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Detroit is a play by Lisa D'Amour. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer and Susan Smith Blackburn Prizes. The play premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 2010 and subsequently ran Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in fall 2012. The play won the Obie Award for Best New American Play in 2013.
[6] [7] It was one of a series of Broadway shows in the 2021–2022 season written by Black playwrights, and parallels were identified between the play's story and the Omicron surge under which its run fell. [8] [9] Skeleton Crew premiered in the United Kingdom at the Donmar Warehouse in July 2024 for a one-month run, directed by Matthew Xia. [10]
This play "explores an explosive and decisive moment in a great American city. [3] The play's compelling characters struggle with racial tension and economic instability." [16] It was developed and workshopped at The Public Theater in New York. Detroit '67 eventually was featured at the Classical Theatre of Harlem with the National Black Theatre.
Broadway in Detroit announced its 2022-23 lineup on Thursday, which includes the return of 'Hamilton' and 'Ain't Too Proud' and newcomers like the 'Tina' musical.
Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) was an American actress, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series.
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, [1] [2] and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".
Detroit has a long theatrical history, with many venues dating back to the 1920s. [7] The Detroit Fox Theatre (1928) was the first theater ever constructed with built-in film sound equipment. Commissioned by William Fox and built by architect C. Howard Crane, the ornate Detroit Fox was fully restored in 1988. It is the largest of the nation's ...
Detroit Public Theatre’s production of Pearl Cleage's 1995 play, “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” opened Jan. 24. Detroit play takes audience to 1930s Harlem with magnetic characters, captivating ...