Pete Podolski News

The Michigan Premiere production of BUTLER by native Michiganian Richard Strand will be Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 8:30pm at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. As is tradition on Opening Nights at the Detroit Repertory Theatre, a Champagne Afterglow will be held in the Lobby Gallery following the performance with the cast and crew of the production.   

Senior actors prove they've Still Got It in The Geezer Game by Herb McCollom Jr. - part of Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Senior actors prove they've Still Got It in The Geezer Game by Herb McCollom Jr. - part of Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Ann Arbor's Performance Network Theatre presents its second annual Dreamcast fundraiser - a lively evening of entertainment and bidding to support Ann Arbor's professional theatre at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 11 2014. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased online at performancenetwork.org/dreamcast or by calling 734-663-0681.

Yes, you CAN have your fruitcake and eat it too. Two Muses Theatre, a nonprofit, professional theatre based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, will produce two holiday shows in repertory this December. Matinees are for families, with a staging of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas written by popular Broadway playwright, Ken Ludwig, in which the famous poem is a springboard to tell the story of a Jewish elf, a mouse, and a little girl who join forces to save Christmas. Evening performances will be family-friendly as well (suitable for the non-believers-and-older crowd), with Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) by Michael Carleton, Jim FitzGerald and John K. Alvarez - a madcap romp covering the usual holiday stories (such as Frosty, Rudolf, Charlie Brown, The Grinch, etc.) in very unusual ways. Act Two of this funny play finds three incredibly energetic actors playing all the characters in an irreverent mash-up of It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol. Scroll down for a look at the cast in action!

Yes, you CAN have your fruitcake and eat it too. Two Muses Theatre, a nonprofit, professional theatre based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, will produce two holiday shows in repertory this December.

Yes, you CAN have your fruitcake and eat it too. Two Muses Theatre, a nonprofit, professional theatre based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, will produce two holiday shows in repertory this December.

This is a tale filled with blood, and lots of it, guts, and glory, but this is not the latest scary, slasher, horror film at the movies. This is Evil Dead The Musical. The Ringwald Theatre and Olympia entertainment bring back the musical, based on the cult classic movies, to the City Theatre in the Hockeytown Cafe in Detroit for the month of October. The show is a great way to get in the mood for the Halloween season, but remember that it includes "fountains of blood with a mind of its own."

Go Comedy! Improv Theater is set to welcome back one of its most successful shows, Robocop! The Musical June 1 - August 3. The musical parody of the iconic film will make an encore run with a new, professionally recorded score, original cast album and more thanks to a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign. Tickets ($15) are on sale now at www.gocomedy.net. A complete performance schedule follows this release.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater is set to welcome back one of its most successful shows, Robocop! The Musical tonight, June 1 - August 3. The musical parody of the iconic film will make an encore run with a new, professionally recorded score, original cast album and more thanks to a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign. Tickets ($15) are on sale now at www.gocomedy.net. A complete performance schedule follows this release.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater is set to welcome back one of its most successful shows, Robocop! The Musical June 1 - August 3. The musical parody of the iconic film will make an encore run with a new, professionally recorded score, original cast album and more thanks to a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign. Tickets ($15) are on sale now at www.gocomedy.net. A complete performance schedule follows this release.

After a successful Kickstarter campaign with GrooveBox Studios, Go Comedy! Improv Theater is set to welcome back Robocop! The Musical May 31st with a new, professionally recorded score, original cast album and more.

The cult classic movie, Evil Dead, turns 30 this year and The Ringwald/Who Wants Cake? and Olympia Entertainment are celebrating the film's world premiere which took place in Detroit in 1981 by bringing the hilariously bloody homage, Evil Dead: The Musical, back to the City.

The New Theatre Project is pleased to announce the full lineup for its first New Work Series featuring readings and staged readings of original work.

The New Theatre Project is pleased to announce the full lineup for its first New Work Series featuring readings and staged readings of original work.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater is proud to present its latest original production, ROGOCOP! The Musical, a hilarious parody of the movie Robocop, Thursday and Friday nights at 8:00pm July 7 - August 26. Tickets for Go Comedy! shows ($5-$15) are available online at www.gocomedy.net or in person and by calling the Go Comedy! box office (248) 327-0575 after 6:00pm Wednesday - Sunday evenings. A complete weekly schedule for July and August follows.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater is proud to present its latest original production, ROGOCOP! The Musical, a hilarious parody of the movie Robocop, Thursday and Friday nights at 8:00pm July 7 - August 26. Tickets for Go Comedy! shows ($5-$15) are available online at www.gocomedy.net or in person and by calling the Go Comedy! box office (248) 327-0575 after 6:00pm Wednesday - Sunday evenings. A complete weekly schedule for July and August follows.

Performance Network Theatre announces it's production of 'The Drowsy Chaperone' with book by Bob Martin and Don Mckeller and musics and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. The musical comedy, which recently received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score, will run November 11 through December 26, 2010. 'The Drowsy Chaperone' is directed by Carla Milarch (Little Shop of Horrors, The Baker's Wife, The Fantasticks) with Musical Direction by R. MacKenzie Lewis (Little Shop of Horrors, The Baker's Wife) and stars Naz Edwards, Scott Crownover, Phil Powers, Andrea Mellos, Mark Hammell, Matt Anderson, Eva Rosenwald, Linda Rabin Hammell, Brian Thibault, Lisa Lauren Smith, Charlie Sutherland, Pete Podolski and Phill Harmer.

Performance Network Theatre announces it's production of 'The Drowsy Chaperone' with book by Bob Martin and Don Mckeller and musics and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. The musical comedy, which recently received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score, will run November 11 through December 26, 2010. 'The Drowsy Chaperone' is directed by Carla Milarch (Little Shop of Horrors, The Baker's Wife, The Fantasticks) with Musical Direction by R. MacKenzie Lewis (Little Shop of Horrors, The Baker's Wife) and stars Naz Edwards, Scott Crownover, Phil Powers, Andrea Mellos, Mark Hammell, Matt Anderson, Eva Rosenwald, Linda Rabin Hammell, Brian Thibault, Lisa Lauren Smith, Charlie Sutherland, Pete Podolski and Phill Harmer.