Reviewer: Denyse Shannon Twenty years ago, when the play was written, the world was a different place for people facing up to their sexuality. All these years later, same-sex marriage is legal, the LGBTQ movement has marched past the doors of discrimination, and the storyline of Bare: A Pop Opera seems like lightyears in the past. Premiering Saturday, May 14th at Pit & Balcony, the musical is billed as the story of teenaged angst. There’s a smattering of the typical, from the guy who […]
Reviewer: Mark DeWolf-Ott The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza, written by Don Zolidis, is an adaption of some of the most popular ancient Greek myths. You might think “how boring.” With this youthful energetic cast, it’s anything but boring! It’s playing this and next weekend at the Pit and Balcony, Saginaw. Showing in the evening on Saturday and the afternoon on Sunday. Two arguing narrators attempt to cover all Greek mythology using audience participation, cross gender acting, and general theatrical absurdity, in […]
Reviewer: Kristine Gotham How do you prepare for love? I am here to oppose you because the path you are on is a reckless one. They’ll change the stinking world. These are just some of the more memorable lines from Pit and Balcony’s most recent production, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. The play, a regional premier, focuses on the relationship between Joanna Drayton and her new fiance’, Dr. John Prentice. John is older than Joanna, a widower, and black. The […]
Reviewer: Kristine Gotham Pit and Balcony Theater celebrated the beginning of the Christmas season with a packed house for the premier of Elf the Musical. The “Sparklejollytwinklejingley” show featured an ensemble cast including Spencer Beyerlein as Buddy the Elf, Brian Bateson as Walter, and Will Kircher as Santa. Co-directors, Judy Harper and Jeanne Gilbert, guided the cast and crew to present a show that was engaging and a true delight to witness. Beyerlein’s portrayal of Buddy was infectious and heart-warming. […]
Reviewer: Kristine Gotham Pit and Balcony Theater presents for its 90th season opener, Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” adapted by Ken Ludwig. The time? 1934. The location? The Orient Express train stuck in a snowbank, somewhere between Istanbul and Paris. The crime? Murder. The cast of characters include a Russian princess in exile and her assistant, an boorish business man, his secretary, an American widow/divorcee, a countess, a French army colonel, his girlfriend, the conductor/head waiter, a railway […]