“…[Sordid Lives] is anything BUT a drag! …Audiences can expect to laugh a lot – and for long periods of time – which is what we expect from Who Wants Cake? Theatre at The Ringwald!” -Donald V. Calamia CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW __________________________________________________ “…the drag of this Sordid Lives isn’t afraid to be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Who Wants Cake?'
REVIEWS for SORDID LIVES: IT’S A DRAG!
July 16th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Del Shores · Encore Michigan · Ferndale MI · gay theatre · reviews · rogue critic · Sordid Lives: It's a Drag! · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
SORDID LIVES: IT’S A DRAG! opens TONIGHT!!!
July 10th, 2010 No Comments
wow, i cannot believe that our summer show is already opening!! i am SO very excited to get Del Shores’ Sordid Lives: It’s a Drag! in front of an audience!! if you enjoyed Southern Baptist Sissies three years ago, chances are you’re going to love this show!! the cast and crew have been amazing and we’ve [...]
Tags: Del Shores · Ferndale MI · Sordid Lives: It's a Drag! · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
GPS – Meet the Playwright – Kristian O’Hare
June 25th, 2010 No Comments
take a moment to get to know Kristian O’Hare, playwright of the one act play, He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss), showing this weekend as a part of the first annual Gay Play Series at The Ringwald Theatre. you can catch He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) on saturday, june 26th [...]
Tags: Ferndale MI · Gay Play Series · GPS · He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) · Kristian O'Hare · Meet the Playwright · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
GPS – Meet the Playwright – Megan Buckley
June 24th, 2010 No Comments
take a moment to get to know Megan Buckley, playwright of the one act play, The Single Life, showing this weekend as a part of the first annual Gay Play Series at The Ringwald Theatre. you can catch The Single Life on saturday, june 26th at 8PM or sunday, june 27th at 3PM. You have 100 [...]
Tags: Ferndale MI · Gay Play Series · GPS · Meet the Playwright · Megan Buckley · The Ringwald Theatre · The Single Life · Who Wants Cake?
GPS – Meet the Playwright – Dave DeChristopher
June 24th, 2010 No Comments
take a moment to get to know Dave DeChristopher, playwright of the one act play, In, showing this weekend as a part of the first annual Gay Play Series at The Ringwald Theatre. you can catch In on saturday, june 26th at 8PM or sunday, june 27th at 3PM. You have 100 words to tell [...]
Tags: Dave DeChristopher · Ferndale MI · Gay Play Series · GPS · Meet the Playwright · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
GPS – Meet the Playwright – Margaret Edwartowski
June 23rd, 2010 No Comments
take a moment to get to know Margaret Edwartowski, playwright of the one act play, My Dull Friend, showing this weekend as a part of the first annual Gay Play Series at The Ringwald Theatre. you can catch My Dull Friend on saturday, june 26th at 8PM or sunday, june 27th at 3PM. You have [...]
Tags: Ferndale MI · Gay Play Series · GPS · Margaret Edwartowski · Meet the Playwright · My Dull Friend · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
GPS – Meet the Playwright – Audra Lord
June 22nd, 2010 No Comments
take a moment to get to know Audra Lord, playwright of the one act play, Joy, showing this weekend as a part of the first annual Gay Play Series at The Ringwald Theatre. you can catch Joy on saturday, june 26th at 8PM or sunday, june 27th at 3PM. You have 100 words to tell [...]
Tags: Audra Lord · Ferndale MI · Gay Play Series · GPS · Joy · Meet the Playwright · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
SORDID LIVES: IT’S A DRAG publicity pix up!
June 13th, 2010 No Comments
the summer show has been announced! wwc? will be performing Sordid Lives: It’s a Drag! by Del Shores (who penned Southern Baptist Sissies which was the first big Ringwald hit back in 2007!) Saturdays-Mondays starting July 10 and ending August 2nd. you may be familiar with Sordid Lives from its film roots (in 2000 with [...]
Tags: Del Shores · ferndale · mi · Sordid Lives · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
READER POLL: Best of 09/10 Season
June 13th, 2010 No Comments
hey guys! thanks to everyone who checks out my blog and who comes to the theatre…we truly had an amazing season. now for a reader poll! sound off below…
Tags: ferndale · mi · reader poll · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
WWC? receives 14 Wilde Award Nominations!!
