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@frontrowp...
Feb 11, 2017•37 min
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 [email protected] or leave your comments on our ho...
Feb 02, 2017•42 min
This week, Deb and Joe traveled to Rosedale Community Players in Southfield, where The Kings of Unionville opens on January 27, 2017. Director Lance Alan and assistant director Karen McHugh discuss the show. RCP Promotions Director Chuck Goddeeris discuss the theater and his involvement in the Community Theater Association of Michigan . Upcoming auditions include The 39 Steps at Barefoot Productions in Plymouth. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show dir...
Jan 26, 2017•33 min
This week, Deb and Joe interviewed the director Gerry Haines and lead Gary LaKind of In the Heights , opening at Stagecrafters in Royal Oak on January 20, 2017. Listen to commercials for Arsenic and Old Lace by director Paul Bruce and Doubt: A Parable by theater president Kathleen Duffy. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email [email protected] or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077....
Jan 17, 2017•36 min
This week, Deb and Joe discussed holiday shows: Christmas Then and Now at the Downriver Actors Guild. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Farmington Players. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Starlight Theater. Sing in the Season at Birmingham Village Players. Jef Fisk and Theresa Selvaggio from Grosse Pointe Theater talk about GPT leaving the Grosse Pointe War Memorial after 58 years and what the future holds for the theater. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. C...
Dec 17, 2016•34 min
This week, Deb and Joe discuss the impact the recent election could have on participation in community theater. They also talked about actors auditioning for roles in shows. Shows playing: Stagecrafters - The Best Man (Nov 17-19 – 8:00, Nov 19 also at 2:00 pm) Grosse Pointe Theater - The Sunshine Boys (Nov 17-19 – 8:00) St Dunstan’s – The Misfit Elves Epic Pirate Adventure – children’s show (Nov 19-20 at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm Upcoming opening: Avon Players - Forever Christmas (Nov 25-Dec 10, Fri-S...
Nov 18, 2016•28 min
This week, Deb and Joe travel to Richmond Community Theater to talk to Craig McNabb, director of Dinner with Friends, opening on October 21. Other openings: Rosedale Players – Minus Some Buttons October 28-November 12, Fri/Sat at 8 and Sun at 2 Starlight Theater– The Toxic Avenger October 28-November 6, Fri/Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2 Also – auditioning Best Christmas Pageant Ever – already had first night but second night is this Sunday, Oct 23, 2:30-4:00 (adults and kids) Birmingham Village Players ...
Oct 21, 2016•25 min
This week, Deb and Joe take the show to the St. Dustan's Theater in Bloomfield Hills. Deb is appearing in " Dirty Rotten Scoundrels " and we discussed the show with Director Marcus Laban and Board member Stephanie Peltier discussed their upcoming season. Upcoming shows: Downriver Actors Guild (Wyandotte) – Bonnie & Clyde Oct 14-29, Fri/Sat 7:30 and Sundays at 3:00 Also upcoming….auditioning Chicago – Oct 24-25, 6:30-10:00 Spotlight Players (Canton) – Haunting of Billop House Oct 20-23, Thurs...
Oct 14, 2016•24 min
This week, Deb and Joe head to the Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak, home of Stagecrafters . Deb shares audition details for Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells at Barefoot Productions in Plymouth and the opening of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the Starlight Theater in Waterford. David Musslewhite, director of Trevor on Stagecrafters' 2nd Stage, discusses the Michigan premiere of this show. Shar Douglas, director of The Best Man , discusses that show and the rest of the theater's season. S...
Oct 07, 2016•26 min
This week, Deb and Joe take the show to the venerable theater on 12 Mile Road known as "The Barn," home of Farmington Players. Deb and Front Row Podcast get mentioned this week in a Detroit News article. Show openings this week include " Sleepy Hollow - A Musical " at the Downriver Actors Guild and " The Vast Difference " at Farmington Players . Upcoming auditions include " Fiddler on the Roof " at Grosse Pointe Theatre and " Elf, The Musical " (youth production) at the Village Players of Birmin...
Sep 23, 2016•31 min
Deb and Joe take the show to the Players Guild of Dearborn this week. The coming of International Podcast Day on September 30, 2016 excites Joe into a state of mania. Show openings this week include Two by Two at the Players Guild, South Pacific at the Spotlight Players in Canton Township and Singin' in the Rain at Grosse Pointe Theatre. Our special guests this week are Ron Williams and Brian Townsend. Ron shares a little history about the theater and shares the upcoming season of Two by Two , L...
Sep 16, 2016•33 min
In FRP 005, Deb and Joe visited Ridgedale Players in Troy (248-988-7049). “The overture is about to start, You cross your fingers and hold your heart, It's curtain time and away we go, Another op'nin', another show” Joe and Deb space on the show of origin of that song while introducing the big opening week in Detroit community theatre. Joe was sure that the Cole Porter tune is in Anything Goes , so of course it can actually be found in Kiss Me Kate . Show openings include Once Upon a Mattress at...
Sep 09, 2016•36 min
This week, Deb and Joe traveled to 315 Fisher Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, home of the legendary Grosse Pointe Theatre ! Discussion kicked off with recognition of Sterling Civic Theatre winning the 4 The Best award for Best Theater Group for the fourth year in a row. Grosse Pointe Theatre's vice president, Danielle Caralis, talked about the upcoming season: Singin' in the Rain, The Sunshine Boys, Fiddler on the Roof, The Glass Menagerie and Disney's Beauty and the Beast . Visit their website for...
Aug 26, 2016•31 min
In FRP 003, Deb and Joe run down auditions at: Stagecrafters for The Best Man, Spotlight Players for Moon over Buffalo and Warren Civic Theatre for Shrek The Musical, Jr. . Show openings include: The Starlight Theater for Disney's The Lion King, Jr. Richmond Community Theater 's Once Upon a Mattress. Legendary community theater choreographer Valerie Mould says goodbye to our community during our feature interview. She discusses memories from both on and off stage during her thirty years in this ...
Aug 19, 2016•29 min
Front Row Podcast - All about Community Theatre in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Hosted by Deb Dworkin and Joe Munem, the show focuses on the talented artists working on all levels in local community theatre. In FRP 002, Deb and Joe visit Village Players of Birmingham . Kathleen Duffy, the president of Village, discussed the upcoming season and her own acting pursuits - appearing soon in the Players Guild of Dearborn 's upcoming production of Two By Two. Michael Gravame, director of Village's p...
Aug 12, 2016•34 min
Front Row Podcast - All about Community Theatre in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Hosted by Deb Dworkin and Joe Munem, the show focuses on the talented artists working on all levels in local community theatre. FRP 001, the premier episode of the podcast, was recorded at Avon Players in Rochester Hills. Deb and Joe discuss what the show is all about, a little about their own backgrounds in theatre and in life. They promoted upcoming auditions for shows in the Detroit area: Downriver Actors Guild ...
Aug 05, 2016•54 min
