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Tag Archives: Garrick Theatre

Houdini’s Ultimate Disappearing Act | A R T L▼R K

On the 24th of October 1926, the legendary U.S. magician Harry Houdini (Hungarian-Jewish born Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926) performed his last show at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. … Continue reading

10/24/2016 · Leave a comment

Archive Review • OLEANNA • Garrick Theatre • 2004

You know those one-man, rapid-fire question-and-answer sessions that Donald Rumsfeld inflicts on press briefings: “Is Bin Laden alive? We don’t think so. Will we find him? You bet!”? I was … Continue reading

06/15/2016 · Leave a comment

Archive Review • ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR • Garrick Theatre • 2007

Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn It is 35 years since this play was originally presented and, like many of Ayckbourn’s successful plays, has had numerous productions. In all that … Continue reading

04/27/2016 · Leave a comment

Archive Review • THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC • Garrick Theatre • 2004

Now, it’s not often that I leave a theatre humming the curtain call number, but that’s just what happened after the Garrick Theatre‘s The Solid Gold Cadillac. As a child, … Continue reading

12/31/2015 · Leave a comment