Detroit Free Press, 6/5

"Elaine Stritch comes home to Michigan, but retirement isn't on her agenda"

by Julie Hinds

In a story about entertainer and Broadway legend Elaine Stritch, it is mentioned that last April Wayne State University's Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance presented a conversation with Stritch at the Hilberry Theatre that drew many students.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013306050022

 

Observer & Eccentric, 6/2

"Broadway legend calls Birmingham home"

by Julie Yolles

Locally, it's pretty much six degrees of Maggie Allesee. The dynamic philanthropist and Bloomfield Hills resident endowed Wayne State University's Theatre and Dance Department, and now her name adorns the masthead. So it was very fitting, then, that the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance rolled out the red carpet for this year's Apple Award Recipient. After 70 years in New York City, Broadway legend Elaine Stritch, 88, has hung up her many signature hats, performed her last cabaret show at the Café Carlyle and moved home to be with her family. "I don't want to retire, I just want to slow down, go to lunch and sit by the pool," Stritch told the crowd at the Hilberry Theatre.

http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130602/LIFE/306020368/Broadway-legend-calls-Birmingham-home

 

The Detroit News, 4/24; Broadway In Detroit.com, 4/19

"Broadway legend Elaine Stritch comes home to Detroit"

by Jay Coyle

An article notes that 88-year-old Broadway legend, Detroit native and New York icon Elaine Stritch will do an "Actors Studio"-like Q&A with those lucky enough to get tickets to the event at the Hilberry Theatre in Detroit this Saturday. Stritch will receive the 2013 Apple Award and participate in the interview hosted by the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130424/ENT01/304240326#ixzz2ROZ7QLSr

 

Encore Michigan, 3/10; Detroit Free Press, 3/9

WSU Theatre and Dance to host 'A Conversation with Apple Award Recipient Elaine Stritch'

Wayne State University's Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance is announces 'A Conversation with Apple Award Recipient Elaine Stritch' at the Hilberry Theatre April 27 at 4 p.m. Stritch will appear on campus as the recipient of the 2013 Apple Award and will entertain her audience in an "Inside the Actors Studio" style interview and question-and-answer session. A Tony, Emmy, and Drama Desk awards winner, the legendary Stritch has been onstage entertaining audiences since 1944. Her most recent stage work includes her critically acclaimed portrayal of Madame Armfeldt in the Sondheim-Wheeler musical "A Little Night Music," "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell," and the Tony Award-winning "Elaine Stritch At Liberty." The Apple Award, named for Sarah Applebaum Nederlander, is given by the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University and the Fisher Theatre on behalf of the Nederlander family.

http://www.encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=7131

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013303090010

 

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The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance proudly presents two upcoming events with 2013 Apple Award recipient Elaine Stritch: a free campus Q&A session April 26 and a ticket-purchase on-stage interview April 27.

WSU/CFPCA students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the free Q&A with Stritch on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 3 p.m. at the Hilberry Theatre. Seats must be reserved in advance by calling the box office at (313) 577-2972. One ticket per person.

The next day, the general public is invited to attend A Conversation with Apple Award Recipient Elaine Stritch on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 4 p.m. Purchase tickets by calling (313) 577-2972 or by visiting the Wayne State University Theatres Box Office at 4743 Cass Avenue on the corner of Hancock. Tickets are $25 and seating is assigned.

A Tony, Emmy and Drama Desk awards winner, the legendary Elaine Stritch has been onstage entertaining audiences since 1944. Her most recent stage work includes her critically acclaimed work in 'A Little Night Music,' 'Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell' and the Tony Award-winning 'Elaine Stritch At Liberty.' In addition to her vast list of stage credits, Stritch is prolific in movies and television; most recently as a recurring character portraying the feisty mother of Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) on the popular NBC sitcom '30 Rock.' She continues to delight audiences with hilarious and heart-felt cabaret performances such as 'At Home at the Carlyle' and 'At Home at The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim…One Song at a Time.' See Ms. Stritch in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eSoM3s87FM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP8TMFFFdKk