The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company concludes their 47th season with The Complete History of America (abridged), April 6 - 22. From the founders of Reduced Shakespeare Company and authors of the world renowned, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Performances will be at The Marlene Boll Theatre inside of the Boll Family YMCA in downtown Detroit
The "Bad Boys of Abridgment" are back! Uproarious and rapid-fire, the Reduced Shakespeare Company makes sharp, short comedy in their latest sendup, William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged). Discovered in a treasure-filled parking lot in Leicester, England (next to a pile of bones that didn't look that important), an ancient manuscript proves to be the literary holy grail-the long-lost first play written by none other than seventeen-year-old William Shakespeare! William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged) makes its off-Broadway premiere at The New Victory Theater, opening on March 2 and playing through March 11, 2018, as part of a 20-city tour throughout the United States.
Looking for something to do around Detroit this holiday season? Don't worry, the city is filled with a show for everyone! BroadwayWorld Detroit has you covered with some of the amazing theatre and art events that this holiday season has to offer!
St. Dunstan's Theatre is pleased to be one of the first community theatres in Metro Detroit to present The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged)! This fun holiday-themed show will run for two weekends: December 8 17, 2017.
THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SHOW (Abridged) by Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor, directed by Perry Shields with a knowing wink at all the holiday craziness now rampant in the world. Adding to his own stressfully creative holiday season, the production features two casts performing on alternate dates with Kenyon Meleney, Jimmy Duong, and Matt Garber making up the all-male cast; and Alison Mattiza, Amanda Webb, and Cindy Shields in the all-female cast. So not only is their comic timing absolutely essential throughout the show, along with more costume changes than I can count and continuous choreography, each of Perry's two casts rehearsed separately in half the usual rehearsal time! And if casting is 99% of the success of a show, kudos to Perry for his casting perfection!
St. Dunstan's Theatre is pleased to be one of the first community theatres in Metro Detroit to present The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged)! This fun holiday-themed show will run for two weekends: December 8 17, 2017.
Happy Cyber Monday, pop culture and theatre fans. I know that navigating all of the obscene amounts of emails and ads and discounts can be a bit daunting when you are trying to find the ideal holiday gift for a loved one, or even for yourself. So, I have put together a list of some of my favorite potential gifts that are perfect for the entertainment lover in your life.
ABET presents THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SHOW (abridged) on December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23. Tickets are $20, Children $10 (under 18 and when accompanied by an adult). The show is by REED MARTIN and AUSTIN TICHENOR, and directed by JASON COLLINS.
In October our thoughts turn to pumpkin picking, the change of seasons, and before we know it, the Holidays. Cape May Stage continues its 2017 season of 'passion' with an Irish romantic comedy and two holiday plays that will get any Scrooge into the holiday spirit.
In October our thoughts turn to pumpkin picking, the change of seasons, and before we know it, the Holidays. Cape May Stage continues its 2017 season of 'passion' with an Irish romantic comedy and two holiday plays that will get any Scrooge into the holiday spirit.
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre (ABET) has announced its lineup for Season 26!
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre (ABET) has announced its lineup for Season 26!
Amphibian Stage Productions announces the cast and creative team for its third main stage play of the 2017 season, The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor. Starring Aaron Fouhey, Brandon Murphy, and Scott Zenreich, the play runs Friday, July 7 through Sunday, August 13 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions.
Theatre-Hikes is excited to present our series of four plays for this year.
Since its pass-the-hat origins in 1981, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created ten world-renowned stage shows, two television specials, several failed TV pilots, and numerous radio pieces, all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over. The company's itinerary has included stops off-Broadway, at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London's West End, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Montreal's famed Just For Laughs Festival, as well as performances in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malta, Singapore and Bermuda, plus countless civic and university venues throughout the USA, the UK, and Europe.
The last time I laughed, really laughed at something funny, I didn't stop to ask myself what made it funny. The various classifications of comedy through the ages have never seemed that significant to learn unless I were a professor of comedy or were looking for a few items of fun trivia to share at a cocktail party. Reed Martin and Justin Tichenor love to abridge as in their Reduced Shakespeare and the History of America, both of which seem to work just fine with audiences, but if you reduce comedy, doesn't it take the fun out of funny? For the first half of The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), currently onstage at the Falcon Theatre, I felt like I was in a classroom instead of the theatre. Lists and lists of the funniest people, funniest double acts, etc were thrown at us as if we were students preparing for a major exam on the subject. But by the time the first act came to an end, in a scene filled with strobe lights, a Mack Sennett chase replete with cream pies flying and cops falling down took center stage, and what he had been hearing about started to make sense. Comedy is the slap, the pratfall, the schtik, the slapstick produce the laugh-filled relief that we get from the pressures of everyday living. Under the fast paced direction of Jerry Kernion, three geniuses of physical comedy Marc Ginsburg, Mark Jacobson and last. but hardly least Zehra Fazal prove that they can put on a show and make us laugh.
The Vagabond Players' production of The Complete History of America (abridged), runs only two more weeks through February 5th. You don't want to miss this faced-paced comedic look at America's history written by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor, and directed by Howard Berkowitz,
Celebrate(?) this inaugural month with the Vagabond Players' production of The Complete History of America (Abridged), opening on January 6 and running through February 5.
Celebrate(?) this inaugural month with the Vagabond Players' s production of The Complete History of America (abridged), opening on January 6 and running through February 5.
They're not done yet! Check out PSC400 encore performances this week.
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