Eric Gutman’s
From Broadway to Obscurity
2014 The Berman Center for the Performing Arts
2016 Detroit Public Theatre
Written and Performed by Eric Gutman
Directed by Brian Sage
Lighting Design by Neil Koivu
Photographs from the Detroit Public Theatre remount
Eric Gutman is a great performer who tells about his life in the theatre, from his early memories, to performing in Jersey Boys on Broadway, and what brought him back home to Michigan. Filled with favorite songs from Forbidden Broadway, to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the tv show Smash this memoir revue will have you tapping your toes and hit your heart strings. I had the opportunity to light the world premiere at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts, as well as a remount with Detroit Public Theatre a few years later. I was nominated for a Wilde award from Encore Michigan for my lighting design for this show.