REVIEW: See if You Can Match Wits with Avon Players’ ‘Holmes and Watson’

In front of a full house on opening night, Avon Players staged Holmes and Watson by Jeffrey Hatcher, a brain-tickling mystery running until March 21, 2026, in Rochester Hills, Michigan.   Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or is he? Three years after the famous incident at Reichenbach Falls with his nemesis, Professor James Moriarty, Sherlock’s most trusted companion, Dr. John Watson (Mark Colley, Laughter on the 23rd Floor) is summoned by Dr. Evans (Peter Giessl, Avon Players debut) to a remote Scottish … [Read more...]

REVIEW: ‘Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure’ Brings Murder and Comedy Together for a Killer Good Time

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may have tired of his ‘consulting detective,’ but Sherlock Holmes still mesmerizes audiences. And nowhere was this more evident than at the Michigan Premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure running now through October 29, 2023, at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. Picking right where they left off this summer with Noises Off, MBT kicks off their 57th season with this wickedly funny … [Read more...]