FutureStars, the area's most popular high school talent show, is back for a ninth year of music, dance, and fun at Pioneer High School. Talented teens from all of Ann Arbor will be performing in four preliminary shows, with different themes, in front of a panel of judges that include ...
Pioneer High School's Theatre Guild will present the celebrated, multi-Tony Award-winning musical "Hairspray," based on the 1988 movie by John Waters, on Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, November 7 at 2 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, November 12-13, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14 at 2 p.m. All performances happen ...
Well things are getting crazier at Pioneer Theatre Guild again, with Footloose coming up right around the corner. The process for this show has come and almost gone in the blink of an eye, but has been nonetheless a very exciting one! We have had speakers talk to us about ...
This is part of an ongoing series of theater reviews of local high school productions, written by high school students, that will appear on AnnArbor.com. This week, Greenhills School's Katherine Krauss (see bio at end of story) reviews Pioneer High School's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," which opened ...
This past weekend, Pioneer Theatre Guild performed our 45-minute one-act competition piece, “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, at St. John’s High School as part of the state-wide MIFA theatre competition. The experience was exquisite. We’ve been rehearsing since late November now, the actors running their scenes over and over again, and ...
Well, times at Pioneer Theatre Guild have been nothing less than hectic this past week or so. FutureStars, our annual talent competition, opened last night with our two themes "Disney Goes Pop" and "On My iPod II". They were both received with very loud and energetic audiences, which is always ...
Unions representing teachers in Washtenaw County have declined to reopen their contracts to discuss pay cuts or other concessions to help balance school budgets. The unions say community conversations about the future of education in Washtenaw County need to take place before considering pay or benefit cuts for teachers. poll ...
Customer satisfaction is ForeSee Results CEO Larry Freed’s obsession. Freed, who leads the rapidly growing Ann Arbor-based online survey firm, regularly emphasizes that a satisfied customer is a repeat customer. And repeat customers are what online retailers need as the National Retail Federation projects a 1 percent drop in total ...
Pioneer Theatre Guild is slowly coming off two incredible weekends of shows. “Oklahoma!” was very well received with large crowds at every show. We truly appreciate everyone who came and supported us, and we hope that every audience member was able to gain something special from our characters’ stories and ...