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Breeda Kelly Miller turns experience caring for ailing mother into a poignant one-woman play
‘An accidental caregiver’ turns the page
By Jim McFarlin
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Stage, Breeda Kelly Miller, Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home, theater
In comic satire ‘Triangle of Sadness,’ class unrest brews at sea
Ruben Östlund’s latest film lampoons easy targets, but his commitment to the bit provides it with some sense of transgression
By George Elkind
Tags: Movies, Movies, Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund, comedy
Tina Turner Musical headed for Detroit Opera House this December
Tickets go on sale Sept. 30
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Things to Do, Stage, Tina Turner, The Tina Turner Musical, Detroit Opera House, Broadway in Detroit, theater, musicals
Musical based on Motown’s Temptations heads to the Detroit Opera House
‘Ain’t Too Proud’ will run in August
Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit Opera House, The Temptations, Motown, theater
John Oliver mocks Michigan Republican SOS candidate Kristina Karamo for ‘fake moral panics’
Karamo will face Benson in the November election
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Kristina Karamo, Republicans, elections, politics, conspiracy theories, John Oliver, comedy, TV
Detroit-born comedian Alex English just finished his first season writing for ‘SNL’
From the Motor City to 30 Rock
By Alex Washington
Tags: Pride Issue, LGBTQ, Detroit, comedy, Saturday Night Live, Alex English, Cover Story
Shakespeare in Detroit returns with new home at Marygrove Conservancy
After a four-year hiatus, the Bard is back — but if people think SiD’s performances are just about ‘the dead dude who wrote them,’ they’re missing the point, says director Sam White
By Darlene A. White
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Stage, Shakespeare in Detroit, Marygrove Conservancy, Sam White, Shakespeare, theater
Tim Robinson’s demented ‘I Think You Should Leave’ renewed for third season on Netflix
We're all trying to find the guy who did this and give him a spanking!
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Television, Arts & Culture, I Think You Should Leave, Netflix, comedy, Tim Robinson, Sam Richardson, Detroiters
Seth Meyers to perform comedy night to help Forgotten Harvest organization feed hungry metro Detroiters
Staff pick
Tags: Things to Do, Detroit, comedy, Forgotten Harvest, Seth Myer
Chris Rock slaps a third Detroit date on his upcoming comedy tour
According to a press release, the second Fox Theatre show was added “due to overwhelming demand”
Tags: Things to Do, Chris Rock, Will Smith, Oscars, Academy Awards, Detroit, Fox Theatre, Comedy
Comedian Bill Maher is heading to Detroit’s Fox Theatre in October
Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 1
Tags: Things to Do, Bill Maher, Detroit, Fox Theatre, comedy
48Hours in...Detroit theatre festival returns this weekend with Sunday performance
Local playwrights and actors will have 48 hours to write and perform new work
Tags: Things to Do, Detroit, theater, Marygrove College
'A Very Golden Girls Christmas' will bring geriatric gender-bending fun to Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: The Scene, The Golden Girls, comedy, Ferndale, Ringwald Theatre, Christmas, parody
Club comic icon Dave Attell might talk about romantic fisting at Mark Ridely's Comedy Castle
Tags: The Scene, Dave Attell, Comedy Castle, comedy, stand up, club comic, Royal Oak
Comedian Whitney Cummings wants to touch it at back to back performances at the Royal Oak Music Theatre
Tags: City Slang, Whitney Cummings, comedy, Royal Oak, Netflix
Comedian Amy Miller will spread her proud self-loathing at Hamtramck's Independent Comedy Club
Tags: The Scene, Amy Miller, comedy, Last Comic Standing, Viceland, Twitter, Hamtramck, Independent Comedy Club
A selection of upcoming artistic happenings in metro Detroit and beyond
By Metro Times editorial staff
Tags: Fall Arts Guide, Fall Arts, Michigan, Detroit, Grand Rapids, ArtPrize, arts, art galleries, theater, autumn, things to do, Cover Story
Dave Chappelle adds three more shows at the Fillmore, will tape Netflix special in Detroit
Tags: The Scene, Dave Chappelle, Detroit, Fillmore, COVID-19, comedy
Comedian and elder millennial Iliza Shlesinger might tell jokes about party goblins and lying boyfrieds at the Crofoot
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, The Scene, Iliza Shlesinger, Comedy, stand-up, Netflix, Last Comic Standing, Crofoot
Beloved off-air TV show 'Martin' to release Detroit Pistons merch collab
Tags: The Scene, Detroit Pistons, Martin Lawrence, comedy, merch collab, Detroit basketball, Bad Boys
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Side Hustle Lounge opens in downtown Detroit just in time for the NFL Draft
By Layla McMurtrie
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley