David Sedaris
Marvel At Queer Musicians, Create Crafty Cocktails, Delight at David Sedaris, Celebrate Small Sparkly Things
Yup, it's technically a few weeks into spring, and the Michigan queer calendar is blooming with opportunity! From intimate music nights to hilariously [...]Read more about Marvel At Queer Musicians, Create Crafty Cocktails, Delight at David Sedaris, Celebrate Small Sparkly Things
Queer Things to Do: See ‘Company,' Let Loose at Dance Church, Spend Time with David Sedaris
It’s time to whip out that planner and pencil in some unique, queer-charged local events for the coming weeks. From a Broadway show (“Company” at the Fisher) to [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: See ‘Company,' Let Loose at Dance Church, Spend Time with David Sedaris
Queer Things To Do: Attend a David Sedaris Show, Go to a Different Kind of 'Church,' Meet the Creator of 'A Strange Loop'
Now that your "Barbie" movie meme stash is fully organized and primed for posting, it’s time to turn your attention to all the joyful queer fun [...]Read more about Queer Things To Do: Attend a David Sedaris Show, Go to a Different Kind of 'Church,' Meet the Creator of 'A Strange Loop'
Actor Cole Escola Has Played a Fetus, So Anything Is Possible
On Cole Escola’s Instagram page, the 36-year-old nonbinary comedian and actor describes themself as “One of Grindr’s Fresh Faces.” That’s true, of course, on [...]Read more about Actor Cole Escola Has Played a Fetus, So Anything Is Possible
5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now: Play Santa, Attend a Holiday Drag Revue, Get Intimate With David Sedaris
With the holiday season in full swing, it's time to mix, mingle and celebrate (when it's not time for your favorite cozy, indoor activities). Whether you're [...]Read more about 5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now: Play Santa, Attend a Holiday Drag Revue, Get Intimate With David Sedaris
"The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris at Kickshaw Theatre
Hosted by Ypsilanti's Kickshaw Theatre, fans of David Sedaris' iconic holiday comedy about a down-on-his-luck department store elf have six opportunities to [...]Read more about "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris at Kickshaw Theatre
David Sedaris
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Fisher Theatre broadwayindetroit.com David Sedaris has become one of America's best-known humor writers. The great skill with [...]Read more about David Sedaris
Review: David, Amy Sedaris say Monster Box Theatre's 'Book of Liz' is Gospel
BY PATRICE NOLAN WATERFORD — Before the musical "The Book of Mormon" debuted there was "The Book of Liz," a play by humorist and author David Sedaris and his [...]Read more about Review: David, Amy Sedaris say Monster Box Theatre's 'Book of Liz' is Gospel
Meet Paul Stark
What is one of your greatest challenges as the managing and artistic director at Monster box Theatre? One of the greatest challenges of directing a live [...]Read more about Meet Paul Stark
The Santaland Diaries' and 'Season's Greetings' Come back for 11th Run at the Ringwald Theatre
BY ENCORE MICHIGAN STAFF FERNDALE – David Sedaris' delightful anti-holiday double feature The SantaLand Diaries & Season's Greetings makes its annual return to [...]Read more about The Santaland Diaries' and 'Season's Greetings' Come back for 11th Run at the Ringwald Theatre
Book Marks: March 12, 2007
by Richard Labonte "The IHOP Papers," by Ali Liebegott, Carroll & Graf, 248 pages, $14.95 paper. Serving mushy pancakes to weird men for lousy tips is not the [...]Read more about Book Marks: March 12, 2007
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Professional Theater News from Around Town: Rapper MC Serch guests in 'Citizen Improv' at the Inferno ANN ARBOR – The Improv Inferno is pleased to announce a [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Lily's little house on the 'Prairie' Romeo thinks the best moment to make the film version of something is when the adapted intellectual [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
