Breaking The Mold
By Ed English Natural-born talents don't come more naturally than with digital painter and ceramicist Spencer Barefield. He's the son to a musically inclined [...]
A New Owner And Expanded Mission For EncoreMichigan.com
It lasted far longer than it was supposed to. When Pride Source Media Group and I launched http://EncoreMichigan.com in 2008, the website devoted exclusively [...]
Ford Arts, Beats & Eats Will Satisfy All Tastes
ROYAL OAK – The 18th annual Ford Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort will once again offer unparalleled healthy and [...]
Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Brings The 'Pee' With Production Of 'Urinetown'
"Urinetown: The Musical!," the Tony-award-winning hit from 2001, will have its last performances by Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre Company this weekend. Set [...]
Wharton Center Brings The Magic Of 'Cinderella' To Lansing
LANSING – Rodgers + Hammerstein's "Cinderella," the 2013 Tony Award winning Broadway musical from the creators of "South Pacific" and "The Sound of Music," [...]
Annual Theater Fundraiser Features Ann Arbor Vendors, Serves Up Fun
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is proud to announce its fourth annual Backyard BBQ Fundraiser beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2. The BBQ will feature [...]
Mason Street Warehouse Nominated For Two Wilde Awards
SAUGATUCK, Michigan — Mason Street Warehouse (400 Culver St.) has received two Wilde Award nominations for the 2014 Mason Street Warehouse (MSW) production of [...]
An Enchanted Evening In Dexter
By John Quinn SHOW DETAILS: South Pacific Encore Musical Theatre 3126 Broad St., Dexter June 4-July 3; check website for performance [...]
All Male Production Of Wilde Play Comes To Slipstream
After a critically acclaimed and intensely bloody run of "Hamlet," Slipstream Theatre Initiative says "goodbye" to death and "hello" to marriage in the most [...]
The Bikinis': Been There, Done That
By John Quinn So what do we know about "The Bikinis, a new musical beach party!" other than its title is in need of judicious editing? If we know it's in [...]
REVIEW: Kids In The Hall Still Head Of The Class
By Shelby Clark Petkus Years before American shows would dare to "go there," the "Kids in the Hall" were skewering homophobia, dressing in drag and lampooning [...]
10 Naked Men' Lets It (Almost) All Hang Out
by John Quinn 10 Naked Men The Ringwald Theatre 22742 Woodward Ave., Ferndale May 15-June 8; Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees [...]