REVIEW: Grab Your Blue Suede Shoes and Get ‘All Shook Up’ at Meadow Brook Theatre

Come in from the cold and get warmed up with the white-hot musical, All Shook Up, running until February 1, 2026, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan   All Shook Up is the second collaboration between Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) and Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance (OUSMTD). Last year’s inaugural partnership between MBT and OUSMTD was an electric presentation of Footloose, but in my opinion, All Shook Up blows that production out of the water. Set in a … [Read more...]

Avon Players Invites Theatre-goers to the Party of the Season with ‘Mamma Mia!’

The Hits of Super-Group ABBA will have Audience Members of all Ages Dancing in their Seats The end may be in sight for the summer travel season, but Avon Players’ upcoming musical will whisk theatre-goers away to an idyllic setting for infectious pop tunes, sun-drenched romance, and nonstop fun with Benny Andersson and  Björn Ulvaeus’ Mamma Mia!, running September 6-21. On a small Greek island, Sophie (Mackenzie McIlroy) is soon to marry Sky (Salvatore Sbrocca). She dreams of a perfect … [Read more...]