Avenue Q shines with laughter and heart at the Dio

Avenue Q, the little musical that could (it beat out behemoth Wicked for Best Musical and other Tony Awards in 2003) arrived at the Dio last night and it is as funny, tuneful, and filled with heart as you would expect. Produced on Broadway by University of Michigan alum Jeffrey Seller, with subsequent replacement castsContinue reading “Avenue Q shines with laughter and heart at the Dio”

AACT’s Curse of the Starving Class kicks off a new season

Ann Arbor Civic Theatre kicks off it’s 24-25 season with a strong production of Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class.  Staged at the theatre’s studio on Ann Street in downtown Ann Arbor, it is an intimate, well-acted affair of the award-winning 1977 family tragedy/comedy/thriller. Primarily concerning the collapse of a family, with the creditorsContinue reading “AACT’s Curse of the Starving Class kicks off a new season”

10 Reasons you need to get to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival this summer

With only a couple weekends left, it has come to my attention that some of you have yet to get out to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival this summer…so what are you waiting for? Here are the top 10 reasons you should get out there now, before its over for another season…. 1. Shawn Pfautsch in HamletContinue reading “10 Reasons you need to get to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival this summer”

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”