When a Musical Refuses Easy Answers, ‘Next to Normal’ Hits Hard at Players Guild of Dearborn
Some musicals want to send you out humming. Next to Normal wants something more complicated than that. It wants your
Read MoreTheater
Detroit is Alive with ‘The Sound of Music’
There are some musicals I admire, and then there are some musicals that feel permanently wired into my system. The
Read More
Exclusive Interview: Cayla Kolbusz, Kyle Harwood, and Mohamad Mohammad of The Players Guild of Dearborns’ ‘Next to Normal’
There are some conversations that society tends to deem too sensitive or difficult to have, yet they are also among
Read More
Exclusive Interview: Will Johnson and Joseph G. Tobin of Avon Players’ ‘Holmes and Watson’
According to Occam’s razor, the simplest answer is most often the correct one, a phrase often repeated by the world’s
Read More
Exclusive Interview: Bryana Hall of Inspired Acting Company’s ‘Home’
What does home signal to each of us? For some, it’s a destination. A physical place where we return after
Read More
Exclusive Interview: Stella Fenton and Josephine O’Reilly of Birmingham Village Players’ ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
I remember being in World History back in high school, and my teacher loved to repeat a single line after
Read More
MBT’s ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ is Prolific in All the Right Ways
It’s not completely out of pocket to say that we’re living through unprecedented times, with everything that seems to be
Read More
Exclusive Interview: Nolan White of ‘The Outsiders’
I remember reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders in school and being deeply moved by its core message. The importance of
Read More
‘Chicago’ Music and Stagecraft | The BSB Podcast
There’s nothing quite like all that jazz, and Broadway has consistently brought the heat since 1996, when Chicago made it’s
Read More
Detroit Mercy Theatre Company’s ‘Poor Clare’ Finds the Humor in Religion
I’m not exactly what you would call religious. Spiritual? Sure, that might be the better descriptor, as I definitely believe
Read More
‘Chicago’ Story and Characters | The BSB Podcast
Broadway’s Chicago is truly all that jazz, and then some. Since its 1975 debut, this vaudeville-inspired musical has been winking
Read More
Exclusive Interview: Olivia Deane, Steve Sedore, and Catherine LaPointe of Livonia Community Theatre’s ‘The White Rose’
What would you be willing to risk for the truth? What a powerful question to think about, and for many
Read More