Planet Ant Celebrates 313 Day With The Detroit Musical
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2019
Back by popular demand, Planet Ant Theatre announces the return of their original production, The Detroit Musical, for a limited, five-performance-only-run opening on Wednesday, March 13 (313 Day) and playing nightly through Sunday, March 17. Tickets ($17.01) are available online at www.planetant.co...
Planet Ant Presents A Valentine Double Feature
by Julie Musbach - January 07, 2019
Hamtramck's Planet Ant Theatre presents the first "Black Box Double Feature" of 2019 this February, with two romantically-inclined, original one-act plays: Love, Lust, & Lunacy, written & adapted by Darren Shelton, and He Said Yes, by Kelly A. Rossi. The double feature runs February 1st - 16th in th...
UnTheatre Co Starts The New Year At Planet Ant
by Stephi Wild - December 24, 2018
UnTheatre Co makes Hamtramck its home for the first run of the new year, presenting Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind at Planet Ant, January 11th-26th. Performances will run on Fridays at 10pm and Saturdays at 8pm and will take place at Planet Ant Black Box, located at 2357 Caniff St. in Hamtr...
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 ...
Planet Ant Presents a Holiday Double Feature
by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre continues their high-speed 25th season with another installment of the new Black Box Double Feature Series. The holiday block features two all-original one-acts guaranteed to lighten hearts & lift spirits this holiday season....
THE JUDGE Comes To Planet Ant
by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre announces a very limited run of "The Judge" from Fratellanza Theater; written by and starring Paul and Joe Manganello. The Judge is a duet of biblical proportions where laughter and tragedy collide, and traditional storytelling unravels. Asking the question, "what if there's somet...
Detroit Fringe Festival Marks Fifth Year With 15 Performances
by Stephi Wild - November 10, 2018
Aerialists and police radios. A theatrical podcast airing. The first multi-generational performance by an internationally-renowned spoken word poet. These are just a few of this year's genre-defying performance highlights at the 2018 Detroit Fringe Festival, taking place Thursday, November 15 throug...
Black And Brown Theatre Allows Audience To Direct Their Newest Show
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2018
Black and Brown Theatre is proud to present What Had Happened Was... , a new theatre experience rooted in the idea that everyone in our community has a story to share and that all of our stories are stronger together, which perfectly reinforces Black and Brown Theatre's slogan "We put the unity in o...
BWW Interview: Donny Riedel of CLUE at The Ringwald Theatre says It's a Fast-Paced, Hilarious Show that Hits All the Senses!
by Katie Laban - October 15, 2018
Whodunit? The Ringwald. In the fall. With the candlestick. Clue, the 1985 cult classic comedy, is currently running through November 5th at the theatre in Ferndale. Jonathan Lynn, director and screenwriter of beloved comedy, personally created this stage adaption with additional material by Hunter F...
BWW Interview: Margaret Edwartowski is Detroit Dreamin' as she Pens and Stars in World Premiere Musical of CALL ME CASS at The Berman Center For The Performing Arts
by Julie Yolles - October 10, 2018
Margaret Edwartowski has been told her whole life that she looks like the late pop singer Cass Elliot, or, perhaps best known onstage, as "Mama Cass" of the Mamas and the Papas. "People would always come up to me and say, 'You know who you remind me of…" Edwartowski says. "Once I learned about he...
Planet Ant Announce November Double Feature
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre continues their high-speed 25th season with a fourth installment of the new Black Box Double Feature Series. The November block features two all-original one-acts, showcasing the riotous combined forces of Detroit comedy legends and up-and-coming local talent:...
Planet Ant Presents Halloween Burlesque Show
by Julie Musbach - October 08, 2018
On the heels of their sensational debut show, "Nipflix: a Burlesque Night at the Movies," Black Sheep Burlesque once again teams up with Planet Ant Theatre for a night of scintillating striptease - this time, with a spookier edge. Featuring Vivacious Miss Audacious, Hermione Stranger, Lushes Lamoan,...
