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Breaking New Ground at Williamston Theatre: Playwright Terry Guest's Journey from 'The Magnolia Ballet' to 'Thirst'
Terry Guest gets compared to other playwrights — especially those who, like him, are Black, queer or Southern. But Guest’s voice is uniquely his own, creating [...]Read more about Breaking New Ground at Williamston Theatre: Playwright Terry Guest's Journey from 'The Magnolia Ballet' to 'Thirst'
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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
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Review: 'The Story' BoarsHead and Plowshares stage riveting drama about race, office politics and journalistic ethics Imagine that you're a reporter who [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
Divas Of Song And Spirit
By Carolyn Hayes Plowshares Theatre Company begins 2013 by making good on its mission of "Celebrating the Black Woman" for the 2013 season. Arranged by [...]Read more about Divas Of Song And Spirit
2012 Wilde Awards Nominations
Best Musical or Opera Chicago the Musical, Mason Street Warehouse; Kurt Stamm, director From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre; Travis W. Walter, director I [...]Read more about 2012 Wilde Awards Nominations
Living and dying in the Congo: 'Ruined' debuts
By Michael H. Margolin Just two blocks apart in downtown Detroit, two shows about Africa and its post-colonialist turmoil are playing – "Fela" at Music Hall, [...]Read more about Living and dying in the Congo: 'Ruined' debuts
A powerful, thought-provoking night at JET
If I was a theater producer planning his new season, I'd want to open with a production guaranteed to knock the collective socks off my audience. I'd find a [...]Read more about A powerful, thought-provoking night at JET
Plowshares Theatre explores 'all that's jazz'
By John Quinn Thornetta Davis, Kimmie Horne and Audrey Northington in Plowshares Theatre Company's "Jazz: The Birth of the Cool." Photo: Gary Anderson More [...]Read more about Plowshares Theatre explores 'all that's jazz'
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By John Quinn Plowshares makes a joyful noise in holiday premiere My favorite story about Christmas music concerns 18-year-old Isaac Watts. In 1692 he went to [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
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Review: 'Seven Guitars' Michigan premiere of August Wilson drama gets robust staging by Plowshares Theatre There's some beautiful music coming from the stage [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
What makes your car queer?
If a rainbow had wheels, we know some of you would drive it. Or at least the BTL readers we talked to, like the ones scattered throughout this issue, would. [...]Read more about What makes your car queer?
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Theater community responds with suggestions on how to make Detroit 'cool' in 2004 and beyond "How can we create 'cool' in Michigan?" That's the million-dollar [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
It's a women's world this weekend at the Ant
Get a bunch of theater aficionados together and ask them to name the industry's top 10 directors, and the one thing that will become immediately clear is their [...]Read more about It's a women's world this weekend at the Ant
MI Theatre Festival: 3 days, 8 plays
Michigan's state legislators might want to visit the Boll Family YMCA in downtown Detroit this weekend where 10 of the state's professional theaters will toss [...]Read more about MI Theatre Festival: 3 days, 8 plays
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Breaking Theater News: Detroit engagement of 'Discover Theatre!' cancelled DETROIT – "Discover Theatre!," scheduled to play at the Fisher Theatre March 9-11, [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
Curtain Calls ONLINE: Professional Theater News from Around Town
Plowshares Theatre Company brings the Wild West to stage DETROIT — “Dark Cowgirls and Prairie Queens,” a two-act play with mesmerizing musical scores, comedic [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE: Professional Theater News from Around Town
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 [...]Read more about It's no contest: Dallas does Detroit
The Fifth Annual Wilde Awards
Favorite Local Professional Production with LGBT Themes or Characters: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" – Breathe Art Theatre Project, Valerie Bonasso, [...]Read more about The Fifth Annual Wilde Awards
Wilde Awards Nominations
Nominations: Readers' Choice Awards Favorite Professional Touring Production: "Altar Boyz" – City Theatre "Chicago" – Fisher Theatre "Golda's Balcony" – [...]Read more about Wilde Awards Nominations
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Professional Theater News from Around Town: Fisher Theatre announces season you won't want to misseth DETROIT – The Nederlander Company has announced its [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
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Preview: 'Studio 2g' (Part 2) Plowshares' next frontier: The second generation of artists For Part 1 of this preview, please read this week's edition of [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
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Preview: 'Hastings Street' Veteran actor inspires Mosaic Youth After tackling Motown in the 1960s, the energetic young actors of Mosaic Youth Theatre are [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
Spring into action with The Wilde Carde
By BTL Staff Special promotion offers 'gay days' at local professional theaters FARMINGTON – Get wild this May with The Wilde Carde, a new and innovative way [...]Read more about Spring into action with The Wilde Carde
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Review: 'Late Night Comedy at Planet Ant' Red rocks, audience flocks to Planet Ant on Thursday nights My friends thought I was nuts. There I was, sitting in [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
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Year-End Review: 2005 Curtain closes on a very good year, indeed It was yet another season for the record books. Not content with an already hectic schedule, [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
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Announcing: A New Era for Curtain Calls The most complete theater coverage in town gets even better By Donald V. Calamia, Theater and Arts Editor Welcome to [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
Wilde Awards Program
Cocktail and Hors d'oeuvre Reception 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The Awards Ceremony 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. I. Introduction – Matthew Barton II. Greeting – Special Guest [...]Read more about Wilde Awards Program
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Review: 'And The Winner Is' On a wing and a prayer, Purple Rose closes winning year If the bedtime prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep,' has fallen off your [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
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Opinion: Confessions of a Cranky Critic Let's have a discussion, shall we? Welcome to the first in a series of occasional columns in which I discuss – or [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
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Actor with Detroit roots returns to open Plowshares @ 15 celebration Lou Beatty Jr. to play title role in 'Paul Robeson' While preparing for the title role [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
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Well-executed comedy examines gender roles at Hilberry Theatre In the farcical comedy "Lovers and Executioners" now playing in repertory at Detroit's Hilberry [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
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The story behind the story that almost wasn't Saturday was the day from Hell. We all have days like that, of course, but mine couldn't have happened at a more [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
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By John Quinn Review: 'Great Expectations' Hilberry presents a 'Pip' of a play The caution sign at the theater door reads, "This show contains the use of [...]Read more about Curtain Calls
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By John Quinn Review: 'The Radio City Christmas Spectacular' With apologies to Clement C. Moore: 'An Anapest Christmas' 'Twas the night of the op'ning and [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
