Good Company Makes For A Great 'Visit'
By Carolyn Hayes Jeff Baron's distinctly self-contained "Visiting Mr. Green" tells a curious story of one relationship by showing its two characters together [...]
Provocative 'Big Love' Has Big Ideas, But Only Half-Satisfies
By Jenn McKee If you go to Hilberry Theatre's production of Charles L. Mee's "Big Love," you'll spot flustered brides in the lobby before the show; and an [...]
Sherlock Classic Comes To Broadway
By Dana Casadei Within the last few years, Sherlock Holmes has been played by numerous actors on both big and little screens, some giving the detective a [...]
Prime Ribbin' Well Done
By John Quinn The headline suggests gastronomic blasphemy, but, although this original sketch comedy is entitled "Medium RARRR," there's nothing medium about [...]
Early Wagner Opera Opens MOT's 43rd Season
By Michael H. Margolin Richard Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" is a problem opera with its stillborn plot and its slow first act. Still, it has ardent [...]
Much At Stake In Magenta Giraffe's 'Saint Joan'
By Martin F. Kohn Allison Megroet stars in Magenta Giraffe Theatres Saint Joan at The Abreact Performance Space. Photo: Chuk Nowak The old joke notwithstanding [...]
Eastpointe Theater Cooks Up Laughs In 'Kitchen' Comedy
By Dana Casadei The Food Network has chefs that have become household names and ones that have kitchens anyone would be envious of. They get big budgets, and [...]
Ringwald One-Act Recalls The Price Of Serenity
By John Quinn The Ringwald Theatre has justly earned a reputation for presenting unique shows. "Please Give Me Your Money … So I Can Buy a Vagina!" is [...]
A Compact 'Dolly' For 'Snug' Accommodations
By John Quinn The paint has barely dried at The Snug Theatre in Marine City and they're already tackling a musical. Not just any musical, mind you, but [...]
String Up The Moon' Tells Stories Of Madness With Theater Magic
By Jenn McKee Much of the aural backdrop for "String Up the Moon," now being staged by Fratellanza in Downtown Detroit's PuppetART space, sounds like the [...]
A Tasty Re-Opening At The Dio
By Bridgette M. Redman When it comes to dinner theater, it isn't just the show that matters, it is the entire experience. This is something The Dio clearly [...]
Tipping Point's Lucky 7 Season Opener Awash In Team 'Spirit'
By John Quinn Look up "bon vivant" in the dictionary (if such a thing exits anymore; one wouldn't know from spelling on the Internet) and you're likely to [...]