"The Piano Lesson" is well acted with bizarre plot

Rating: 3 out of Fordyce

Now through April 3, The Piano Lesson is on stage at the Performance Netowrk Theare in Ann Arbor. This August Wilson play follows an extended African American family on its journey through part of the Depression in Pittsburgh.

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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with German Music at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor

Ein Liederabend: The Songs of Schumann & Wolf will be the show to see in Ann Arbor on March 17. The event will begin at 8 and feature Martin Katz on piano and Deborah Selig singing soprano.

The evening will include music by Hugo Wolf: including “Auch kleine Dinge” and “Nachtzauber,” along with music by Robert Schumann, including “Liederkreis, Op. 39” and “Er und Sie, Op. 78, No. 2.”

For tickets go to www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com. To hear more about this show and other Kerrytown events in March, click the audio below.

Enclosure

Performance Network Theatre extends "The War Since Eve"

Ann Arbor, MI – Due to great responses from both critics and audiences, Performance Network Theatre will extend its production of “The War Since Eve,” by Michigan playwright, Kim Carney. This World Premiere comedy will now run through February 20.

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“The War Since Eve” brings feminism into the 21st century

Rating: 3 out of Fordyce

On stage now at Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor through February 13 is The War Since Eve. This show begins hours before women’s rights pioneer and outspoken feminist Roxie Firestone is about to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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"Best of Friends": offbeat comedy from Jeff Daniels

Rating: 3 out of Fordyce

The 20th season is off and running at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea.  The first play of the year comes to us from none other than Mr. Daniels himself. Best of Friends introduces us to two couples who at first seem like best friends who do everything together. But we quickly learn they have some conflicts and secrets.

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“Damn Yankees” dated fun at the Encore

Rating: 3 out of Fordyce

Now on stage at the Encore Theatre in Dexter is the venerable musical Damn Yankees. This tale of the man who sells his soul to the Devil to get a chance to beat the 1st place New York Yankees is still fun to watch and fun to sing along with all these years later.

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I hope you all had a wonderful weekend

Best show of this weekend was Blue Door at Williamston Theater. This one got a perfect four out of Fordyce. I also loved Fortinbras at Riverwalk in Lansing and was able to catch part of the musical review at Starlight Dinner Theater. This show was the season opener at the Starlight Dinner Theater.

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“Sonia Flew” is high flying drama

Rating: 3 out of Fordyce

Sonia Flew is the lastest offering from Perfromance Network Theater in Ann Arbor. This is a dramatic play that takes place in two acts in two separate time periods.

It begins as Sonia learns of her son’s decision to enlist in the military and fight in Afghanistan following 9/11.  As he goes off to war, her memories of being forced to leave Cuba when Castro took power overwhelm her.

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MIentertainment Daily News - 8-27-2010

Aired 08-27-2010: Jim tells you about the train rides in Owosso, a Dark Play, and your last chance to see SOM. And Happy Birthday to the Captain.

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MIentertainment Daily News - 8-27-2010

"Woman Before a Glass" is very good theater

Rating: 3 out of Fordyce

The current offering at the Performance Network Theater in Ann Arbor is a one-woman show called Woman Before a Glass. It is the true story of heiress Peggy Guggenheim, who collected modern art … and modern artists. The script allows us to hear her story.

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