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Embracing Flint
A new play by SMTD professor José Casas explores the embattled city and its people. Premieres in April at the Arthur Miller Theater on campus.
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Strike up the band
Chances are good that if you or someone you know has taken a music class in Michigan in the last 70 years, your teacher was a U-M grad.
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From stage to page
Songwriting sensations Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (both BFA ’06) ‘democratize’ Broadway and turn their musical hit ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ into a poignant novel.
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Music and the games people play
Video game audio has progressed so much that artists and orchestras now contribute interactive, complex scores to the experience.
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All Detroit's a stage
Dominique Morisseau (center), BFA ’00, is known as ‘Detroit’s playwright’ in NYC. The city is a main character in much of her work.
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Alumni shine at '17 Tony Awards
James Earl Jones, Gavin Creel (with Bette Midler, right), Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul bask in Tony spotlight.
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An uncommon education: Ep 3
Celebrate U-M’s musical legacy in ‘An Ear for Excellence,’ the latest installment in Detroit Public Television’s series about U-M history.
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Seven last words
Social justice is set to music as the U-M Men’s Glee Club honors unarmed black men killed by law enforcement or neighborhood watch volunteers.
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Living the blues
Students travel to the American south to experience the vibrant culture and living history of roots music – through people, places, and performance.