Blog

Ten years ago today, UMS audiences began a great experiment — the Royal Shakespeare Company presenting four Shakespeare History plays (Henry VI, parts i, ii, and iii, and Richard III) over the course of 27 hours with lunch and dinner breaks built in.

Three distinct voices — a theater critic, a drama professor, and a student — give three distinct perspectives on The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Check out this note from the executive director of Arts Emerson: The World on Stage, which presented the play in Boston last month: I’m writing to tell you that you are in for a huge theatrical treat this week! I’m still receiving comments from our audiences about how much they enjoyed the work – and also messages of regret from people who weren’t able to see it during the short time that it was in Boston.

Guest blogger and U-M graduate student composer Garrett Schumann brings us this glimpse of what we can expect to hear from the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin.

In advance of performances by the Druid Theater of Ireland, the U-M Residential College Drama Department is screening a few related films that we hope you can check out if you get the chance. All screenings will take place in the RC Keene Theater located in the East Quadrangle Dormitory and are free and open to the public.

The UMS Student Board tackles the question, “does where you sit affect how you feel about a performance?”

Following Joanne Shenandoah’s January 23rd concert at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater (her UMS debut), members of the audience were treated to an interview with the Iroquois singer and a short performance by a local native women’s musical ensemble.

Silas Riener, a dancer with MCDC, shares some reflections from his time with Merce and the company, and tells us a little bit about what life looks like for him after this final tour comes to a close.

The traditional Japanese drumming ensemble Kodo was last in Ann Arbor in 2008. The group was  a hands-down hit with audiences of all ages. Kodo returns to Hill Auditorium next Wednesday, February…