October 31, 2025

Articles for tag: Michigan Theater

June 8, 2025

Encore’s West Side Story is a Theatrical Masterpiece

Photo: Jets gang members. Photo by Michele Anliker The Encore Musical Theatre Company is concluding its 16th season with the iconic musical West Side Story, conceived by Jerome Robbins, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story premiered on Broadway in 1957, yet its underlying themes remain ...

May 19, 2025

Drew Saunders

Ann Arbor Arts & Culture

Free Family Films Return to the Michigan Theater This Summer

The Michigan Theater’s Family Friendly Series offers free Sunday matinees and cherished classics for a new generation Kids watch classic Disney movies and superhero shows on phones and iPads every single day; but now imagine that same kid watching that exact same movie, on a screen 100 times as big. That is the difference that ...