Hilberry Theatre closes its 51st season with 'August: Osage County'
The Daily Tribune, The Macomb Daily, The Oakland Press, 4/29
Tracy Letts' award-winning family drama "August: Osage County" comes to WSU's Hilberry Theatre
By Samantha White
Theatre reviewer Samantha White gives a 'thumbs-up' on the Hilberry Theatre production of "August: Osage County" writing that it's "one you have to see at Wayne State University." "August: Osage County" is directed by James Kuhl - a former Hilberry Theatre actor himself.
http://www.dailytribune.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140429/tracy-letts-award-winning-family-drama-august-osage-county-comes-to-wsus-hilberry-theatre
http://www.macombdaily.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140429/tracy-letts-award-winning-family-drama-august-osage-county-comes-to-wsus-hilberry-theatre
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140429/tracy-letts-award-winning-family-drama-august-osage-county-comes-to-wsus-hilberry-theatre
WDET-FM, 4/29
Hilberry Theater Live Performance From 'Osage County'
Lavinia Hart, Wayne State University associate professor of theatre, and Annie Kerisare, Hilberry Theatre graduate student, offered a live, in-studio performance reading from the play "August: Osage County."
http://wdet.org/shows/craig-fahle-show/episode/hilberry-live-performance-from-osage-county/
New Monitor, 4/24
Superb drama at WSU's Hilberry
Theatre reviewer Robert Delaney finds August: Osage County to be "...a splendid new production at the Hilberry Theatre. The Hilberry has given us a production of the highest professional quality. This production is an absolute triumph for all involved." Delaney especially praises the work of Hilberry alumnus James R. Kuhl as guest director and WSU faculty member Lavinia Hart in the role of Violet Weston, describing Hart's work as "the sort of performance that makes one doubt anyone else could even handle the role. The subtleties and nuances she brings to her portrayal testify to what a truly great talent she is." August: Osage County continues through May 10.
http://theatre.wayne.edu/files/monitor240414.pdf
Detroit Free Press, 4/23
Hilberry and star Lavinia Hart deliver a memorable 'Osage County'
By John Monaghan
Critics laud Wayne State's production of "August: Osage County, " which boasts solid performances from the graduate student troupe. The Hilberry production - directed by James R. Kuhl, currently artistic director at Northville's Tipping Point Theatre - wows you even before it starts courtesy of Leazah Behrens' set.
http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/ENT05/304230019/august-osage-county-hilberry
Examiner.com, 4/20
"August: Osage County" closes the Hilberry Theatre season with a bang
By Patty Nolan
The Hilberry Theatre's final play of the season is "August: Osage County," which earned Tracy Letts the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for drama. This production is remarkable for a number of reasons. It is an uncomfortable but irresistible oddity - a brutally funny, frighteningly honest production. It is brilliantly directed by Hilberry alumnus James R. Kuhl - currently artistic director of the Tipping Point Theatre - last seen at the Hilberry five years ago in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." And it stars, in the role of the pill-addled matriarch Violet Weston, Lavinia Hart, who is possibly the most well-known theatre pro in the area and Head of the MFA Acting Program at Wayne State University. Whether or not you saw the critically acclaimed film version of Letts' masterpiece, you should scurry down to the Hilberry to see this live production. The experience is unforgettable.
http://www.examiner.com/review/august-osage-county-closes-the-hilberry-theatre-season-with-a-bang?cid=rss
Broadwayworld.com, 4/18
Photo Flash: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY opens tonight at The Hilberry Theatre
The 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Play August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts, closes the Hilberry Theatre's 51st season in Midtown Detroit. Playing tonight, April 18 through May 10, 2014, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play arrives at the Hilberry Theatre fresh off the critically-acclaimed movie adaptation in theatres nationwide. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
New Monitor, 4/17
"August: Osage" on stage
The 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Play "August: Osage County," by Tracy Letts, closes the Hilberry Theatre's 51st season at Wayne State University in Midtown Detroit. Playing April 18 - May 10, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play arrives at the Hilberry Theatre fresh off the critically-acclaimed movie adaptation in theaters nationwide.
http://theatre.wayne.edu/files/monitor170414pg5.pdf
The Detroit News, 4/15; Detroit Free Press, 4/16
Student and teacher return to the stage in Hilberry's 'August: Osage County'
by Kenneth Jones
The Hilberry Theatre's season-closing production of "August: Osage County" will be running April 18-May 10. Tracy Letts' Tony Award-winning dysfunctional-family drama feature the return of James R. Kuhl, who earned his MFA in acting as a member of Hilberry's graduate repertory company in 2009. It's a rare case of a former WSU actor invited back to direct at his alma mater. Lavinia Hart, head of WSU's graduate acting program makes her Hilberry acting debut as unhinged, pill-poppin', truth-tellin' matriarch Violet Weston. The casting of a faculty member also is unusual at the Hilberry, Hart admits. "There is an unspoken policy here that we are here to support the ensemble company of MFA actors," she says. "If there are 'old' characters in the shows, then we coach actors in physical movement and appropriate stage makeup and vocal patterns, and we expect the company to stretch and have the range and ability to play anything that we throw to them."
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140415/ENT05/304150062#ixzz2yzDHwJVw
http://www.freep.com/article/20140416/ENT05/304160010/tom-skerritt-record-store-day
New Monitor, 4/3
August: Osage on stage
The 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Play, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, closes the Hilberry Theatre's 51st season.
http://theatre.wayne.edu/files/monitor030414.pdf
Broadway World, 3/25
Photo Flash: First Look at "August: Osage County" at the Hilberry Theatre
The 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Play "August: Osage County," by Tracy Letts, closes the Hilberry Theatre's 51st season in Midtown Detroit. Playing April 18 through May 10, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play arrives at the Hilberry Theatre fresh off the critically-acclaimed movie adaptation in theatres nationwide. Lavinia Hart, head of the MFA acting program at Wayne State University, will play the role of Violet, the drug-addled family matriarch. Director James R. Kuhl returns home to the Hilberry Theatre where he earned his MFA in acting.