Running only 150-some performances on Broadway in 2004, Frank Wildhorn’s musical adaptation of Dracula has taken on a life of its own with multiple rewrites in major productions. The revised (better) version is now playing at the Dio Theatre in Pinckney, and you can instantly see what attracted him to the project to begin withContinue reading “Luscious Wildhorn score makes Dracula at the Dio soar (review)”
Category Archives: Musicals
Remarkable Spring Awakening in Maumee (Review) 3B Productions
Run don’t walk to get the remaining tickets for 3BProductions outstanding production of Spring Awakening at the Maumee Indoor Theatre…heck here’s the link, just buy your tickets…3BProductions.org Director/Choreographer Stephanie L. Stephan has done some slick professional work, and her ensemble cast are remarkable top to bottom…kudos also to music director/conductor Todd Schreiber for superb work onContinue reading “Remarkable Spring Awakening in Maumee (Review) 3B Productions”
Hilarious “Spamalot” at The Encore (review)
When Spamalot opened on Broadway in 2005, it ushered in a new type of audience — Monty Python fans who were looking for a ready-made evening of laughs, and not so much musical theater. Based on the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” they got their money’s worth, crowds kept coming, and the showContinue reading “Hilarious “Spamalot” at The Encore (review)”
It Takes a Village…”Shrek” at Ann Arbor Civic Theatre
So — by now, you’ve probably heard about the musical Shrek…or you saw it on Broadway, or on tour…or on endless loop on your tv of the filmed Broadway production…and you know its a huge undertaking. Leave it to director Wendy Sielaff to pull off the biggest set and costume show that AACT has seenContinue reading “It Takes a Village…”Shrek” at Ann Arbor Civic Theatre”
Sweet Charity at Croswell is a solid end to a great season (review)
Sweet Charity, long absent from the local boards, marks a solid end to a really great season at the Croswell Opera House this summer. Anchored by Libby Bruno’s superb Charity Valentine in the lead, its an entertaining (if long) musical comedy, with an emphasis on the comedy. The musical is somewhat unusual in form asContinue reading “Sweet Charity at Croswell is a solid end to a great season (review)”
Better Not Say You are Bored (SE Michigan August edition 2014)
So — I don’t want to hear anyone say they are bored this august, what with all the entertainment available — one of the richest months of August I can remember… First, at the movies, get out and go see GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY…its the best thing since, well, ever…I can not recall the lastContinue reading “Better Not Say You are Bored (SE Michigan August edition 2014)”
It’s baa-aack…Forever Plaid at the Dio (Review 2014)…and its delicious
Last summer, The Dio made a big opening splash with its production of Forever Plaid…well, its back this summer in a spiffed-up production featuring those lovable dead guys, The Plaids…and its as delicious as ever. Returning from last summer are Steve DeBruyne (Frankie a.k.a. Francis) and Thomas Mate (Smudge a.k.a. Smudge). Joining them are Cody MusteffeContinue reading “It’s baa-aack…Forever Plaid at the Dio (Review 2014)…and its delicious”
Days of Our Lives Kevin Spirtas Is Mr. Confidential At NYMTF
Hey folks — this summer, my friend Ronald Shore is producing a new musical at NYMTF called Mr. Confidential. If you are in the NYC area this summer, check it out! I’m going to try to get out to see it myself…. This summer, The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Babyhead Productions (Ronald Shore, producer) areContinue reading “Days of Our Lives Kevin Spirtas Is Mr. Confidential At NYMTF”
AACT’s “Little Shop” is Big Entertainment (Review)
You, yeah you…you think you’ve seen enough Little Shop of Horror productions that you don’t need to see one more? Well. yeah, you really do. Because you’ve never seen Little Shop like this before. Credit director Brodie H. Brockie who has conceived a production that looks great as it moves from Black and White toContinue reading “AACT’s “Little Shop” is Big Entertainment (Review)”
Romantic and Fun “Closer than Ever” at Encore Musical Theatre Company (Dexter) Review
“Closer than Ever” is quite simply, the kind of thing that that Encore Musical Theatre Company does best — small scale musicals with a small, excellent cast, creating good musical theater. This production is no different — four performers on a bare stage with a piano and stools that comprise the set and lay the framework for aContinue reading “Romantic and Fun “Closer than Ever” at Encore Musical Theatre Company (Dexter) Review”
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