Musical review: ‘Hamilton’ Romps Into Detroit
After Hamilton’s stellar debut on the only diagonal street on Manhattan Island, the Powers That Be decided it might be time to test the once-murky waters […]
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Opera Review: “The Barber of Seville” Shears Detroit!
“The Barber of Seville’s” opening night performance on Saturday night at the Detroit Opera House was sheerly brilliant! Grammy Award-winning tenor Lucas Meachem’s Figaro rivaled […]
Musical Review: ‘Wicked’ is a must-see at the Detroit Opera House
DETROIT — In the land of Oz, there is a place called Emerald City where “Wicked” the Musical returns to the Detroit Opera House beginning […]
Musical Review: “On Your Feet” is fabulous at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — The Detroit debut of “On Your Feet” performance at the Fisher Theatre played to a packed audience on Wednesday May 2. The triumph […]
Musical Review: ‘Cinderella’ is a crowd pleaser at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, returns to the Fisher Theatre from March 13-18. “Cinderella, the musical” charmed audiences ever since […]
Play Review: Bring the kids to enjoy ‘Finding Neverland’ at the Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — “Finding Neverland” tells the story of a struggling theatre owner seeking to find a new musical to keep his doors open for years […]
Review: “Christmas Wonderland” is a big hit at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit
DETROIT — Santa Claus has come to Detroit with “Christmas Wonderland” playing at the Fisher Theatre for nine shows only beginning December 12-17, 2017. This […]
Musical Review: ‘An American in Paris’ is a crowd pleaser at the Detroit Opera House
DETROIT — The musical “An American in Paris” debuted at the Detroit Opera House on November 28 and runs through December 10, 2017. This musical is […]
Opera Review: ‘Rigoletto’ Invigorates Detroit, Rigorously
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night….” The Beatles Verlander may be gone; but Verdi is back in town. One of his best operas, with […]
Play Review: ‘The Lion King’ Roars into Detroit
DETROIT — Disney brings pageantry, puppetry, poignancy and power to the stage production of “The Lion King” and Pride Rock has never looked or sounded […]
Movie Review: “La La Land” is destined to become a classic; film is a strong contender for Best Picture
“La La Land” was beautifully shot, edited and mixed just right. I believe it will be one of those movies we’ll be talking about 25 […]
Musical Review: “The Book of Mormon” is lively at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — “The Book of Mormon,” winner of nine Tony Awards, opened at the Fisher Theatre on November 1 and runs through November 13th. Written […]
Play Review: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — Tony Award winner, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” is now playing at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit from October 4-16. Act […]
Opera review: Mozart Mows Through Motown
Anyone who’s ever seen the movie about Mozart from the 80’s called Amadeus knows that little Wolfgang was a wild thing as a little boy. […]
Musical review: ‘The Sound of Music’ is exceptional at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” premieres in Detroit May 10-22 at the Fisher Theatre. Although I have never seen the movie […]
Play review: ‘Macbeth’ Strings Up Detroit
DETROIT — I went and saw the opening night of Macbeth at the Detroit Opera House on Saturday. There’s always an excitement in the air […]
Play review: ‘Love Letters’ is different, yet entertaining at the Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — Ali McGraw and Ryan O’Neal star in “Love Letters” at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. It’s a play written by A.R. Gurney is […]
Musical review: ‘If/Then’ is a great new love story at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — My husband and I attended the opening of “If/Then,” a new musical, on March 29 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. It was […]
Play review: ‘Cinderella’ is a must-see at the Detroit Opera House
DETROIT — The classic Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” arrives at the Detroit Opera House from February 16-28. This 2013 Tony award-winning broadway musical has music […]
Musical review: ‘Chicago’ is very entertaining at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
DETROIT — Lights, camera, action! “Chicago” the musical returns to Detroit at the Fisher Theater for six days only, February 9-14. The Chicago orchestra […]