Ringwald Cancels Production of THE FLICK

Due to an unprecedented drop in box office revenue, The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale has announced plans to cancel its next scheduled production, The Flick by Annie Baker.

Originally scheduled to run March 31-April 24, 2017 The Flick will now be called off and the theatre will remain dark from the closing of the current show Hand to God until the May 5th opening of the season closer Silence! The Musical, a musical parody of the Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs.

Artistic Director Joe Bailey stated, "It absolutely kills me that we won't be able to produce this beautiful script and that we had to disemploy those actors and designers already hired for it. We just haven't had the audiences we've needed for most of this season which has caused a rather large deficit. The Flick is a delicate show that would potentially need time to find an audience as it is, and with the state of where we are now, we just couldn't run that financial risk. This will now allow us to focus our resources on Silence! The Musical and to produce the best musical parody of an Oscar-winning horror film that we can."

The Ringwald opened their doors ten years ago on May 11, 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Past Productions include: Heathers the Musical, Mr. Burs, a post-electric play, August: Osage County, When the Rain Stops Falling,, The Bad Seed, Making Porn, The Book of Liz, Rent,and Love! Valour! Compassion!. The Ringwald was named 2009, 2012 and 2013 Best Theatrical Troupe by Real Detroit and Best Place to See Local Theatre in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the readers of Metro Times.

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