Downriver Actors Guild in Wyandotte (that’s 38 minutes away to the southeast for you Ann Arbor folks) have much to celebrate in their new home — The Theater on Avenue at 2656 Biddle Avenue. Born in only 6 months in an abandoned warehouse (about 4 times the size of the Encore in Dexter), the theaterContinue reading “Downriver Actors Guild gets a new home (and puts on a great Superstar)”
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“The Wedding Singer” – Dexter Community Players….or, how to make a community theater production look like a million bucks…
I’ve just completed directing and choreographing a weekend run of THE WEDDING SINGER, the musical, for Dexter Community Players in Dexter, MI. Not to toot my own horn, but the single most heard comment in the audience (besides what a fun show) was how professional the show looked and sounded. This is not a review.Continue reading ““The Wedding Singer” – Dexter Community Players….or, how to make a community theater production look like a million bucks…”
Damn Yankees strikes out at Croswell Opera House (Review)
In the past, Croswell has been the sole not-fully Equity regional theater that I have reviewed in this blog. I do so for a reason — they quite simply present the best musical theatre being produced on a non-professional (or educational, read University of Michigan) basis in the area. I can’t do a full reviewContinue reading “Damn Yankees strikes out at Croswell Opera House (Review)”
OKLAHOMA! at Encore Musical Theatre Company
One step forward, two steps back…just when GUYS AND DOLLS and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS started to turn the corner for professionalism, along comes OKLAHOMA, now playing at Encore Musical Theater Company, in Dexter, MI. Sebastian Gerstner as Will Parker, Sarah Litzinger as Ado Annie, and Steve DeBruyne as Ali Hakim (Photos courtesy Encore MusicalContinue reading “OKLAHOMA! at Encore Musical Theatre Company”
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