Sometimes You Just Grin And Bare It
By John Quinn Lisa Melinn and Brenton Herwat star in Ronnie Larsen's "Making Porn" at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre through March 18. Photo: Joe Plambeck Hard [...]
In Music, What A Do Reveals The Pain Of Mental Illness
By Bridgette M. Redman What A Do Theatre concludes its run of "Next to Normal" on March 2. Photo: What A Do The victims of mental illness spread far beyond [...]
Happily never after
By John Quinn Brent Griffith (Podkoliosin) and Ty Mitchell (Kochkariev) in "Marriage" at the Hilberry Theatre. Photo: Kevin Replinger My mother's first [...]
Lies Beget Laughs In Broadway Onstage Farce
Krista Schafer and Charles Davis in Broadway Onstage Live Theatre's "How The Other Half Loves." Photo: Broadway Onstage One of my mother's favorite quotes was [...]
The Lion King' Still Rules
By Jenn McKee The Tree of Life from "The Lion King" national tour. Photo: Joan Marcus As the lights came up for "The Lion King"'s intermission at the Detroit [...]
And The 'Beat' Goes On!
By John Quinn "The OffBeats" plays Thursday nights at 10 p.m. through April 4 at Go Comedy! Improv Theater and features Joe Hingelberg, James Quesada, Ryan [...]
Meadow Brook Rocks And Shocks In Polemical Michigan Premiere
By Carolyn Hayes Stephanie Wahl, Ryan Naimy, George Andrew Wolff and Jessica Naimy in "Next to Normal" at Meadow Brook Theatre. Photo: Rick Smith With a [...]
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 [...]
The Buzz About 'Extremities'
Amanda Sayers and Jeremy Strebendt star in "Extremities" at The Box Theater. Photo: The Box Theater One sure way to know a psychological thriller is succeeding [...]
Bustling 'Joseph' A Saturated Spectrum
By Carolyn Hayes "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" continues through March 3 in Dexter. Photo: The Encore Musical Theatre Company With decades of [...]
Detroit Mercy Theatre's 'Wings' Soars
By John Quinn Melissa Beckwith gives a striking performance in UDM Theatre Company's production of "Wings." Photo: Greg Grobis "Don't it always seem to go, [...]
Farmers Alley Drama Forces New Thoughts On Freedom, Family
By Judith Cookis Rubens Rico Bruce Wade, Benjamin Reigel and Scott Norman in "The Whipping Man." Photo: Farmers Alley Theatre Audiences might think they know [...]
