There are 7 article(s) tagged Michael Detroit:

• August 2024

  • Arts are part of every answer to Memphis’ challenges, Michael Detroit says

    The Memphis theater community gathered for the 40th Ostranders annual local theater awards, where the Playhouse on the Square leader received a lifetime achievement honor.

    By Alys Drake August 27, 2024

  • Michael Detroit to get lifetime achievement award

    The 40th Ostranders, which will be held Monday, Aug. 26, will honor Playhouse on the Square’s executive producer as well as other notable productions and performances.

    By Alys Drake August 26, 2024

• April 2024

  • Playhouse resurrects a forgotten Broadway musical

    The Tony-winning musical “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God” hasn’t been officially produced since 1982 but will return to the stage in Memphis.

    By Alys Drake April 27, 2024

• April 2023

  • Jack Parnell, with a voice for the ages, dies at 84

    He was the morning drive-time voice on WHBQ from 1958 to 1971. 

    By Jane Roberts April 28, 2023

• August 2020

  • Stages are dark, but performance theaters are plotting their returns

    Live theater companies in Memphis endured a long exercise in improv in the second half of the 2019-20 theater season. And 2020-21 is shaping up as more of the same.

    By Peggy Burch August 27, 2020

• April 2020

  • Playhouse preps for comeback with ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

    A full house at Playhouse may look different than it did in the days prior to COVID-19. Executive producer Michael Detroit said a 'working plan' might be to sell every other seat.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 27, 2020

  • A moviegoer’s guide to the arts

    With stages, theaters and galleries dark, turn to movie streaming platforms for works on the arts.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 19, 2020