Apr 26 Friday
Concert-style staged readings of new plays & musicals
Flint Repertory Theatre’s annual New Works Festival brings thrilling new works by some of the American theatre’s most compelling contemporary playwrights and composers. The week of workshops and development culminates in a three-day event where audience members experience these new works before anyone else and meet the artists working to bring the future of American theatre to life.
Friday, April 26, 2024 7:00PMSaturday, April 27, 2024 2:00PMSaturday, April 27, 2024 7:00PMSunday, April 28, 2024 2:00PMSunday, April 28, 2024 7:00PM
Set in modern times in a community park, a group of young strangers come together to tell parables (lessons) based upon the Gospel of Matthew. Using comedy, drama, games, music, dancing and more, the group embarks on an evening of electric and high-energy storytelling. Their songs are an eclectic blend of styles ranging from pop to vaudeville as they bring messages of kindness, tolerance, joy and love to life.
GODSPELL was the first major musical theatre offering from multiple Grammy and Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Musicals - WICKED, PIPPIN, and CHILDREN OF EDEN, and Films - POCAHONTAS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, and ENCHANTED). The production took the world by storm in 1971, led by the international hit, “Day by Day,” and featuring a parade of beloved songs, including “All Good Gifts,” “Turn Back, O Man” and “By My Side.”
An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises. The power of optimism really can save the world!
“It wants you to have fun. Soak it in.” – Time Out New York
“Adults as well as children are likely to find SpongeBob absorbing.” – The Telegraph
Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage's sweet and savory comedy CLYDE'S trades in wonder, Wonder Bread, and the healing powers of food. No one would accuse Clyde of having a soft heart. Sure, she hires former convicts for the gre4asy kitchen of her truck-stop sandwich joint, but she knows what they owe her and holds that power tight. Her line cooks might be stuck, but their hopes aren't flickering out just yet!! They are feeding themselves and each other with their tentaive connections and fierce ambitions to create the perfect sandwich."Critics Pick" - A delightful new play. Though it's still about dark things, including prison, drugs, homlessness and poverty, it somehow turns them into bright comedy. - The New York TimesNottage fuses her storytelling once again to a social issue desperately in need of illumination...(a) highly entertaining comdey of kitchen nightmares. - The Washington Post
For specific dates and times, please visit: https://www.detroitpublictheatre.org
Moonglowby Kim Carney
Directed by Emily ClarkApril 11-14 & 18-21, 2024Black Box Stage
Maxine, a feisty, bitter Alzheimer's victim, doesn't want to move into a nursing facility. But when she meets Joe, a widower who shares her love for dance, her outlook begins to change. Although the two clash when lucid, their hazy memories overlap, and they begin an affair that rejuvenates and fulfills them. But can these lovers -- played simultaneously by an elderly twosome and a young, vivacious couple -- stay together despite their families' wishes and their fading vitality?
Apr 27 Saturday