A Game, A Show, An Audience Pleaser
By Bridgette M. Redman If you arrive on time to see "Game Show" at Saugatuck's Mason Street Warehouse, you'll miss a good half hour of antics. And this is a [...]
High-Energy Cast Makes Doo-Wop Musical Sing
By Judith Cookis Rubens In 2010, Farmers Alley Theatre introduced audiences to "The Marvelous Wonderettes," a frothy girl group who belted '50s and '60s hits. [...]
MSF Delivers A 'Night' To Remember
By John Quinn This critic has enjoyed an embarrassment of Shakespearean riches this weekend. I have seen an adaptation of The Bard's first, flawed tragedy, [...]
Fumbling In The Dark Leads To Classic Comedy
By John Quinn Peter Shaffer is among the more intellectual of modern playwrights. Any theater patron who has experienced "Equus" or "Amadeus" can attest to [...]
Five Women, One Ugly Dress Open New Season In Eastpointe
By Dana Casadei Broadway Onstage's 20th season, and the 33rd and final season of Dennis Wickline Productions, started off with an interesting choice: "Five [...]
Viva Las 'Tuna'!
By Carolyn Hayes Imprudent as it may seem to turn up the small-town Texas heat at the sweltering height of summer, Williamston Theatre is confidently tripling [...]
Reinvented Classic: A commentary On Our Times?
By John Quinn Art speaks to its audience; great art speaks to all audiences. But great artists have a learning curve, and "Titus Andronicus," young William [...]
Travel To Italy With 'Light In The Piazza'
By Sue Merrell If you're looking for a real get away this summer, consider "The Light in the Piazza," the final show to open in the Hope Summer Repertory [...]
Tweet This: 'Romeo + Juliet' Rocks Hope Rep
By Sue Merrell Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou? Alive and well at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre – and cooler than ever. From the graffiti plastered set to [...]
Read All About It! Travesty In Ferndale!
By John Quinn The Ringwald's Joes, Baily and Plambeck, in a photo mash-up in "Mommie Queerest," Photo: The Ringwald The tabloid journalist lurking inside me [...]
Just Fiddlin' Around In Coldwater
By John Quinn In musical theater, as in much of life, they just don't make 'em like they used to. Mounting the average Broadway musical runs about $9.4 [...]
A Theatrical And Culinary Treat In Pinckney
By Dana Casadei Combine four of the most awkward boys you've ever met, add some 1950s-style singing and dancing, and you've got "Forever Plaid." The musical [...]
