Local theater 2021: A year of ovations and tears
The 2021 area theater season had some yang, but it was mostly a whole lotta yin.
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MSU’s ‘Together We Will Improvise’ offers strong medicine
This weekend’s performances of “Together We Will Improvise” mark the 15th annual “Freshman Showcase” for Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre. Since 2018, Hendrickson has directed the showcases. And every one under her tutelage has focused on improv comedy.
The naked truth about LCC’s ‘Intimate Apparel’
For about two hours, I was engaged with and emotionally attached to people I didn’t know. I traveled through time and across great distances. I laughed, was saddened and felt gut-wrenching heartache.
An intimate conversation with LCC theater director Mary Job
Mary Job, an adjunct associate professor at Lansing Community College, has been directing local plays since 1995 and is showing no signs of letting up.
Ixion Theatre Ensemble finds new home at Lansing Mall
First it was “Tequila Cowboy.” Then the 20,000-square-foot Lansing Mall space briefly was the Overdrive Bar and Grill. Since that closed in March 2020, the 400-seat venue has been vacant.
The Lebowsky Center’s ‘Evita’ has flash and star power
I believe the Lebowsky Center for the Performing Arts could take an odd, sometimes dull and mostly forgettable musical and make it a must-see show. Its production of “Evita” is proof.
Riverwalk’s latest season is a longtime coming
Riverwalk Theatre recently announced productions for the fall and beyond. Instead of its usual 12 shows per season, five are planned. The selections — and decision to reopen after shutting down …
Ixion and Peppermint Creek plot their comebacks
After limited and mostly virtual theater productions became all the rage due to pandemic restrictions, two Lansing companies are looking forward to reopening the stages come autumn.
Owosso’s Lebowsky Center returns with new productions
Owosso’s Lebowsky Center for the Performing Arts’ newest show is “Icons: The Show Must Go On!” After about a year and a half of no inside stage shows, due to the COVID …
Peppermint Creek produces documentary about Midwest schools
Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. closes its season with a video documentary, “Radical Acts of Education,” which has solid reasoning to justify the use of the word radical in its …