Movie Review: Top Gun Maverick
Ladies and gentlemen, THIS IS HOW YOU DO A SEQUEL! Top Gun Maverick, you have BLOWN me away. Top Gun is one of my all time favorite movies, and when a classic gets a sequel 36 years later, you’re truly skeptical how it is going to turn out. But WOW. I truly don’t even know what else to say. Top Gun Maverick is the movie we didn’t even know we’ve been waiting for.
Hands down I would give Top Gun Maverick five stars, because let me tell you it deserves every single last one of those stars. Nods to the original, appearances by oldies and newbies. Loved that Iceman made an appearance. Talk to me goose is still relevant and always will be.
I’ll be real honest with you right now, Top Gun Maverick is the must see movie of the summer, and that’s truly all the details I am giving you. Go see it on the BIGGEST screen possible. You won’t be disappointed. I’m off to go see it for a THIRD time this weekend. Because, wow!
Coming to Detroit: Ain’t Too Proud
From My Girl and Just My Imagination to Ain’t Too Proud To Beg and everything in between, I am beyond excited that Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations is FINALLY making it’s Detroit premier August 9-28, 2022.
If you remember I have been hyped about this show since 2019, and it was to make it’s premier in Detroit in 2020. But, we all know what happened there. I am beyond thrilled that this long awaited show will be bringing the sound of the Temptations to The Detroit Opera House—the acoustics in there is unreal!
This is one show you’re not going to want to miss, so grab your tickets when they go on sale tomorrow Friday, May 20th, 2022.
Ain’t Too Proud
The Life and Times of the Temptations
August 9-28, 2022
The Detroit Opera House
Performance times for AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIEMS OF THE TEMPTATIONS, appearing August 9-28, 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, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Broadway In Detroit is thrilled to announce the First National Tour of AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS, the new Broadway smash hit musical, will make its Detroit Premiere at the Detroit Opera House August 9-28 as part of its 60th Anniversary Season. Tickets (starting at $35) will go on sale to the public Friday, May 20th at 10:00 a.m. online at Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone (800) 982-2787, and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
Featuring the Grammy® winning songs and Tony® winning moves, AIN’T TOO PROUD is the electrifying new musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one and being voted the greatest R&B group of all time by Billboard Magazine in 2017. The rest is history — how they met, the groundbreaking heights they hit, and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear the group apart as the United States fell into civil unrest. This thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal is set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits, including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” and so many more.
After breaking house records at Berkeley Rep, The Kennedy Center, CTG’s Ahmanson Theatre, and Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre, AIN’T TOO PROUD opened on Broadway in March 2019, where it continued to play to sold-out audiences and breaking the Imperial Theatre’s box office record. Written by Kennedy Prize-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau, directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Des McAnuff, and featuring the Tony Award winning choreography of Sergio Trujillo, this dazzling production now brings the untold story of the legendary quintet to audiences across the country.
The creative team also includes Tony Award nominee Robert Brill (scenic design), Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell (costume design), Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (lighting design), Tony Award winner Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound design), Drama Desk Award winner Peter Nigrini (projection design), Drama Desk Award winner Charles G. LaPointe (hair and wig design), Steve Rankin (fight direction), Brian Harlan Brooks (tour resident director), Edgar Godineaux (associate choreographer), John Miller (music coordinator), Molly Meg Legal (production supervisor), and Larry Smiglewski (production stage manager). Orchestrations are by Tony Award recipient Harold Wheeler, with music supervision and arrangements by Kenny Seymour. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting, Merri Sugarman, C.S.A.
The national tour of AIN’T TOO PROUD is produced by Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce, in association with Work Light Productions.
For more information, please visit www.AintTooProudMusical.com and the tour’s social media channels:
facebook.com/AintTooProudMusical
instagram.com/AintTooProudMusical
Performance times for AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIEMS OF THE TEMPTATIONS, appearing August 9-28, 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, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONSstart at $35 (includes facility fee) and will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 20. 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 can be purchased in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0.
AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS is the third show in Broadway In Detroit’s 60th Anniversary Subscription Season which also includes Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, 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.
butter LONDON x Downton Abbey
Polish up your nails and break out your bejeweled headbands: Downton Abbey: A New Era is headed to theaters May 20th. And butter LONDON is celebrating with a new Downton-inspired set of Mini Patent Shine 10X Nail Lacquers that will transform you to a new era of chicness.
What’s in the butter LONDON Downton Abbey Collection?
Mink Grey
Mink Grey is the quintessential gray, and is giving me OPI You Don’t Know Jacques vibes on a fancier level.
English Lavender
English Lavender is a gorgeous pastel lavender that has me wanting to get lost in French lavender fields.
Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake is a soft pastel pink that is ready to take you on a French Riviera adventure.
Waterloo Blue
There’s no room for the blues when you have Waterloo Blue, the prettiest cornflower blue, that is definitely going to be a big color trend for 2022.
Empire Red
You can’t channel the late 1920’s without a rich red like Empire Red, that has been elevated with hints of gold.
High Street Creme
High Street Creme is a stunning neutral champagne with gold undertones perfect for a night out or a day in the office.
Nail Trends 1930’s
The 1930’s brought on many fun nail trends like the Moon Manicure that will pair perfectly with Piece of Cake and Empire Red.
Bring the nail trends of the 1930’s into 2022 with the Downton Abbey: A New Era butter LONDON collection. The mini nail polishes go for $12 each, but you can get this entire set of six mini polishes for just $39.
Grab the Downton Abbey x butter LONDON collection before it’s gone.
Giveaway – CLOSED
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Thanks to Downton Abbey: A New Era and butter LONDON I am gifting ONE LUCKY winner the full mini butter LONDON Downton Abbey mini polish collection. All the details on how to enter can be found below.
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.
Social channels:
Facebook: “My Fair Lady on Broadway”
Twitter/Instagram: @MyFairLadyBway
#MyFairLadyTour
www.myfairladyontour.com
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.
Fashion meets Food 