Best friends and fledgling ad men Sam and Tim may not have the money, connections or talent that the big corporations do, but they have more than enough ambition to build a local advertising empire. Whatever they do, they do it together. And no matter what, Tim and Sam's love for each other and their city never wavers.
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Wilson Announce 'Thank You, Goodnight. LIVE'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 29, 2020
‘Twas the night of December 28, 2019, when all through The Crofoot Ballroom, creatures were stirring, moshing and expelling guttural screams....
Peacock Orders More Episodes of Timely and Topical Late-Night Series THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 10, 2020
The critically-acclaimed series is currently streaming on Peacock with brand new episodes dropping tomorrow, December 11 and next Friday, December 18. ...
Dominique Morisseau to Join Detroit Public Theatre as Executive Artistic Producer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2020
Dominique Morisseau will join Detroit Public Theatre as Executive Artistic Producer in November 2020. Morisseau will become a member of the leadership team working with founding Producing Artistic Directors Courtney Burkett, Sarah Clare Corporandy, and Sarah Winkler to shape the future artistic and ...
DPTV Documentary DETROIT JAZZ CITY To Air Tonight
by A.A. Cristi - September 18, 2020
A new DPTV documentary traces our city's key role in developing America's great original art form. Watch tonight at 9:30 on DPTV (56.1) and at DPTV.org/Jazz. ...
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...
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...
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...
Theatre and Dance Students At Wayne State University To Perform Social Justice Play At 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2019
Wayne State University theatre and dance students are heading to Scotland's Edinburgh Festival Fringe - the world's largest international performing arts festival - to perform 'I Am,' a devised theatre performance which illuminates and engages audiences in current socio-political challenges....
TBS' CONAN Heads to Ghana for All-New International Primetime Special
by Tori Hartshorn - June 14, 2019
TBS' CONAN will take the Emmy(R) winning CONAN without Borders series of specials internationally for the eleventh time in four years as Conan O'Brien travels to Ghana. The longest tenured host in late-night, currently celebrating 25 years on the air will embark on his trip Monday, June 17. Conan wi...
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....
Film Mode Entertainment Announces the Cannes World Market Premiere of BAILEY AND DARLA
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 15, 2019
Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment is pleased to announce the Cannes World Market Premiere of Yale Production's romantic adventure, BAILEY AND DARLA....
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 ...
Author Daniel J. Clark To Discuss Detroit's '1950s Prosperity Myth' At Margrove College
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2019
Marygrove College's Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS) will welcome author and Oakland University Associate Professor Daniel J. Clark for its 44th Defining Detroit event on May 14 at 7 p.m. Clark will present 'Disruption in Detroit: Challenging the 1950s Prosperity Myth,' continuing its nearly two-...
CREATIVELY SPEAKING Comes to BAM Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2019
This May, BAM and Creatively Speaking present two contemporary documentary features: Pam Sporn's Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route (2018) on Wednesday, May 29, and Savanna Washington's Playing Frisbee in North Korea (2018), screening with the short film Xin (Dauchan & Huang, 2017), s...
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...
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...
Showtime to Premiere Season Two of OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT on May 12
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 09, 2019
SHOWTIME will premiere the second season of its animated comedy series OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT on Sunday, May 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and will feature an animated appearance from Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness. Additionally, SHOWTIME has released the official key art and trailer for season two, which wi...
Mosaic Youth Theatre Presents THE LARAMIE PROJECT Feb. 22-24
by Julie Musbach - February 07, 2019
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit's Main Stage Actors tackle the weighty topic of social intolerance in The Laramie Project, a production examining the events leading up to and the aftermath of a young gay man's 1998 murder in Laramie, Wyoming. The show is produced and performed exclusively by members...
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...
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...
44th Defining Detroit Event Brings Author Herb Boyd To Marygrove College
by A.A. Cristi - January 15, 2019
Continuing its nearly two-decade tradition of bringing internationally-renowned authors and scholars to its campus, Marygrove College's Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS) will welcome Herb Boyd at its 44th Defining Detroit event on February 11, 2019....
Jeffrey Seller's Foundation Grants Mosaic Youth Theatre $1M
by Julie Musbach - January 02, 2019
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit announced today that it has received a $1 million grant that will fund two of their key programs - the Summer Camp and the Mosaic Experience Empowerment Program (MEEP)....
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....
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 Launches Year-End Fundraiser
by Julie Musbach - November 21, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre celebrates their twenty-fifth birthday with a $25,000 fundraising goal, happening now through December 18, 2018. The funds raised will go directly toward the day-to-day upkeep and maintenance of their venues, supporting the creative pursuits of hundreds, if not thousands of local ...
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...
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