Front Row Podcast

This week, Deb and Joe talk to Jerry Nehr, director of Other Desert Cities at the Fine Arts Society of Detroit.

In our Tech Talk segment, stage combat expert Brian Moultrup discusses the best way to take a punch on stage.

Becky's New Car opens this week at Farmington Players.

Special thanks to Birmingham Village Players for letting us record interview segments in their green room.

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This week, Deb and Joe talk to master set designer Drew Hall about what goes into creating a great set.

Mike Trudel shares the plight of Grosse Pointe Theater and his newspaper opinion piece which set off a community firestorm.

Auditions this week include Oliver at the Downriver Actors Guild and A Chorus Line at Southgate Community Players.

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This week, Deb and Joe traveled to Rosedale Community Players in Southfield, where The Kings of Unionville opens on January 27, 2017. Director Lance Alan and assistant director Karen McHugh discuss the show.

RCP Promotions Director Chuck Goddeeris discuss the theater and his involvement in the Community Theater Association of Michigan.

Upcoming auditions include The 39 Steps at Barefoot Productions in Plymouth.

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This week, Deb and Joe interviewed the director Gerry Haines and lead Gary LaKind of In the Heights, opening at Stagecrafters in Royal Oak on January 20, 2017.

Listen to commercials for Arsenic and Old Lace by director Paul Bruce and Doubt: A Parable by theater president Kathleen Duffy.

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This week, Deb and Joe discussed holiday shows:

Christmas Then and Now at the Downriver Actors Guild.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Farmington Players.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Starlight Theater.

Sing in the Season at Birmingham Village Players.

Jef Fisk and Theresa Selvaggio from Grosse Pointe Theater talk about GPT leaving the Grosse Pointe War Memorial after 58 years and what the future holds for the theater.

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This week, Deb and Joe discuss the impact the recent election could have on participation in community theater. They also talked about actors auditioning for roles in shows.

Shows playing:

Stagecrafters - The Best Man (Nov 17-19 – 8:00, Nov 19 also at 2:00 pm)

Grosse Pointe Theater - The Sunshine Boys (Nov 17-19 – 8:00)

St Dunstan's – The Misfit Elves Epic Pirate Adventure – children's show (Nov 19-20 at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm

Upcoming opening:

Avon Players - Forever Christmas (Nov 25-Dec 10, Fri-Sat, 8 Sun, 2)

Paul's Players - Steel Magnolias (One weekend only- November 18-20

Fri-Sat, 7:30, Sun, 2)

Auditions:

Avon Players - Escanaba in da Moonlight (Nov 28-29, starts at 6:30)

Downriver Actor's Guild – School of Rock (Sun, Nov 27 – 5-9:00 Tues, Nov 29 – 6:30-10:00)

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This week, Deb and Joe travel to Richmond Community Theater to talk to Craig McNabb, director of Dinner with Friends, opening on October 21.

Other openings:

Rosedale Players – Minus Some Buttons

October 28-November 12, Fri/Sat at 8 and Sun at 2

Starlight Theater– The Toxic Avenger

October 28-November 6, Fri/Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2

Also – auditioning Best Christmas Pageant Ever – already had first night but second night is this Sunday, Oct 23, 2:30-4:00 (adults and kids)

Birmingham Village Players – Mame

October 28-November 13, Fri/Sat at 8, Sun at 2

Auditions:

Clarkston Village Players – Consider the Oyster (farce comedy)

October 23-23, starts at 6:00 PM at Depot Theatre

Downriver Actor's Guild – Chicago

October 24-25, starts at 6:30 PM

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This week, Deb and Joe take the show to the St. Dustan's Theater in Bloomfield Hills. Deb is appearing in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and we discussed the show with Director Marcus Laban and Board member Stephanie Peltier discussed their upcoming season.

Upcoming shows:

Downriver Actors Guild (Wyandotte) – Bonnie & Clyde

Oct 14-29, Fri/Sat 7:30 and Sundays at 3:00

Also upcoming….auditioning Chicago – Oct 24-25, 6:30-10:00

Spotlight Players (Canton) – Haunting of Billop House

Oct 20-23, Thurs/Fri/Sat, 7:30, Sat/Sun matinee at 2:00

St. Dunstan's (at Cranbrook) – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Oct 14-29, Fri/Sat, 8:00, Sun 2:00

Also upcoming…auditioning August, Osage County - Oct 17-18, starting at 6:30 (callbacks following second night of auditions on 10/18)

Stagecrafters 2nd Stage (Royal Oak) Trevor

Oct 14-23, Thurs/Fri/Sat, 8:00, Sun 2:00

Also upcoming…auditioning In the Heights on the Main Stage – Oct 15 registration starting at 9:00 AM and auditions starting at 10:00, Oct 16 – call backs only, starting at 5:00 PM

Auditions:

Grosse Pointe Theater (Purdon Studio) – Love, Loss and What I Wore

Oct 15, 2:00-5:00

Callbacks Oct 16, 6:00-8:00

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This week, Deb and Joe head to the Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak, home of Stagecrafters.

Deb shares audition details for Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells at Barefoot Productions in Plymouth and the opening of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the Starlight Theater in Waterford.

David Musslewhite, director of Trevor on Stagecrafters' 2nd Stage, discusses the Michigan premiere of this show. Shar Douglas, director of The Best Man, discusses that show and the rest of the theater's season.

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This week, Deb and Joe take the show to the venerable theater on 12 Mile Road known as "The Barn," home of Farmington Players.

Deb and Front Row Podcast get mentioned this week in a Detroit News article.

Show openings this week include "Sleepy Hollow - A Musical" at the Downriver Actors Guild and "The Vast Difference" at Farmington Players. Upcoming auditions include "Fiddler on the Roof" at Grosse Pointe Theatre and "Elf, The Musical" (youth production) at the Village Players of Birmingham.

Our special guests this week are Tony Targan and David Reinke. Tony (director of Spamalot) discusses the history of The Barn (it really was a barn) and about the theater in general. He shares the upcoming season of "The Vast Difference," "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," "Becky's New Car," and "Monty Python's Spamalot." David, the director of "The Vast Difference" talks about the show and his involvement in the premier production of the show in the nineties.

Learn more about Farmington Players by reading Tony's blog.

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