Avon Players opens their 79th Season with the spectacular musical, The Prince of Egypt, running until September 27, 2025, in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Last season, Avon Players boldly started with the darkly eccentric Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I am happy to say The Prince of Egypt is equally impressive and a lot more family-friendly. Inspired by the Book of Exodus, this epic new musical is adapted from the 1998 DreamWorks film of the same name, featuring music … [Read more...]
‘Pippin,’ Tony Award-winning musical, opens March 30 at Oakland University
March 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Oakland University 'Pippin' cast Photo courtesy of JLBoone Photography Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-winning 1972 musical Pippin celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Oakland University’s Department of Theatre is inviting you to join the Guardians of Splendor for some Fosse-inspired magic March 30 – April 3 in Varner Studio Theatre on the OU campus. “Over the last couple of years, isolation and disconnection have invited us to re-evaluate what is important in our lives,” said David … [Read more...]
See how America works in ‘Working: A Musical’ at Meadow Brook Theatre
January 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Running February 12 through March 8 Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, the musical Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the mill-worker, the mason and the housewife, just to name a few. Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age. Working runs February 12 through March 8, at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) on … [Read more...]
