“Cootie Shots” Teaches Kids To Resist Hate
Marquette Michigan – NMU is presenting it’s last theatre production of the year, an energetic and engaging series of short plays, songs and poems for kids called, “Cootie Shots”. The show was created to teach kids about tolerance and diversity while offering them tools to combat hate and bigotry with understanding and respectful communication. The […]
Killer Plant Invades Forest Robert’s Theatre
Look out! A man-eating plant is growing at the Forest Roberts Theatre this week for NMU’s production of Little Shop of Horrors directed by Paul Truckey. Upon entering the theatre, you would never know that this abandoned big city alleyway is actually in Marquette, Michigan. I have seen several productions of this particular musical spoof […]
Chick Flick At The Black Box Theatre
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Marquette Michigan – I suppose that when you make a rich, uptight, tortured housewife and a brash, invasive, tacky Texan neighbors, you can’t help but create some incredibly hilarious tension between the pair. A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking playing in the Panowski Black Box Theatre this weekend is essentially what the title says […]
Mary Poppins Lands Onstage Stage This Week
Lake Superior Youth Theatre Brings Everyone's Favorite Nanny To Life!
Marquette Michigan – The Lake Superior Youth Theatre (LSYT) has put together a practically perfect musical production of the beloved family story, MARY POPPINS which will play at the Forest Roberts Theatre in Marquette from Friday, February 27, 2015 – March 7, 2015. At last this much anticipated production of everyone’s favorite […]
“Tribes” at NMU Black Box Theatre
What do you get when you take a comically dysfunctional Jewish-British family comprised of a politically incorrect and opinionated father, a mother, and three grown children, the last of whom is deaf and speaks and reads lips, but has no knowledge of sign, and throw them on a stage? And add a love interest […]
“Chicago” Theatre Review
"CHICAGO" CAST RAZZLE DAZZLES ONSTAGE AT FOREST ROBERTS THEATRE NOVEMBER 19TH - 22ND!
By Denise Clark The Forest Roberts Theatre brings the well known, and much loved musical “Chicago,” to their main stage this week. If by chance you agree with Defense Attorney Billy Flynn’s assertion that “murder is a form of entertainment,” then you will not want to miss this fairly extravagant production. Direction is by Ansley […]
Bringing “Chicago” to Life at NMU, From a Director’s Point of View
GET AN INSIDERS VIEW ON THE SHOW “Chicago” opens at the Forest Roberts Theatre in just a few days. We are putting the last touches in place, seeing lights and props for the first times, getting into costumes and makeup, and making the last few tweaks to everyone’s performances, and I couldn’t be more excited. […]
Music Man Jr. Lights Up The Stage
LAKE SUPERIOR YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MUSIC MAN JR FOR ONE WEEKEND ONLY! Marquette, MI – Another fabulous musical production by the talented team of LYST opens for a one weekend only run in Marquette, MI this Friday and Saturday nights October 17th & 18th. With summer now behind us the Lake Superior Youth Theatre has […]
Paper Tiger In The Rain
Paper Tiger in the Rain, Timely and Poignant new work at the Black Box Theatre
Marquette, MI – The Panowski Playwriting award winning work, “Paper Tiger in the Rain” by David Swanson is premiering at the James Panowski Black Box Theatre on NMU’s campus, Sept 30 – Oct.4; Oct. 7-11. The play, written by David Swanson, is a timely story about a small newspaper and its struggles to cope with changing […]
Feel The Enchantment of “Narnia”
LAKE SUPERIOR THEATRE DEBUTS THEIR MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF "NARNIA"
Marquette, MI – Another enchanting musical production by the Lake Superior Youth Theatre! Who would have guessed at the amount of talents concentrated in this small scenic community of Marquette? I am consistently impressed by the ability of each cast to put on engaging performances and draw in their audiences. Their latest piece “Narnia” which […]
