NEWS & REVIEWS: Purlie Victorious Directed by Psalmayene 24

Tickets available through the Studio Theatre here. Review by Peter Rosenstein for The Georgetown Dish May 11 Purlie Victorious premiered in1961, and wove together the aspirations of Purlie, an African American preacher, within the deeply entrenched racism of 1950s southern Georgia. It was written by the multitalented Ossie Davis, who first starred in it as...

NEWS & REVIEWS: GENE & GILDA at Detroit’s Tipping Point Theatre

GENE & GILDABy Cary GitterRuns through May 3Tipping Point Theatre, 361 E. Cady St., NorthvilleTickets are $25 – $47.www.tippingpointtheatre.com Review by Erica Hobbs for Detroit News Married couple Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner were two iconic comedic actors, but who were the people behind the laughs? Northville’s Tipping Point Theatre is exploring the relationship...

NEWS & REVIEWS: Jelly’s Last Jam Directed by Tyrone L. Robinson

Jelly’s Last JamBook by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther HendersonDirected by Tyrone RobinsonThrough April 26, 2026, at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol(215) 785-0100 or brtstage.org Review by An Nichols for the Broad Street Review 4/7 …The production elements succeed: Dr. Yatande Whitney Hunter...