If you haven’t yet seen it, you have a few more weeks to see”Bleeding Red”, Michael Brian Ogden’s immensely entertaining comedy at The Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, MI. (photo copyright Purple Rose Theatre, 2009; Michael Brian Ogden, Matthew Gwynn, Matthew David in Bleeding Red) Anyone who has spent any time at all overseas willContinue reading ““Bleeding Red”, Michael Brian Ogden’s immensely entertaining comedy at The Purple Rose Theatre”
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Why Elton John’s AIDA by YPT was so good…If I do say so myself
Audiences saw one fine production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA presented by Young People’s Theatre at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre last weekend. In fact, it looked better than most community and high school productions in the region….but why? First — talent — YPT is a pay-to-play young people’s organization that draws some ofContinue reading “Why Elton John’s AIDA by YPT was so good…If I do say so myself”
Stunning “42nd Street” by University of Michigan Musical Theatre Program
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — there is absolutely nobody that presents more professional musical theatre regionally than the University of Michigan Musical Theatre program. Recently celebrating it’s 25th birthday, the program is going strong, with graduates consistently working on Broadway and nationwide. Nowhere is this professionalism more evident than inContinue reading “Stunning “42nd Street” by University of Michigan Musical Theatre Program”
No Joke, Guys & Dolls at Encore is Super
OK, let me start this by saying, I really hate the musical Guys & Dolls — it’s boring to watch, it seems endless, and it’s always more fun to perform in than to watch its (almost) three hour length. It’s overdone, and would be my last choice of a musical if I were asked toContinue reading “No Joke, Guys & Dolls at Encore is Super”
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