Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at Connor Palace
by Roy Berko - November 07, 2024
SOME LIKE IT HOT, the movie was released without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code, became a commercial hit, was nominated for six Academy Awards and was the major cause of the end of the restrictive freedoms for the entire film industry....
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Key Bank State
by Roy Berko - October 30, 2024
With that in mind, depending on your place in the pecking order, you may or may not be ready to immerse yourself into MEAN GIRLS, the stage-show with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by the queen of television comedy, Tina Fey....
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at GREAT LAKES THEATER
by Roy Berko - October 09, 2024
William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest Western world playwright of all times. In spite of this, many are reluctant to see a production of his plays. Why the hesitance? It is perceived that language he used, the format of the speeches, and the material he writes of, is too ab...
Review: PURLIE VICTORIOUS at KARAMU
by Roy Berko - October 02, 2024
What did our critic think of PURLIE VICTORIOUS at KARAMU? Neither Ruby Dee or Ossie Davis ever appeared in a Karamu stage production but both had significant presence and impact in the organization and in the lives of Karamu artists. They often visited for speaking engagements, to instruct master cl...