Sometimes you see a show, even a show that is now in it’s 25th year, and you just can’t describe it in any other way except “perfect” — such is the tour production currently on display at the Fisher Theater in Detroit. With a finely-tuned ensemble cast; spectacular set design that out-Les Mis’s original turntableContinue reading “Les Miserables 25th Anniversary tour is, in a word, Perfect (Fisher Theater Detroit) – Review (Updated 11/11/11)”
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“Corktown” (review) – Purple Rose, Chelsea MI
Your enjoyment of “Corktown” at Purple Rose Theater will be directly related to your enjoyment of a) sharp, thoughtful dialogue, b) gangster stories with lots of blood, and c) suspension of belief in the “reality” of this storyline. Michael Brian Ogden has written dialogue that snaps, crackles, pops, and sometimes just lets things sit stillContinue reading ““Corktown” (review) – Purple Rose, Chelsea MI”
Kyle Bornheimer — Someone please get this guy a good script!
The latest in a rash of really really really bad scripts has at least landed Kyle Bornheimer back on tv…even if Perfect Couples is probably the worst NBC sitcom ever, and I do mean ever… But at least he’s working. I don’t know if Kyle’s agent is just really bad, or if there is someContinue reading “Kyle Bornheimer — Someone please get this guy a good script!”
Country Strong (review) proves Hedlund a rising star
Nobody is going to be nominating COUNTRY STRONG for any awards anytime soon (with the possible exception of Score); but this critically lambasted movie is nowhere near as bad as you might think from the mainstream reviews. Garrett Hedlund in Country Strong The critics are going to go to town on this movie…but I reallyContinue reading “Country Strong (review) proves Hedlund a rising star”
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, musical, Broadway – review
When in the course of human events (like attending musicals), one sits in the theater waiting for the music to begin, then one begins to wonder how this skit-comedy with emo-rock snippets of song came to be labeled a “musical”…at any rate, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, despite generally rave reviews, has posted its closing noticeContinue reading “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, musical, Broadway – review”
“Spiderman” musical a technical marvel (Updated)
Yes, this is a review of a preview. No, the show has not officially opened (I saw preview #23) but that’s the way it goes. When a show of this caliber opens in NYC, charges full price for tickets, and pushes back official press openings, the gentleman’s rule no longer applies. Thousands of people aContinue reading ““Spiderman” musical a technical marvel (Updated)”
2010 Funniest TV quotes
Here they are! 2010’s funniest tv quotes. Granted I haven’t seen every single show out there, but of those that I have, here are my favorite of the year. “Together we’re like Ghandi….I’m Skinny, and your Tan” — Better Off Ted “Leonard, wake up, you are missing many excellent super-hero quips” — The Big BangContinue reading “2010 Funniest TV quotes”
Very funny “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Performance Network (review) Ann Arbor, MI
Performance Network in Ann Arbor is currently presenting the first professional Michigan production of The Drowsy Chaperone, and it is high on fun, sparse on tickets (it’s been extended to January 2nd) and a good musical in residence for the holidays. The more you know about musical theater, the more you will love the extraordinaryContinue reading “Very funny “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Performance Network (review) Ann Arbor, MI”
UM’s “Gibson Fleck” shows promise, fine score (review)
It’s hard to review a workshop production of a show. Such is the case at the University of Michigan, where the musical theater program is presenting GIBSON FLECK this weekend. There are parts of this new musical that work well. There are others that don’t. But what works well works very well –the opposite isContinue reading “UM’s “Gibson Fleck” shows promise, fine score (review)”
Magical “Mary Poppins” tour (review) East Lansing, MI Wharton Center
Disney’s Mary Poppins the musical has been a magical sensation from its opening night in London, through it’s UK tour, Broadway (where it is still running) and now the tour which arrived in East Lansing MI at the Wharton Center, where it will soon be a return visitor if the sold out audiences and enthusiasticContinue reading “Magical “Mary Poppins” tour (review) East Lansing, MI Wharton Center”
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