, Performances of 2015-16 Professional Theater Season
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 [...]Read more about Round One: Garcia vs. Dobson & Phelps
Curtain Calls
Satire of rural life starts New Year off with a bang When I first learned that "Greater Tuna" was part of Meadow Brook Theatre Ensemble's inaugural season, I [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
Annual Shakespeare Festival In Royal Oak Announces Auditions
ROYAL OAK — Water Works Theatre Company announces that auditions for its 15th season of Shakespeare Royal Oak in Starr Jaycee Park will take place March 23 [...]Read more about Annual Shakespeare Festival In Royal Oak Announces Auditions
How Relevant Is Theater? Check Your National News Feeds
By John Quinn "Invasion!" features (L-R) Artun Kircali, Linnae Caurdy, Samer Aljuni and Emilio Rodriguez. Photo: Michael Hovitch Review enough theater and you [...]Read more about How Relevant Is Theater? Check Your National News Feeds
Tall Tale Waggin' At Planet Ant
By John Quinn I was looking for a treat All Hallows' Eve, since the weather was playing the meanest trick of the night. Fortunately, Planet Ant Theatre [...]Read more about Tall Tale Waggin' At Planet Ant
Script Carries 'Birth' As Performances Labor To Match
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer Arthur Brannon III, Steve Oliver, Aaron Mondry and Michael Babbish in "The Birth of Chad." Photo: Michael Hovitch Throughout its [...]Read more about Script Carries 'Birth' As Performances Labor To Match
The Tall Tale Of The 'Come-back' Kid
By John Quinn "The Big Story of Lazarus Small" opens the new season at Planet Ant Theatre. Photo: Planet Ant You have to feel for Lily Small. She's caring for [...]Read more about The Tall Tale Of The 'Come-back' Kid
A Season Of Excellence And Off-Stage Drama: The 2014 Wilde Awards
The Michigan Shakeapeare Festival in Jackson is this year's top-nominated theater, seen here with its 2014 production of "Cymbeline." Photo: MSF Theater [...]Read more about A Season Of Excellence And Off-Stage Drama: The 2014 Wilde Awards
A Steady Rain' Pours Intense Drama Into Planet Ant
By Dana Casadei Ryan Carlson and Andy Huff in "A Steady Rain" at Planet Ant Theatre, directed by York Griffith. Photo: Michael Hovitch. At Saturday night's [...]Read more about A Steady Rain' Pours Intense Drama Into Planet Ant
Late-Night Miscellany Seeks Common Ground In Dark Mischief
By Carolyn Hayes "Dark Night" at Planet Ant features (L-R) Jaclyn Strez, Phillip J Hughes, Patrick O'Connor Cronin, DeAnnah Kleitz-Singleton, Katy Kujala, Zach [...]Read more about Late-Night Miscellany Seeks Common Ground In Dark Mischief
