U-M Faculty Win International Design Competition To Reimagine Detroit's Arts And Cultural District
by A.A. Cristi - June 10, 2019 Three University of Michigan faculty members are part of a team that won an international design competition that will unite 12 cultural and educational institutions located in Detroit's Midtown and change the way visitors and Detroiters experience the area.... 
Snow Day Fundraiser Returns To Go Comedy
by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2020 Go Comedy! will host the 13th annual Snow Day improv marathon, Snow Day 2020 January 18 & 19. Snow Day brings together improvisors from across the area to raise money for Gilda's Club of Metro Detroit, The Tim Hayden Scholarship Fund and The Diana George Jacokes Endowment Fund. The 26 hour event wil... 
The Second City's The Black History Month Show Announced
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2019 The Second City celebrates Black History Month by bringing you the most iconic sketches created by our African American alumni along with classic archive scenes reimagined with a new comedic spin. The Second City's Black History Month Show features Rich Alfonso, Jillian Ebanks, Jack Brian, Jordan St... 
Comedy Central Cancels DETROITERS After Two Seasons
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 11, 2018 Comedy Central has canceled “Detroiters” after two seasons, according to Variety.... 
Planet Ant Announces 2020-21 Board Of Directors
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2020 Planet Ant would like to welcome Daniel Jackson to his new role as president of the Planet Ant Board of Directors, and congratulate Dave Davies and Lauren Bickers on their return to their previously held positions as secretary and treasurer, respectively. Darren Shelton will remain our Executive Dir... 
Black Theatre Network to Honor Dominique Morisseau, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and More at Annual Conference
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2022 The first in-person event since 2019, the annual conference will feature an extraordinary schedule and honor Detroit luminaries Dominique Morisseau, Ron Simons, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Chanté Adams, and Angela Birchett, who have found success on Broadway and beyond.... 
Peacock Sets THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW Return Date
by Michael Major - February 15, 2022 The Amber Ruffin Show showcases Amber’s signature smart and silly take on the week's news. No matter what's happening in the world, Amber responds to it with a charming mix of seriousness, nonsense, and evening gowns. The Amber Ruffin Show is a topical late-night show with just the good parts – the... 
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Announces as First Guests of THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW Season Three
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022 Peacock’s THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW is kicking off its third season with special guests Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW showcases Amber’s signature smart and silly take on the week's news. No matter what's happening in the world, Amber responds to it with a charming mix of honesty, no... 
Eighth Annual Detroit Improv Festival Brings Big Names To Detroit
by A.A. Cristi - July 25, 2018 Metro Detroit will be the center of the comedy universe as top names in sketch and improvisational comedy arrive for the eighth annual Detroit Improv Festival August 8-12. Headlined by Paul F. Tompkins, this year's festival will take place over four venues in Ferndale with more than 60 improv troupe...
Black Theatre Network to Honor Dominique Morisseau, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and More at Annual Conference
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2022 The first in-person event since 2019, the annual conference will feature an extraordinary schedule and honor Detroit luminaries Dominique Morisseau, Ron Simons, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Chanté Adams, and Angela Birchett, who have found success on Broadway and beyond.... 
BWW Review: ON THE EXHALE at Slipstream Theatre Initiative Confronts the Impossible Questions About School Shootings
by Stefani Chudnow - May 02, 2019 In the days since seeing playwright Martin Zimmerman's On the Exhale, which is running at Slipstream Theatre Initiative in Ferndale through May 19th, I have been thinking a lot about the 1999 Columbine shooting, the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, and the 2018 Parkland shooting. Slipstream's one-woman sho...
Mosaic's Detroit To Dakar Spotlights How Music Bridges The Gap Between Language, Culture, And Heritage
by Stephi Wild - April 26, 2019 Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit's Main stage singers and actors re-enact experiences from a 15-day cultural awakening exchange, traveling from Detroit to Dakar, Senegal in 2003. Detroit to Dakar exhibits the cultural, spiritual, and intuitive journey of youth from two different worlds forging a comm... 