Planet Ant Presents AMERICAN'T Double Feature
by Julie Musbach - October 03, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre presents two original sketch comedy shows, 'Prim and Prepper' and 'Diddle Rascals' in an American't Double Feature, running at 8pm on Friday and Saturday nights, October 19 through November 3, with a Sunday performance on October 28 at 6pm....
Planet Ant to Present Staged Reading of the Original 'Zine STUPOR
by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2018
For the second year in a row, Planet Ant Theatre is producing a live staged reading of local writer Steve Hughes' original 'zine "Stupor." The event will take place at the Planet Ant Hall in Hamtramck, MI on Saturday, October 6 at 8pm. The 2018 issue "All Dressed Up and Nowhere" features true storie...
Planet Ant Presents 'Live Out Fest' Celebrating National Coming Out Day and LGBTQ+ Creative Identity
by Stephi Wild - September 12, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre is thrilled to join forces with Kristi Faulkner Dance for the first annual Live Out Fest, featuring the world premiere of "Not In My House" in part of a three-day festival celebrating LGBTQ+ identity & freedom. Kicking off on National Coming Out Day, Live Out Fest is a tribute to ...
Planet Ant Theatre Will Opens DOGMAN Double Feature
by Julie Musbach - August 28, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre presents a reboot of its 2014 original one-act horror spoof, The Dogman Prophecies, with a new prequel, Dogman Rising, in a 'Dogman Double Feature' running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm,September 28 through October 13; with a Sunday performance onSeptember 16 at 6pm. Tickets are $2...
Planet Ant Theatre Presents the Return of EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre excitedly anticipates the triumphant return of Everything Is Terrible! at the Planet Ant Hall on Sunday, September 16, 2018. For the final stop on "The Devil Rides Again" follow-up to "The Great Satan" tour of 2017, EIT will present a "Super Secret Surprise Show" at the Ant Hall....
UCB's Matthew Starr Brings DARK MATTER Tour to Planet Ant
by Julie Musbach - August 24, 2018
Planet Ant Theatre is excited to bring the original scientific comedy show 'Dark Matter' to Hamtramck for a one-night-only performance at the Ant Hall on Thursday, September 13th at 8pm....
Planet Ant Celebrates 25 Years with Ant-iversary Show
by Julie Musbach - August 17, 2018
This fall marks Planet Ant Theatre's 25th year as a fixture within the community from their corner of Caniff....
BoxFest Detroit Announces 2018 Festival Schedule
by Julie Musbach - August 07, 2018
BoxFest Detroit, an annual theatre festival that showcases and creates opportunities for female-identifying directors, has announced the schedule for its 2018 festival. BoxFest Detroit 2018 runs Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons and evenings, August 17 - 25, at Planet Ant Theatre....
DATC Second Stage Presents SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT At Planet Ant
by A.A. Cristi - July 31, 2018
The Detroit Actor's Theatre Company proudly presents Speak Up, Speak Out: a sensory, spoken cabaret that gives insight into the culture, emotions and experiences of the #MeToo movement. The show, directed by Shannon Grant, will be performed at Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck on Friday, Aug. 10 and S...
SHARK TANK: The Musical Comes to Ant Hall This August
by A.A. Cristi - July 31, 2018
Renowned Chicago improv comedy institution, The Annoyance Theatre, brings their original production "Shark Tank: The Musical" to Hamtramck for a very limited run at the Ant Hall this August. A great cast of Annoyance regulars (including improv legend and company founder Mick Napier) play your favori...
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...
BoxFest Detroit Announces Non-Profit Status
by A.A. Cristi - July 17, 2018
BoxFest Detroit, an annual theatre festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors, is announcing that they have recently been approved for non-profit status and are launching a fundraiser to support the festival and Mentorship Program....
Alexis Williams Joins The Playwrights Realm as Company's First-Ever Associate Artistic Director
by Julie Musbach - June 25, 2018
The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Founding Artistic Director; Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) today announced that Alexis Williams, a former agent at Bret Adams Artists' Agency who has surefootedly assumed multiple roles within the theatre industry, will be joining the company's dyn...
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