  Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4666 Registered: 10-2003 |
Opens Feb 2 @ 8pm at The Abreact, 442 East Lafayette (over Loco & Bouzouki), Detroit 313-485-0217. If you've never caught a performance in this combination loft/Black Box Theatre, take advantage of this run. Donation only. Beer in the kitchen or bring your own. Seats about 40 on the risers with couches, easy chairs, and other unmatched seats so reserve a seat at reservations@theabreact.com or call 313.485.0217. Info: www.theabreact.com and www.myspace.com/sweeneytoddthe demonbarber Hang out in the kitchen or the living room before or after, chat and make some new friends and watch some of the most intriguing theatre in a most intriguing venue. Note to Gannon, a few of our favorite faces are in this cast including Molly from Cancer | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4672 Registered: 10-2003 |
From the Freep today (2/2/07}: quote: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20070202/ENT 05/702020391/1035 | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8202 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hoagland and I go back to the summer of NINTH grade...we met at a Dearborn jobs program and were fast friends until senior year. I am STILL amazed that this is his baby...after going there for a few years before discovering that. What a small world. He's an absolute maniac genius who should NEVER be out of sight for an instant! heh. Cheers, see y'all tonight. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4690 Registered: 10-2003 |
Saw it tonight, while some of the solo vocals in the first act were a bit off (probably opening night jitters), the confidence level of the cast in the 2nd act was readily apparent. Special kudos to; Molly McHahon as Tobias, pulled together the plot as well, she pulled off the playing of a young boy brilliantly. Linda Rabin Hammell as the Beggar Woman just amazed me with her facial expressions and bearing of a street person who knows too much. I apologize to the rest of the cast for not naming you personally but much applause for your performance. I'll be back. Oh yeah, I'll give a bit of credit to Phil Bolden for his portrayal of a lackey. Great job everyone involved. (Message edited by JamS on February 03, 2007) | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1096 Registered: 03-2006 |
where the hell is this? I live above loco and bozouki | ||
Ptero Member Username: Ptero Post Number: 71 Registered: 12-2005 |
Where is this: the door is in the middle of the block and has the Abreact logo in red on it. Open the door and go up a steep run of steps and there it is...  | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8239 Registered: 12-2003 |
Chitaku, Then you've heard them practise...heh. I could only catch the first half tonight, bozo'd up my schedule promising to drive some rabid Redwings fans around after the game...all I have to say is WOW. BIGGEST performance EVER for this space, as far as I know, and also by far the most complicated performance. Abreact is proving to be one of the area's important venues for live performance...I highly recommend anyone and everyone taking a few hours and enjoying the energies of a few dozen of Detroit's most talented as they perform their hearts out through this curiously entertaining horrible story line. Cheers! | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4724 Registered: 10-2003 |
Bump! Go see it! | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8276 Registered: 12-2003 |
Here's what the Freep's Martin Kohn had to say about it. That damn opening has been haunting me all week...cannot wait until tomorrow night, so I can see how the second half shapes up. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4732 Registered: 10-2003 |
Should we stop at Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery and pick up some "pork pies" for the cast prior to the performance?  | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8280 Registered: 12-2003 |
My bet is they all turn vegetarian for a while. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8299 Registered: 12-2003 |
OK, caught the second act Friday...this troupe constantly amazes me. Anyone curious should check them out. Consistently some of the best entertainment in town in a very low-key environment. | ||
Ptero Member Username: Ptero Post Number: 86 Registered: 12-2005 |
Unfortunately, their lead took ill Saturday and the Saturday and Sunday performances were cancelled. Sounds like he is ok, but it impacted the weekend. I have friends in the cast and was going to see it as I had a highly unusual Saturday eve available. They are talking about adding a show next Sunday and adding a weekend after that if they can keep the cast together, pending other conflicts... (Message edited by ptero on February 12, 2007) | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8333 Registered: 12-2003 |
If it the same flu I have now, God help him. I feel like I've been sleeping in a trash compactor. |
