By Daniel Skora It was a banner year for great theatre in southeastern Michigan and as a result, this year’s Best of the Season had to be enlarged from a “ten best” list to one that recognizes a baker’s dozen of noteworthy productions. The thirteen shows that appear on the list have been selected … More Best of the Season 2016-17
By Daniel Skora The Plaids are back at the Dio – refreshed, rejuvenated, and reinvented. It’s a good chance that you’ve crossed paths with them before. “Forever Plaid” is one of the best of the “nostalgic” musicals, filled with great songs from the ‘50’s and ‘60’s and spiced up with lots of comedy. If you … More Plaid’s “Final Concert” Brightens Dio Stage
By Daniel Skora It was first a bestselling novel by Robert James Waller that sold a phenomenal 50 million copies worldwide. A critically acclaimed film followed, starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep, who took home an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie. In 2014 it premiered on Broadway as a … More Bridges Crossed and Bridges Left Behind at The Dio
By Daniel Skora “There are two kinds of people”, says Corie Bratter as she lectures her husband Paul during the first big argument of their barely one week old marriage. “There are doers and there are watchers…” she declares, “…and I’m a doer and you’re a watcher”. And something Corie is capable of doing that … More Going “Barefoot in the Park” an Issue at The Dio
By Daniel Skora Because audiences so love a great holiday show and because ticket sales were brisk two years ago when The Dio first presented their original musical “Home for the Holidays” (book by Steve DeBruyne and Matt Tomich), they’re presenting it again for those who might have missed it before or those who would … More “Holidays” returns Home to the Dio
By Daniel Skora 1931 was a volatile year in German history, and Berlin, its capital, was a city in flux. The armistice following the First World War a decade earlier had left the German people economically depressed and politically divided. In less than ten years they would be at the center of a second great … More “Cabaret” Comes to The Dio
By Daniel Skora One of the disadvantages of writing for a newspaper is that much of what the reader sees and reads of an author’s work has been determined by someone other than the person who wrote the article. Word count, positioning, availability of space for pictures, deadlines, the title that goes above the review, … More it’s All Theatre’s Best of the 2015/16 Season
There’s something fishy in the town of Greater Tuna, and it’s not just its name. All of the citizens of this West Texas town appear to have been cut from one of just two molds, as if inbreeding has led to a kind of genetic repetition. This genetic repetition might also be the cause of … More “Tuna” a Whale of a Good Show at The Dio
The Dio is presenting “The Last 5 Years”, a musical about a New York couple who fall in love, marry, experience discord, and eventually go their separate ways. The story is told almost entirely in song and with a unique plot structure: it begins at the end of their relationship from the woman’s point of … More Last Five Years Go To and Fro at The Dio
By Daniel Skora The Dio Theatre is currently presenting “Rock of Ages”, a musical that combines classic rock songs from the best of the 1980’s metal bands with a story about a small-town girl looking to make it big in Hollywood. Sherrie Christian (Kristin Renee Reeves) leaves Kansas for California in the hope of making … More Rockin’ in the 80’s at The Dio
