Preview: Meadow Brook offers laughs to start the year
By EncoreMichigan.com ROCHESTER — Nana's Naughty Knickers runs January 10 through February 4 at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in [...]
Review: Slipstream's 'Tales from The Mitten' Sends Up Acting in Michigan with Laughter and Truth
by Patrice Nolan, Encore Michigan FERNDALE – Slipstream Theatre Initiative has created an original, home-grown theatrical experience that explores the unique [...]
Ringwald Does 'The Time Warp Now' with Rocky Horror
BY TANYA GAZDIK, ENCORE MICHIGAN FERNDALE – It's hard to go wrong with a classic like The Rocky Horror Show and The Ringwald's treatment does not [...]
Dark Tale of 'Sweeney Todd' Finds Second Life at The Encore
BY DONALD V. CALAMIA For an actor whose recent credits include such seemingly diverse characters as John Wilkes Booth in "Assassins," Ash in "Evil Dead: The [...]
Silence: The Musical' is Howling with Laughs at The Ringwald
By Patrice Nolan, Encore Michigan FERNDALE – At long last, it's Hannibal Lecter as you've never seen him! He sings! He dances! He chews the fat with Clarice [...]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Detroit premier of the National Theatre production of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" will play the Fisher Theatre now through May [...]
Detroit Will Host Broadcast of NPR's 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!' on June 15
Now in its 20th season, "Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!" is National Public Radio's Peabody Award-winning quiz show. The show is set to take the Fox Theatre stage at [...]
Detroit Public Theatre Closes Second Season with World Premiere Play
In "The Harassment of Iris Malloy," a single mother places a bet on a new life after an intimate encounter with a decorated senator, and the media fallout [...]
Review: 'Vera Stark' Mesmerizing at the Hilberry For Season Finale
By Patrice Nolan, EncoreMichigan.com DETROIT – By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, by two-time Pulitzer-prize winning dramatist Lynn Nottage, is the final show of [...]
Premiere: Puzzle Piece's 'Bird' Explores Disability and Race
By Tanya Gazdik, EncoreMichigan.com FERNDALE — It is said that art imitates life. That phrase couldn't hold truer than for a play like Bird, which is [...]
Michigan Opera Theatre Pays Tribute to David DiChiera
It is with heavy hearts that the Michigan Opera Theatre shared the news that their beloved founder and artistic director David DiChiera has been diagnosed with [...]
Review: MOT's 'Girl of the Golden West' is Gold Indeed
BY Patrice Nolan DETROIT – Michigan Opera Theatre has staged many favorites by Giacomo Puccini, but this spring season brings us a first – The Girl of the [...]