The SantaLand Diaries' And 'Season's Greetings' 12/16-12/22
FERNDALE — Opening Dec. 16 at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre and playing through Dec. 22 is the return of the comedic duo of "The SantaLand Diaries" and [...]Read more about The SantaLand Diaries' And 'Season's Greetings' 12/16-12/22
The Ringwald Celebrates 10th Season of Unpredictable Theatre
Brandy Joe Plambeck and Joe Bailey sit in The Ringwald Theatre green room surrounded by a showcase of posters representing their work over the last ten years. [...]Read more about The Ringwald Celebrates 10th Season of Unpredictable Theatre
Season 10 2016/2017 Schedule at The Ringwald
Sept. 29-Oct. 29 Evil Dead, the Musical (at The City Theatre at 2301 Woodward Ave. in Detroit) Oct. 7-31 Campfire by Joseph Zettelmaier (World Premiere) [...]Read more about Season 10 2016/2017 Schedule at The Ringwald
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Hairspray Live!' adds Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Hayes to cast Sean Hayes will play the role of Hefty Hideaway Dress Shop proprietor Mr. [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente McKellen and Minogue make 'Magic' Ian McKellen can't get enough of being a wizard. He's just finished voicing the role of Zebedee, a [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Shankman's fairy tale It appears that the long-in-development, live-action-meets-animation feature "Enchanted" will finally get a chance [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
New Documentary Considers The Gay Accent And Internalized Homophobia
Have you ever worried about sounding gay? Is there even such a thing as a gay accent? And if so, should it be discouraged? These are the questions film [...]Read more about New Documentary Considers The Gay Accent And Internalized Homophobia
Q&A: Jonathan Groff On His Mom Seeing Him Naked, His Emotional 'Normal Heart' Scene & Gay Anthem In 'Frozen'
Jonathan Groff is remembering a scene he shot for the upcoming HBO adaptation of "The Normal Heart." It's his only part with Julia Roberts, and he doesn't [...]Read more about Q&A: Jonathan Groff On His Mom Seeing Him Naked, His Emotional 'Normal Heart' Scene & Gay Anthem In 'Frozen'
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Zach Braff wishes on star Jim Parsons "Wish I Was Here" is the name of that movie Zach Braff turned to Kickstarter to fund, a move that [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente The sun'll come out tomorrow for Jane Lynch And that sun will stay out for exactly eight weeks. That's how long "Glee"'s mercurial Sue [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Wherefore Art Thou, Dromio?
By Michael H. Margolin In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" he says to the Players about to enact a play for the royal family: "Speak the speech, I pray you, as [...]Read more about Wherefore Art Thou, Dromio?
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Jodie Foster gets married to the mob The next time you see Jodie Foster in front of the camera it'll be in "District 9" director Neill [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Tis the season for Sedaris at The Ringwald
FERNDALE – If you're allergic to shopping malls, excessive commercialism or egg nog, Who Wants Cake? has the perfect solution to restore a smile to your [...]Read more about Tis the season for Sedaris at The Ringwald
Book Marks: Annabel, It's All Relative
by Richard Labonte "Annabel," by Kathleen Winter. Black Cat/Grove Atlantic, 472 pages, $14.95 paper. A baby is born in 1968, in far-from-everywhere northern [...]Read more about Book Marks: Annabel, It's All Relative
It's a New Book!
Wade Rouse is pregnant again – this time, with twins. He's working on birthing two new books in the midst of releasing the fourth addition to his literary [...]Read more about It's a New Book!