Peacock Renews THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW For Season 2
by Michael Major - September 14, 2021 The Amber Ruffin Show showcases Amber’s signature smart and silly take on the week's news. No matter what's happening in the world, Amber responds to it with a charming mix of seriousness, nonsense, and bowties.... 
Black And Brown Theatre Brings New Voices On And Off Stage
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2018 What would you do with $50,000? Black and Brown Theatre is elated to present their next production: The Ticket. The story of a young man who believes he has won the Pick 4 and can help his long-time girlfriend's family finally have a happy holiday season. But when he discovers the ticket has the wro... 
IFC FILMS Nabs Modern-Day Whodunnit WEREWOLVES WITHIN
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 25, 2021 The ensemble cast includes Sam Richardson (VEEP, DETROITERS), Milana Vayntrub (THIS IS US), George Basil (CRASHING), Sarah Burns (BARRY), Michael Chernus (TOMMY/CBS), Catherine Curtin (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), and Wayne Duvall (THE HUNT).... 
Sheila Jordan To Receive The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation's 2018 Satchmo Award
by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2018 The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation proudly presents the 8th SATCHMO Award to: jazz vocalist and songwriter Ms. Sheila Jordan. LAEF is returning to the historic Alhambra Ball Room in Harlem, where swing dancers, big bands and jazz vocalists once reigned supreme – Friday October 12th 8:00 – 10... 
DETROITERS Returns for Season Two with Back-to-Back Episodes on Today
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2018 DETROITERS Returns for Season Two with Back-to-Back Episodes on 6/21... 
BUBBLE BOY Will Makes its New York Debut With 5th Floor Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2018 5th Floor Theatre Company, a nonprofit organization supporting emerging theatre artists in New York City as they build a foundation for their careers, will present Bubble Boy in its New York City production debut to conclude the Company's 2018 season.... 
Plowshares Theatre Company Presents HASTINGS STREET Virtual Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 14, 2020 Michigan's only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, presents a virtual concert of songs from an original musical set in Detroit's past. The play, Hastings Street, is a work in progress set in 1949 at the cusp of the order to tear down Black Bottom, the segregated Black... 
Comedy Series CHAMPAIGN ILL is Streaming Now on YouTube Premium
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2018 The YouTube Originals series CHAMPAIGN ILL -- a clever new comedy starring Adam Pally (Happy Endings, The Mindy Project), Sam Richardson (Veep, Detroiters) and guest starring Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live, Ride Along) -- is available NOW on YouTube Premium.... 
Sofa Stories Detroit Launches New Short Film Series And Fundraiser Spotlighting LGBTQ+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness
by A.A. Cristi - June 06, 2022 Conceived by 2020 Kresge Artist Fellow Andrew Morton, Sofa Stories Detroit is a community arts project using live theatre and digital media to amplify the stories of young Detroiters who have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity and have resorted to couch-surfing as a means to survive.... 
Outdoor Performances Raise Awareness, Benefit Detroit's Homeless Youth
by Stephi Wild - August 25, 2021 Directed by 2020 Kresge Artist Fellow Andrew Morton, Sofa Stories Detroit will put on live, outdoor performances to raise awareness for and funds to benefit youth in Detroit experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. ... 
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for DOMINO: BATTLE OF THE BONES
by Sarah Leiber - April 13, 2021 Directed by Baron Davis and co-directed by Steven V. Vasquez Jr. and Carl Reid, DOMINO: Battle of the Bones was written by Davis, Pamela Azmi-Andrew, and Reid. ...
The Second City's The Black History Month Show Announced
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2019 The Second City celebrates Black History Month by bringing you the most iconic sketches created by our African American alumni along with classic archive scenes reimagined with a new comedic spin. The Second City's Black History Month Show features Rich Alfonso, Jillian Ebanks, Jack Brian, Jordan St... 
Chris Redd Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2022 Chris Redd is an actor, writer, stand-up comic, and rapper. Redd is a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live and currently stars in the NBC comedy Kenan, opposite Kenan Thompson. He is set to star in the upcoming series Bust Down and has an hour long special in the works for HBO Max. ... |
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