Downriver Actors Guild – Mostly Musical Theatre

This “Chicago” will Blow You Away – Downriver Actors Guild (Review)

Downriver Actors Guild is on a roll — now comes Kander and Ebb’s great musical Chicago, a rollicking good time in a spectacular production directed by Denny Connors and Choreographed by Betsy Genrich, with Musical Direction by Melanie Aue. This is not-to-be-missed musical theater brought to you by way of our friends in Wyandotte. BothContinue reading “This “Chicago” will Blow You Away – Downriver Actors Guild (Review)”

Avenue A Capella Auditions

Caught up in the acapella craze yet? Well if you are a vocalist and you like acapella music, here’s your chance! Wyandotte’s Downriver Actors Guild has a terrific group now going on its second season called Avenue A Capella and they are holding replacement auditions on February 12th beginning at 6:00 pm. The groupContinue reading “Avenue A Capella Auditions”

Bonnie & Clyde is a hit at Downriver Actors Guild (review)

Reviewed by Patricia Mazzola. Downriver Actors Guild has a true hit with Bonnie & Clyde A New Musical, performing at the intimate Catherine A. Daly Theatre on the Avenue in Wyandotte, MI, now through October 29th, 2016. Director Ron Baumanis, keeps the audience completely engaged with his expert staging, whether during a tender moment orContinue reading “Bonnie & Clyde is a hit at Downriver Actors Guild (review)”

“Camelot” at Downriver Actors Guild is solid classic musical theater (review)

If you love the Lerner and Loewe musical “Camelot”, you can’t go wrong with the solid lovely production currently running at Downriver Actors Guild. Directed by Peter Sonnberg Schmidt, the production is faithful to the original. Running 2:45, it is one of the slower-moving classic musicals of the era. The original production opened on Broadway in 1960 andContinue reading ““Camelot” at Downriver Actors Guild is solid classic musical theater (review)”

“The Music Man” at Downriver Actors Guild (Review)

Of all my favorite musicals, The Music Man is the one I like the most — AND the one I prefer to see done in community theaters rather than professionally — its the quintessential community show: lots of roles across the age spectrum, a great script, great songs with lots of opportunities for singing andContinue reading ““The Music Man” at Downriver Actors Guild (Review)”

Downriver Actors Guild gets a new home (and puts on a great Superstar)

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)”