The FRINGE-y 5: NATE EPPLER's Adventures in FRINGEland
The most wonderful time of the year is quickly drawing to a close: 2017 Sideshow Fringe Festival opened last week only runs through this Sunday, August 6, but until then you have a jam-packed calendar of creative, imaginative and adventurous theater to inspire you and to enlighten you - perhaps even enough to keep you satisfied until the 2018 rendition rolls around.
The FRINGE-y 5: MATTHEW MARCUM's Existential Take on The Fringe
Today, our FRINGE-y 5 spotlight focuses on internationally recognized performance artist, producer and educator Matthew Marcum, whose work combines text, sound, movement, and optics to create contemporary theatre productions, live art events, conceptual installations and educational workshops. Marcum holds a dual MFA in Theatre Performance Making from The University of Chichester in the U.K. and the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
The FRINGE-y 5: DIEGO GOMEZ On Being Led to The Fringe
It's the most wonderful time of the year for Nashville's theater community: 2017 Sideshow Fringe Festival opened last Thursday night with #ThrowbackThursdayLive! and a weekend jam-packed with offering for the most adventurous of theater-goers and as the action gears back up for another full calendar of events week, we pick back up with more FRINGE-y 5 interviews.
Today, our spotlight focuses on Diego Gomez, an actor/writer/musician who is an integral part of 2017 Sidewhow Fringe Festival as writer of The Backpack, an original script performed last weekend, and as an actor in this week's Marian, Or (The True Story of Robin Hood).
The FRINGE-y 5: F. LYNNE BACHLEDA's Life in the Fringe Lane
It's the most wonderful time of the year for Nashville's theater community: 2017 Sideshow Fringe opened on Thursday night and is now in full-swing, with a myriad of offerings in store for theater-goers this weekend at venues all across town. There's enough art - both entertaining and intriguing - to satisfy the most discerning of audiences, inspiring them in the process. Among the upcoming events is F. Lynne Bachleda's Stories From the Back Seat - a collection of monologues gathered by Bachleda during her tenure as a driver for a ride-sharing platform, an experience that provided her with a wealth of material.
The FRINGE-y 5: ERIC BUTLER'S Excellent Adventures on the Fringe
It's the most wonderful time of the year for Nashville's theater community: 2017 Sideshow Fringe Festival opened last with #ThrowbackThursdayLive! and continues for two weeks in venues all over town, offering all manner of entertaining and intriguing art to satisfy even the most discerning theater-goer. Among the upcoming events is Eric Butler's The Intoxicated Travels of the Reverend Piano Man, featuring an all-star cast accompanied by live music from WT Davidson and Kevin Madill, on August 4 at 8:30 p.m. at the Darkhorse Theater.
The FRINGE-y 5: BRITT BYRD On Why She Loves Life On The Fringe
It's the most wonderful time of the year for Nashville's theater community: 2017 Sideshow Fringe Festival opens tonight with #ThrowbackThursdayLive! from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Actors' Bridge Studio at Darkhorse Theater. Britt Byrd, winner of Nashville Scene's Best Actress Award, makes her directorial debut with the patriarchy-smashing and gender-bending Marian Or, (The True Tale of Robin Hood), adding to her already illustrious resume of acting accomplishments. She's played everyone from Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Show to the bumbling, buxom Brooke in Noises Off and would-be beauty queen Carnelle Scott in The Miss Firecracker Contest.
The ROCKETBOYS Announce New Song and Tour
Texas indie rock band The Rocketboys release their newest song "You and Everyone Else" today at all digital retail outlets. The song is the first new music the band has released from their as yet untitled forthcoming full-length, due out in early 2017. Fans can find the track now at Apple Music and on Spotify.
Ringwald Theatre Now Accepting Submissions for 6th Annual Gay Play Series
The Ringwald Theatre is sounding a call for local troupes to be a part of their 6th annual Gay Play Series (GPS). The Detroit-area's only GLBT short play festival is striving to provide writers, directors, and actors the opportunity to produce new and exciting work that challenges, excites, and centers on gay issues and culture.
BWW Reviews: IN THE BALANCE Looks At The Range Of Relationships That Occur In A Young Group
Restless Dance Theatre is presenting its latest work, In the Balance, which looks at relationships within a group. This is the first major Youth Ensemble production directed by their new Artistic Director, Michelle Ryan, who noticed the changes that occurred when new members joined this group of dancers, observing the various reactions and the change in the group dynamic. Her first production for the company bodes very well for the future.
BWW Interviews: VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & Sass
Joel Sass brings the farcical VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE to the Guthrie stage for the first time this summer. BWW Interviews had a chance to get his insight on the show and learn more about the man behind the scenes himself.
Emergent Arts Presents THE IMPROV MIXER Featuring Gut Shot, 7 Minutes in Heaven & Legally Problematic, 7/25
Emergent Arts will once again present The Improv Mixer, an evening of improvisational comedy, July 25 at 8pm, at The Mix Studio Theater at 8 N. Washington in downtown Ypsilanti. All seats $5 on-line, or at the door.
Troupes performing will be Gut Shot with Jason Valentini, Tom Kollenberg, and Luke Legere, 7 Minutes in Heaven with Moni Jones, Steve Oliver, and Adam Hirzel, and Legally Problematic with Vince Sabatini, Jeremy Gragg, Anna Imesch, Brian Munzenberger, Anne Marie Sumner, Sara Constantakis, Tim Lally, and Josh Campos.
Ringwald's 5th Annual GPS Runs Now thru 6/30
The Ringwald Theatre is thrilled to announce the 5thinstallment of its wildly popular Gay Play Series (GPS). Who would've thought when this series began that 5 years later it would still be going strong? And this year's special anniversary edition features a slate of one act plays by all-Detroit playwrights!
Ringwald's 5th Annual GPS to Run 6/20-30
The Ringwald Theatre is thrilled to announce the 5thinstallment of its wildly popular Gay Play Series (GPS). Who would've thought when this series began that 5 years later it would still be going strong? And this year's special anniversary edition features a slate of one act plays by all-Detroit playwrights!
2012 GPS Winners Announced
The third annual GPS (Gay Play Series) completed its most successful year last night at Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre. The Audience Award for Best Script this year went to Fanny Packs and Hanky Codes by San Francisco playwright Kristian O'Hare.