Theatre News

Eastern Michigan University Theatre presents Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Sweat.

Sweat and the Exonerated

February 8, 2019
Josh England and Marlene Inman

Encore’s “Hello, Dolly!” Spirited and Brimming with Talent

November 30, 2018
(L-R) Rhiannon Ragland, Kristin Shields and Kate Thomsen play three housewives whose journey to NYC takes a comedic turn.

Diva Royale Is A Sidesplitting Romp

October 31, 2018
“She Loves Me” play

“She Loves Me” Will Play At EMU’s Quirk Theatre

September 30, 2018
Picture of Moni Jones, Doug Kolbicz, Corene Ford, Matt Swartz, Chris Fortin

Ann Arbor Improv Comedy Hub Cultivates New Local Talent

August 31, 2018
Spinning Dot’s newest production focuses on how anti-immigrant sentiments impact two eight-year-olds.

The Mountain—’Spinning Dot Children’s Theater Company’ Premieres Play on Immigration

July 31, 2018

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Sweat and the Exonerated

February 8, 2019

Two shows ground today’s polarized political climate in the lives of people who struggle. In these tense political times, politically charged theatre is perhaps the opposite of the escape people are looking for in their entertainment. But The Exonerated, to be performed in February at the University of Michigan and Sweat, to be performed in

Encore’s “Hello, Dolly!” Spirited and Brimming with Talent

November 30, 2018

If a night of high-energy entertainment with poignant and elegant touches entices you, The Encore Musical Theatre Company’s Hello, Dolly! is a perfect evening of theatre.

Diva Royale Is A Sidesplitting Romp

October 31, 2018

The wonderful thing about what Daniels has accomplished with Diva Royale is that the play manages to both poke good-natured fun at people whose obsessions with things lead them into trouble, while also celebrating the bonds between people who love celebrities, music, movies, anything with their whole heart, no matter what lies in store for them because of that love. Diva Royale doesn’t make you feel superior to these women, it makes you relate to them, feel empathy for them when things go awry, and cheer them on when they are triumphant. And, really, isn’t that what the world needs more of now?

“She Loves Me” Will Play At EMU’s Quirk Theatre

September 30, 2018

“She Loves Me” will play at EMU’s Quirk Theatre in October.

Ann Arbor Improv Comedy Hub Cultivates New Local Talent

August 31, 2018

Ann Arbor improv comedy hub cultivates new local talent

The Mountain—’Spinning Dot Children’s Theater Company’ Premieres Play on Immigration

July 31, 2018

When performing plays, actors use props, costumes and set pieces to immerse themselves in the story. Spinning Dot Theatre repertory company members Aya Aziz and Forrest Hejkal, who star in the North American premiere of Chelsea Woolley’s two-hander, The Mountain, had extra help preparing to portray children on a playground; they did some of their