Amy Sedaris Talks Queers and Crafts
From a wacky misfit to her Martha-on-crack domesticity book, Amy Sedaris has made a career out of being different. She's at it again with "Simple Times: [...]Read more about Amy Sedaris Talks Queers and Crafts
Short Nap
Across 1 "Femme's Guide to the Universe" author Rednour 5 Type of room at a bathhouse 10 "West Side Story" gang 14 Cry of pride 15 The Scales, [...]Read more about Short Nap
Book Marks: The International Homosexual Conspiracy, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
by Richard Labonte "Parallel Lies," by Stella Duffy. Bywater Books, 198 pages, $14.95 paper. Yana Ivanova is Hollywood royalty, the best actress of her [...]Read more about Book Marks: The International Homosexual Conspiracy, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
Book Marks: Insignificant Others, The Side Door, Role Models
by Richard Labonte "Insignificant Others," by Stephen McCauley. Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $25 hardcover. On the surface, Conrad and Richard are [...]Read more about Book Marks: Insignificant Others, The Side Door, Role Models
Book Marks: Travels in a Gay Nation, An Ideal for Living
by Richard Labonte "Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans," by Philip Gambone. University of Wisconsin Press, 308 pages, $26.95 paper. The [...]Read more about Book Marks: Travels in a Gay Nation, An Ideal for Living
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Banderas, Lohan sign on for skin flicks It's reunion time for Antonio Banderas and Lindsay Lohan. No, they're not reuniting with each [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Hudson Jennifer Hudson to star as 'Winnie' No, not "The Pooh." The beloved, Oscar-winning "Dreamgirls" song-stomper Jennifer Hudson is [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Q Puzzle: Above the Fruited Plain
Across 1 Place for a stud 5 Shakespeare, for one 9 The Pet Shop Boys "___ to Heaven" 15 Opening for the crack of dawn 16 Protected from the wind 17 Make [...]Read more about Q Puzzle: Above the Fruited Plain
The laughs aren't cheesy at The Ringwald
As I watched the opening night performance of "The Book of Liz" at The Ringwald Theatre, my mind kept flashing back to one of my all-time favorite TV series, [...]Read more about The laughs aren't cheesy at The Ringwald
Book Marks
by Richard Labonte "The Family Man," by Elinor Lipman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 320 pages, $25 hardcover. Here's proof that a straight writer can get a gay [...]Read more about Book Marks
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Photo: Focus Features Big-screen beckons Neil Patrick Harris While hosting this year's Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris joked about his [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente 'Milk' screenwriter to direct Neeson and Connelly When young, gay writer Dustin Lance Black snagged a Best Original Screenplay Oscar this [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Grumpy elves and Christmas form letters
By D. A. Blackburn If the holiday season has already begun to grate on your nerves – the round-the-clock Christmas music, the crowded malls filled with crying [...]Read more about Grumpy elves and Christmas form letters
Renegades take Old Town Lansing by storm
By D. A. Blackburn After a one-year hiatus, Lansing's Renegade Theatre Festival returns Aug. 21 through 23, joining the festival circuit in the city's Old Town [...]Read more about Renegades take Old Town Lansing by storm
"Absence of Sydney"
{HEADAER Q Puzzle} Across 1 Stereotypical gay speech attribute 5 Izzard of stand-up and more 10 Thespian 15 Suffix with prefer 16 "___ we a pair?" 17 Dinah [...]Read more about "Absence of Sydney"
"You've Grown a Foot"
Q Puzzle Across 1 Nick Malgieri, for one 5 Make-or-break date 9 Mystery writer Claire 14 Friend of Dorothy 15 Prefix with gravure, in "Easter Parade" 16 [...]Read more about "You've Grown a Foot"
Sandra Bernhard: Forever Naked
Sandra Bernhard's erstwhile mid-century modern pad in Flint – now, she says, a "funky" and "depressing" abode – isn't what it used to be. Nor is Michigan. And [...]Read more about Sandra Bernhard: Forever Naked
Best books of '08
by Richard Labonte Book Marks At this time last year, two major gay-interest publishers – Harrington Park Press and Carroll & Graf – were defunct, and smaller [...]Read more about Best books of '08
Tis the season to be Crumpet
If you're allergic to shopping malls, excessive commercialism or even camels, Who Wants Cake? has the perfect solution to restore a smile to your overburdened [...]Read more about Tis the season to be Crumpet
