REVIEW: ‘Shear Madness’ at Meadow Brook Theatre is Murderously Funny

Cut, color, and murder! Put all those years of watching “Law & Order” to use and help figure out ‘whodunit’ in Shear Madness running through June 22, 2025, at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Written by Paul Pörtner, Shear Madness is the first show that MBT has remounted, apart from A Christmas Carol, since Travis W. Walter became artistic director 15 years ago. The 2017 production included two of this show’s cast members, Leslie … [Read more...]

Music Brings Us Together – The Rochester Symphony Orchestra

The Rochester Symphony Orchestra (RSO) opens the 2023-2024 Season with the “Music in the Park Concert” directed by Conductor and Music Director Maestro Zeljko Milicevic. Everyone enjoys a concert in the park, so on July 27 at 7:30 p.m., join the RSO at Rochester Municipal Park for an evening of captivating music under the stars.  Bring your lawn chairs, your snacks, and sodas and enjoy the (Kiwanis Club’s Concert in the Parks 2023 Program’s) final concert for the summer, presented by the RSO. … [Read more...]

“Hello, Dolly!” looking swell at Meadow Brook Theatre

Don't miss this show playing August 1, 2 and 3 Peanut Gallery Players, a 501(c)(3) non-profit children’s theatre training program for ages 6-18 will bring their talents and nutty elegance to Meadow Brook Theatre for a limited run of Hello, Dolly! on August 1, 2 and 3, 2019. Based on Thornton Wilder’s play The Matchmaker, with book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, Hello, Dolly! is the story of a turn-of-the-century widowed matchmaker who after negotiating marriages for … [Read more...]