Movie Review: Downton Abbey: A New Era
I recently had the opportunity to catch an advanced screening of Downton Abbey: A New Era and it’s even better than I hoped. Get ready to laugh, smile, cry, cheer and of course smile again. Not to mention it’s just so darn pretty, and sometimes you just want to watch something pretty.
Downton Abbey: A New Era take place in 1928, and while there are some sub stories the two main are Violet Crawley has inherited a villa in the French Riviera (it’s stunning) from a man who may or may not be a long-lost lover. And in need of funds to repair and maintain Downton, everyone reluctantly agrees to let a film crew onto the property.
Let’s talk a little bit more about the details of Downton Abbey: A New Era starting with the news that the Dowager Countess of Grantham stuns everyone with. An old acquaintance has gifted her a villa in the South of France (which Sybbie will inherit), but it comes with a lot of questions. Why would someone gift her with the villa, especially someone no one in the family has heard of.
Meanwhile, Jack Barber, a famed director of silent movies, wants to film at Downton Abbey. Like I mentioned above allows the filming happens in exchange for a hefty payment that will fix the roof. The cutest part might be how starstruck servants are of the glamorous leads are. The handsome male lead Guy quickly befriends the head butler Thomas Barrow, while the gorgeous actress Myrna gets the ladies of the house excited she is there. However, the saying you should never meet your heroes proves true when the house learns how rude and demanding Myrna is.
When the Crawleys arrive in France they receive a mixed welcome. While the son agrees to transfer the villa, his mother is less than keen on giving up her late husband’s villa. Back in England, the film hits an unexpected snag, forcing Lady Mary into action to save the struggling production. While long-held secrets come to light.
There’s two main stories going on while other smaller stories are taking place at once. It’s a lot of story packed into a two hour movie, but don’t let that steer you away, because Downton Abbey: A New Era, definitely does not disappoint. In fact I may like it more than the first movie! Downton Abbey: A New Era, is dramatic, hilarious and heartfelt it’s the perfect example of puzzle pieces just seamlessly fitting into place.
Downton Abbey: A New Era comes to theaters this Friday, May 20th and you won’t want to miss it.
Coming to Detroit: My Fair Lady
You all, I can barely contain my excitement! My Fair Lady is coming to Detroit, and tickets are on sale now. And the best news for those who want to see the show without breaking the bank, ticket’s START at just $25! Hope to see you there.
My Fair Lady
July 12-24, 2022
Detroit Oprah House
Performance times for the Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY appearing July 12-24, 2022 at the Detroit Opera House located at 1526 Broadway, in Detroit are:
· Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
· Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
· Sunday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.
· Special Open Caption performance on Sunday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Broadway in Detroit is pleased to announce that the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher, will play the Detroit Opera House, July 12-24, 2022. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now online at Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-982-2787, and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
Lincoln Center Theater’sproduction of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY is the winner of 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Revival of Musical and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, 5 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical Revival and 3 Drama League Awards including Best Musical Revival. The production, which premiered in the spring of 2018, ended its long run at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater on July 7, 2019 after playing 548 performances.
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion, MY FAIR LADY, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, premiered on Broadway on March 15, 1956. The legendary original production won 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 2,717 performances making it, at the time, the longest-running musical in Broadway history.
Boasting a score that contains such now-classic songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “The Rain in Spain,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” Lincoln Center Theater’s production of MY FAIR LADY was hailed by The New York Times as “Thrilling, glorious and better than it ever was. A marvelous and transformative revival.” New York Magazine described it as ‘Enthralling,” adding that “Bartlett Sher’s glowing revival proves that a beloved musical from another era can keep on kicking.” And Entertainment Weekly raved “A sumptuous new revival of the most perfect musical of all time. A masterful piece of entertainment.”
The North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY features choreography by Christopher Gattelli, and has sets by Michael Yeargan, costumes by Catherine Zuber, lighting by Donald Holder and sound by Marc Salzberg. Music Supervision is by Ted Sperling, featuring MY FAIR LADY’s original musical arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett and Phil Lang, and dance arrangements by Trude Rittmann. Tour Orchestrations are by Josh Clayton and music direction is by John Bell. It is produced by Nederlander Presentations, Inc.
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Tickets for Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY start at $25 (includes facility fee) and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-982-2787, and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office. A limited number of premium seats will be available through Ticketmaster and at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
For group sales (10 or more) please email broadwayindetroitgroups@theambassadors.com or call 313-871-1132.
Tickets for the Open Captioned performance be purchased in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0.
MY FAIR LADY is the second show in Broadway In Detroit’s 60th Anniversary Subscription Season which also includes Mean Girls, Ain’t Too Proud, Dear Evan Hansen, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Beetlejuice, and Jagged Little Pill. Full Series Subscriptions, which start at $425 and include a ticket to all seven shows, are still available at www.broadwayindetroit.com/season.
Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice.
Broadway In Detroit uses Ticketmaster as its sole, authorized ticketing agent. Individual tickets purchased from a ticket broker or “third party” ticket reseller involves risk and may not be authentic, sold at box office prices, or with correct performance and venue information. Broadway In Detroit box offices cannot verify tickets sold through a third party or ticket reseller. Broadway In Detroit is also unable to contact third party purchasers with pertinent updates or changes regarding performances.
All ticket purchasers will receive a Broadway In Detroit Health & Safety Guide via email in the days prior to their performance. This guide will also be posted on the company’s website (BroadwayInDetroit.com) and available at the Fisher Theatre box office. It will have the latest information on the company’s health and safety protocols as well as information on what to expect when you arrive at the theatre.
For more information on Broadway In Detroit, subscriptions, group sales and more, please visit www.BroadwayInDetroit.com.
Nomadik Subscription Review: Campfire Revelry Box
I received this Nomadik subscription box in exchange for my honest review.
Subscription boxes have been all the rage for a handful of years now, and I’ve never really gotten into them. I personally didn’t want to pay money to get random things that I would never use. Then I discovered the Nomadik subscription box, and everything changed.
The Nomadik subscription box is like no other subscription box on the market, at least that I could find. What makes it unique is the fact not only does it take your interest into consideration, but the season as well. Which means you’re providing with gear that is actually useful. When you sign up for the Nomadik subscription box you get to pick out your welcome box, and you usually have at least three to choose from.
My Nomadik subscription welcome box was Campfire Revelry. This box is great for bonfire enthusiasts, camping, glamping, bbq’ing or cooking, sounded perfect for me! The box had a retail value of $54 dollars and was packed with some great products.
What was in the Campfire Revelry Subscription Box?
Revel Gear Camping Lights
This LED light strand features a USB making it easy to plug the strand in and create endless hours of ambient mood lighting while camping. I personally love the lighting for car camping.
EXPLORIA Roasting Fork
As someone who finds herself around a campfire more nights than not, this roasting fork is easily my new favorite. It’s retractable, making it easy to carry in a pack or the car.
RUMPL Beer Blanket
I may not drink beer, but I love an ice-cold sparkling beverage. You’ll want to grab this beer blanket over a koozie the next time you find yourself fireside.
Adventurekeen S’more Recipe Book
I bet you’re thinking, I know how to make s’more what do I need a book for? This small recipe offers 55 recipes that will take your s’mores game to the next level.
Overall thoughts
I really liked the Nomadik Campfire Revelry box. I have used every single item that came in the box more than once, and the roasting fork is hands down my favorite. People always ask me where I got it from!
Coming to Detroit: Mean Girls
Hey Detroiters, have you heard the news? You can sit with us when Mean Girls on Broadway comes to the Fisher Theatre in Detroit June 7-19, 2022. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 22.
Mean Girls
June 7-19, 2022
Fisher Theatre, Detroit
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 22
Broadway In Detroit announced today that single tickets for the First National Tour of Mean Girls — the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film — will go on sale Friday, April 22. Starting at $40 tickets may be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
Mean Girls features a book by nine-time Emmy Award® winner Tina Fey, based on her screenplay for the film, music by three-time Emmy Award® winner Jeff Richmond; and lyrics by two-time Tony Award® nominee Nell Benjamin. Tony Award® winner Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs.
Mean Girls opened on Broadway in April 2018 to rave reviews at the August Wilson Theatre, following its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, in the fall of 2017.
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.
New York Magazine calls Mean Girls “HILARIOUS! A smart, splashy new musical that delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” Chicago Tribune said “Tina Fey writes FUNNIER, SMARTER, SHARPER satire than anyone else in the business.” People Magazine calls the show “FRESH, FUN AND INFECTIOUS – Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin’s songs keep the laughs coming!” The New York Daily News said Mean Girls “TICKLES THE EARS, EYES AND FUNNY BONE – the direction by Casey Nicholaw packs style, invention and red bull-force energy.” And, Entertainment Weekly calls it “A MARVEL: DAZZLING & HILARIOUS!”
The creative team includes Scott Pask (Set Design), Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Brian Ronan (Sound Design), Finn Ross & Adam Young (Video Design), Josh Marquette (Hair Design), Milagros Medina-Cerdeira (Make-Up Design), Mary-Mitchell Campbell (Music Director), John Clancy (Orchestrations), Glen Kelly (Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements), Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Jeff Richmond, and Natalie Tenenbaum (Vocal Arrangements), Howard Joines (Music Coordinator), and Telsey + Co / Bethany Knox, CSA (Casting).
Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording), produced by Atlantic Records, is now available.
