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 […]
Reviewer: Mark DeWolf-Ott This 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama is labeled experimental theater for a reason. The seating and the projection booth are the stage, and the stage is where the audience sits. Cleaver minimal costumes, mops and brooms for props, and extra house lighting are also unique to this drama. Aside from the unusual seating arrangements, broom and dust pans, the feelings and emotions of the characters are the real subject of the play. Sam, Rose and Avery […]
Reviewer: Mark DeWolf-Ott It was great evening, just to be in the theater again! Not a huge crowd but a good crowd. Pit and Balcony Community Theatre of Saginaw continues their 89th season with Superior Donuts written by Tracy Letts, best known as the Pulitzer Prize Winner for writing August: O’Sage County. It is directed by Glecia Tatum, her first show at Pit and Balcony however, she has produced plays and performances at First Ward Community Center. Superior Donuts is […]
By: Robert E Martin With Pit & Balcony’s regional premier of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Lett’s socio-comedy Superior Donuts over the weekend of March 19-21st audiences were treated to a much-needed reprieve from social isolation with a contemporary tale from the city of Chicago, where a long-standing locally owned family donut shop faces an uncertain future not only due to the appearance of a brand spanking new recently opened Starbucks across the street; but more importantly, because of the personal […]