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Front Row Podcast

A podcast about Community Theater in Metropolitan Detroit. Hosted by Deb Dworkin and Joe Munem, both fixtures on local amateur stages.
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Now displaying: February, 2017
Feb 24, 2017

This week, Deb and Joe are shocked to find out that Dopey and Doc have been renamed in a version of Snow White.

Director Jeffery Nelson and lead actress Anita Newby join us to talk about Stagecrafters' next show Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.

Joe and Deb talk about some of their favorite non theater podcasts, including Deb's of Serial and Joe's of Hardcore History

 

Downriver Actor’s Guild

School of Rock – Feb 24 – March 5, Fri/Sat 7:30, Sun 3:00

Lakeland Players

The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Feb 24-26, Fri/Sat 7:30, Sun 4:00

Golden Age Musical Review – fundraiser for Chippewa Valley Schools (at Chippewa Valley High School)

Sat, Feb 25 at 1:00 and 7:00 www.cvchoirs.seatyourself.biz

Pontiac Theater IV

Auditions for the youth show Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Sun Feb 26 at 4:00, Mon Feb 27 and Tues Feb 28 at 6:30 at the Michigan School for the Arts in Pontiac

Ridgedale Players

Urinetown the Musical – Feb 24 – March 12, Fri/Sat 8:00, Sun 2:00

Auditions for Picasso at Lapine Agile – Mon, Feb 27 at 7:00

St Dunstan’s Theater

Continuing to hold tap workshops for 42nd Street – Sat Feb 25 and Sat March 4  and Sat March 11 - 10:00-11:30 at the playhouse, cost is $15/per class

Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

Feb 17, 2017

This week, Joe and Deb imagine what The Misanthrope, Jr. would be like. The talk about what a show producer does with prolific producer Bryan Conroy (Village Players -You Can't Take it With You.

Barefoot ProductionsThe Misanthrope – February 17-26, Fri/Sat 8:00, Sun 2:00

Grosse Pointe Theater:  Love, Loss and What I Wore – February 16-26, Fri/Sat 8:00, Sun 2:00 – at the  Purdon Studio Theater - performing at Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Church on Mack Ave.

Pontiac Theater 4: Treasure Island – children’s theater - February 17-25 Fri/Sat 7:30, Sun 2:00 – at the Michigan School for the Arts in Pontiac

Rosedale Community Players: Readers Theater – February 17 at 7:00 at their theater in Southfield

St Dunstan’s: Tap classes in prep for auditions for 42nd Street – Saturday, 2/18 10:00-11:30 am at the playhouse $15/session to drop in

Starlight Theater: Peter Pan Jr. – through 2/19

Auditions – Cinderella Jr. – 2/19, 6:30-8:00 PM

Auditions – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Mon/Tues, Feb 20 and 21 youth at 6:30 and adults at 7:30

Village Players:

Auditions for Sweet Charity – Sun, Feb 19 at 6:30, callbacks on Mon, Feb 20

Warren Civic Theater: Auditions for You Can’t Take it With You – Sun, Feb 19 and Thurs, Feb 23 – go to their website to schedule your audition time.  Callbacks Sat, Feb 25 3-5:00

Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

Feb 11, 2017

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.

Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

Feb 2, 2017

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.

Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

 

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