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Soft Target is a new play by Emily Kaczmarek that tackles gun violence in schools through the story of 9-year-old Amanda and her bedroom toys.

Poignant play takes aim at America’s out-of-control gun violence

In Detroit Public Theatre’s ’Soft Target,’ a girl’s toys help her process a school shooting

By Randiah Camille Green

Todd Strange plays President Donald Trump in The Central Park Five.

Fear and loathing at the opera

By Randiah Camille Green

Forbidden Broadway lovingly lampoons musical theater.

Broadway nerd heaven

French neoclassical ballet company Malandain Ballet Biarritz returned to the Detroit Opera House.

‘Four Seasons’ beckons spring

Image: Detroit’s ‘Star Wars’-themed Space Dive event strikes back

Detroit’s ‘Star Wars’-themed Space Dive event strikes back

Roosevelt Johnson plays ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in Strawberry — What Party.

‘Strawberry — What Party’ missed the opportunity to humanize Tamara Greene

By Randiah Camille Green

Carol Teegardin, left, wrote Strawberry — What Party?, a stage play about ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

A play about the rise and fall of a Midwest mayor is back in the spotlight

By Jim McFarlin

The Detroit Opera House.

Detroit Opera offers $25 tickets for city residents

Image: 36th Erotic Poetry and Music Festival brings burlesque and more to Ferndale

36th Erotic Poetry and Music Festival brings burlesque and more to Ferndale

Rebecca Rose plays Sarah, an enslaved woman who is preparing to escape, in Dominique Morisseau’s The Confederates.

In Detroit Public Theatre’s ‘The Confederates,’ history repeats itself

By Randiah Camille Green

Ruby: The Musical comes to Detroit’s Music Hall Feb. 7-9.

‘Ruby: The Musical’ brings a captivating murder case to life

By Kahn Santori Davison

X’ydee Alexander, Evan Lewis Smith, Jeff Nahan, James Herriotte, Matt Hollerbach, Melanie Jones, Will Bryson, T. Pharoah Muhammad, and Antoine McKay in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Ma Rainey isn’t the only one showing her Black bottom at the Detroit Rep

By Randiah Camille Green

Image: ‘The Wiz’ is heading to Detroit in first Broadway tour in 40 years

‘The Wiz’ is heading to Detroit in first Broadway tour in 40 years

Todd Newton hosting The Price Is Right Live in 2019.

Detroit, come on down! ‘The Price is Right Live’ is coming to the Fox Theatre

Image: William Shatner talks fear and joy ahead of Detroit appearance (2)

William Shatner talks fear and joy ahead of Detroit appearance

By Jim McFarlin

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