For more information visit www.MeanGirlsOnBroadway.com.
Follow @MeanGirlsBway on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Performance times for Mean Girls appearing June 7-19, 2022 at the Fisher Theatre, located at 3011 West Grand Blvd., in Detroit are:
- Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
- Sunday evening performance at 7:30 p.m.
- Special Open Caption performance on Sunday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for Mean Girls start at $40 (including facility and parking fees) and go on sale Friday, April 22, 2022. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office. A limited number of premium seats will be available through Ticketmaster and at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
For group sales (10 or more) please email broadwayindetroitgroups@theambassadors.com or call 313-871-1132.
Tickets for the open captioned performance may be purchased in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0.
Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice.
Broadway In Detroit uses Ticketmaster as its sole, authorized ticketing agent. Individual tickets purchased from a ticket broker or “third party” ticket reseller involves risk and may not be authentic, sold at box office prices, or with correct performance and venue information. Broadway In Detroit box offices cannot verify tickets sold through a third party or ticket reseller. Broadway In Detroit is also unable to contact third party purchasers with pertinent updates or changes regarding performances.
All ticket purchasers will receive a Broadway In Detroit Health & Safety Guide via email in the weeks prior to their performance. This guide will also be posted on the company’s website (BroadwayInDetroit.com) and available at the Fisher Theatre box office. It will have the latest information on the company’s health and safety protocols as well as information on what to expect when you arrive at the theatre.
For more information on Broadway In Detroit, subscriptions, group sales and more, please visit www.BroadwayInDetroit.com.
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Coming to Detroit: An American in Paris + Giveaway CLOSED
Detroit! Have you heard the news? The most s’wonderful Tony Award winning masterpiece An American in Paris is coming to the Fox Theater on Sunday, May 8th and it’s one of my favorite shows!
Giveaway! CLOSED
In honor of An American in Paris being in town on Mother’s Day Sunday, May 8. I am giving away a family 4-pack of tickets AND a 2-pack of tickets to see this s’wonderful performance! Enter below!
An American in Paris
Romance! Adventure! Gershwin! Who could ask for anything more? Filled with the music of legendary composers George and Ira Gershwin, the Tony Award-winning masterpiece, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, is dancing its way to the Fox Theatre in Detroit on Sunday, May 8.
Inspired by the Academy Award winning film, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS transports the audience to post-war Paris, where romance is in the air and youthful optimism reigns. In this poignant production, Gershwin’s soaring melodies are matched by gravity-defying dance as the world rediscovers the power of love. Hoping to start a new life, World War II veteran Jerry Mulligan chooses newly liberated Paris to try and make his mark as a painter. Jerry’s life becomes complicated when he meets the mysterious Lise, a young Parisian ballet dancer with a haunting secret who, like Jerry, is yearning for a new beginning.
The winner of four Tony Awards, this exquisite production features classic Gershwin songs including “I Got Rhythm,” “Liza,” “’S Wonderful,” “But Not for Me,” and “Stairway to Paradise.” The New York Times proclaimed “Pure Joy…An American In Paris is a TRIUMPH!”
Following its pre-pandemic closing, Big League Productions, Inc. is thrilled to relaunch the dazzling all-new production of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, directed by Jeffrey B. Moss and featuring breathtaking new choreography by Bob Richard. Scenic design for the 2022 national tour is by Randel Wright, with costume design by Costume World, lighting design by Steve O’Shea, video design by Jonathan Infante, sound design by Don Hanna, orchestrations by Matthew Lowy and casting by Alison Franck.
For more information, visit www.AmericanInParisOnTour.com.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is produced by Big League Productions, Inc. Led by President and Executive Producer Daniel Sher, Big League is celebrating its 30th season of producing and general managing Broadway shows and attractions throughout the world. Highlights were collaborations with Disney on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (North America, Taiwan, and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon. Also, US tours of the Tony®-Award winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street and Susan Stroman’s Broadway production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Others: Footloose (Las Vegas, USA), Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!, The Who’s Tommy (North America, South America, Europe, and Japan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Ruben Studdard, and the First National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – flying car and all. More recent: The Producers (Susan Stroman’s original work), Hello, Dolly! with Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady (US Tour and China premiere), original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (10 USA tours, Grand Ole Opry, and Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US, China premiere, Japan), Hair (US and Japan), Bring it On (US and Japan), and Legally Blonde (US, China premiere, Singapore). In 2018-19, A Chorus Line toured the USA and Japan before performing for the first time ever in China in 2019. In the post-pandemic 2021-22 season, Big League will remount its acclaimed tour of An American in Paris, premiere its new production of South Pacific, and tour its flagship production of A Christmas Story, The Musical for a seventh holiday season. Future tours include Legally Blonde, Memphis and The Cher Show. For more information, visit http://www.BigLeague.org.
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