June 9th, 2010 No Comments
Who Wants Cake? received a whopping 14 Nominations for the 2010 Wilde Awards taking place on Wednesday, September 1st, at the Gem Theatre in Detroit. congrats to all of the nominees and check out the WWC? nominees below!!
Tags: Nominations · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake? · Wilde Awards
DIE! MOMMIE! DIE! reviews
May 25th, 2010 No Comments
“…One heck of a loopy, loony night at the theatre. …The true standout is Bailey, who has more fun with his character than the law should allow.” -Donald V. Calamia CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW __________________________________________________ “…Deliciously overacted and overproduced”. -Carolyn Hayes CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
Tags: Charles Busch · Die! Mommie! Die! · Encore Michigan · ferndale · mi · reviews · rogue critic · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
ANGELA ARDEN’S VOICE LEAKED!!!!
May 7th, 2010 No Comments
hey guys! Die! Mommie! Die! opens in one week and i am getting more and more excited. it’s about a washed up movie star and singer, Angela Arden, whose early (and sudden) retirement is interrupted when her two children decide to knock her off. want a sneak listen to Angie in her prime? check out [...]
Tags: Charles Busch · Die! Mommie! Die! · ferndale · Jeremy Mossman · mi · The Ringwald Theatre · theatre · vince kelley · Who Wants Cake? · Woodward
TOP 5 CrAzIeSt BITCHES on the Ringwald Stage
April 29th, 2010 No Comments
with Die! Mommie! Die! opening in two weeks, i’ve been spending a lot of time watching clips from the sort of movies that the play is stylized after (like What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Strait-Jacket, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?). i have come to discover that this genre is called [...]
Tags: Betty's Summer Vacation · Christa Coulter · Evil Dead: The Musical · Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy · Jamie Warrow · Joe Bailey · joe2 · Killer Joe · Laurel Hufano · The Bad Seed · The Ringwald Theatre · Top 5 · Who Wants Cake?
DIE! MOMMIE! DIE! posters & publicity shots
April 24th, 2010 No Comments
my next directing venture is the hilarious Charles Busch spoof, DIE! MOMMIE! DIE! it’s an homage to the 1960′s “Psycho-Biddy” films like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Strait Jacket, Dead Ringer, and Berserk. rehearsals have been a total blast and i’m really excited to get back in the saddle of what we are most known for: [...]
Tags: Charles Busch · Colleen Scribner · Die! Mommie! Die! · ferndale · mi · poster design · pulicity shots · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
The Ringwald is voted BEST PLACE TO SEE LOCAL THEATRE!!
April 24th, 2010 No Comments
how exciting!! in this year’s Metro Times BEST OF DETROIT issue, The Ringwald/WWC? was voted BEST PLACE TO SEE LOCAL THEATRE!! thank you to everyone who voted for us…you rock!! click the photo below to check out the blurb we got (we’re the second one down).
Tags: awards · best of detroit · best place to see local theatre · ferndale · Metro Times · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
HURLYBURLY photos & reviews are up!
April 24th, 2010 No Comments
Hurlyburly is in its final weekend and here are some show pix to check out from the production! click any of the photos below to go to the full gallery (all photography is by the amazing Colleen Scribner). also, check out their reviews HERE. don’t miss this show! the acting is most incredible get your [...]
Tags: Colleen Scribner · david rabe · ferndale · hurlyburly · michigan · reviews · show photos · The Ringwald Theatre · Who Wants Cake?
DIE! MOMMIE! DIE! is cast!!!
April 3rd, 2010 1 Comment
HURLYBURLY is up and running and rehearsals are about to begin for our next production, Die! Mommie! Die! by Charles Busch. it’s a fabulous throw-back to the melodramatic, big screen soaps of the 60′s and i’m back in the director’s chair. the show opens May 14 and plays for 4 weeks. find the promo poster [...]
Tags: Alan Madlane · Bryan Lark · Cast List · Charles Busch · Christa Coulter · Die! Mommie! Die! · ferndale · Joe Bailey · Joe Plambeck · Melissa Beckwith · poster design · Suzie Jacokes · the ringwald · vince kelley · Who Wants Cake?
