'The Piano Lesson' will be featuring EMU students Mishana Green as Berniece and Jeffrey DeVault as Boy Willie.
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'The Piano Lesson' will be featuring EMU students Mishana Green as Berniece and Jeffrey DeVault as Boy Willie.
Eastern Michigan University’s Theatre Department will continue its 2015-2016 main stage season with a one-week only performance of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize- winning play, “The Piano Lesson” opening this Wednesday in the Sponberg Theatre.
They say that comedy is harder to do than tragedy. Before last Friday night, I didn’t fully believe that, because when I’ve acted, I’ve found tragic or dramatic scenes to be more demanding. But, watching the Purple Rose Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” on opening night, I understood; comedy is harder to do because it’s harder to make it look easy.
Told through reading and performance, audio and visual components, the two-act play “Women’s SafeHouse” opened for the first time in America at Eastern Michigan University’s Frank Ross Laboratory Theatre in Quirk Hall on Monday night.
Hailing from New Jersey and casted as the well-known sweet girl of Kansas was newcomer, Shanice Williams, who performed Thursday night in NBC’s “The Wiz Live.”
In my three years at EMU, I’ve seen some wonderful theatre. But, the current main stage production, “Little Shop of Horrors,” is the best show I’ve seen here, hands down.
Eastern Michigan University’s English professor, Emeritus Jeff Duncan, wrote the play, We Can Do It!: A Rosie the Riveter Revue. It is to be performed at 4-6 p.m. on Sunday November 1, at Cobblestone Farm, 2781 Packard Rd. in Ann Arbor.
Kasey Donnelly as Audrey and Nick Whittaker as Seymour.
The leaves are turning bright colors, a chill is in the air and creepy decorations of ghosts and goblins are showing up on many neighborhood lawns. To help get us into the Halloween spirit, Eastern Michigan University Theatre will produce “Little Shop of Horrors,” opening Thursday.
Eric Hohnke and Marissa Kurtzhals will be starring in the show.
Eastern Michigan University alumni, Kristin Anne Danko, Eric Hohnke and Marissa Kurtzhals, are to participate in their very own, originally written theatrical performance, The Big Game Weekend.
Whenever I see a play at Chelsea’s Purple Rose Theatre, I can count on the acting, sets, costumes and everything about the production to be the highest quality. I can also usually count on the plays themselves to be good, but those are sometimes not as spectacular as the rest of the offering.
It’s that time of year again when Americans are reminded of how far this country has come in terms of facing adversity and restoring equality. Even with reminders like Martin Luther King Day, we often don’t realize how many hardships and struggles have been left out of our history books.
I’m a typical ex-band geek from high school. I’m not versed in every well-known piece from the Baroque period, but I know some major works of major composers. Unfortunately for Igor Stravinsky enthusiasts, I knew nothing about his works, but Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Music and Dance changed all of that.
Nobleman Bassanio is in a bit of a pickle. While seeking to woo the beautiful heiress Portia, he finds himself short of the funds necessary to have a shot at love with the lady. His friend Antonio may be able to secure a loan for him through the moneylender Shylock, a Jewish man, but Shylock doesn’t exactly maintain the highest opinion of the notably anti-Semitic Antonio. So in the event of the debt being unpaid, Shylock demands a pound of Antonio’s flesh.
October is one of the most wonderful times of the year in my opinion. We get to bust out our boots and sweaters and spend weekends at haunted houses and cider mills. Forget Christmas carols; Halloween can make us want to sing too. While there aren’t exactly Halloween carols or radio stations that exclusively play such music for several weeks before the holiday, there are a few musicals for those who love this time of year so much they just want to sing.
The month of October will spike to dramatic proportions because the 2012-13 theater season is here at Eastern Michigan University. What will make this season spectacular? It is the collection of seven productions, all uniquely powerful and thoughtful with a new talented cast.