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Review: ‘All The Way’ takes us on the demanding, knotty path to progress

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s “All The Way” opens with the three dramatic gunshots that killed President John F. Kennedy, the mood was set somber as Vice President Lyndon Baine Johnson was sworn in as president.

Revue Arts 13 January 2018
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Review: GR Symphony’s ‘All Tchaikovsky’ offers moments of arresting beauty

“Everyone loves Tchaikovsky,” declared a man in the DeVos Performance Hall mezzanine on Friday evening. Whether this statement is true or not, Grand Rapids Symphony (GRS) Music Director Marcelo Lehninger knows his audience. Better yet, their tastes align with his own.

Revue Arts 13 January 2018
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Review: ‘The Days are Shorter’ creates surreal, remarkable moments

Julia is extraordinary, and, at 53, she should be tired of hiding. This is what the voices in her head tell her, anyway. They’ve kept her from sleeping for more than a week, and everyone she encounters lets her know how terrible she looks.

Revue Arts 12 January 2018
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Review: ‘Sunset Baby’ finds hope in revolution with talent and passion

The fierce protagonist in Dominique Morisseau’s brilliant play “Sunset Baby” was named after Nina Simone. She was able to turn “the madness that rages inside” into power, “and that’s what we wanted for you,” Nina’s estranged father tells her.

Revue Arts 05 January 2018
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Pushing Frauenthal Forward: A chat with the center’s new executive director

Though relatively new to working in Muskegon’s downtown entertainment scene, Eric Messing recalls it as the place where he was first exposed to the performing arts.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Me, My Anton and I: A one-man play about Chekhov comes to GVSU

Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and his life will be recreated onstage this month in a one-man drama, Anton, Himself: First and Last.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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No Limits: 'All The Way' reminds us not to take our rights for granted

When we think of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States, we tend to think of the Vietnam War. Not many know that just days after LBJ stepped in as president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he approached Congress with his first priority as president: the Civil Rights Act of 1965.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Nifty Fifty: Miller Auditorium celebrates its semicentennial anniversary

“Miller.” For many residents of Southwest Michigan, that one word conjures up visions of an auditorium that has spent 50 years as a backdrop for performers, making them laugh, cry, ponder and cheer.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Recurring Dream: Opera GR remembers MLK’s legacy

One spring morning in 1968, a young preacher prepares to travel from Atlanta to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Harlem is Here: Dawoud Bey brings the New York neighborhood to Kalamazoo

This winter, a visual tour of Harlem will transport Kalamazoo Institute of Arts visitors to one of the most iconic communities in the world.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Inspecting Identity: UICA’s Enmeshed bridges the personal, political and spiritual

An array of unique art and site-specific installations that explore themes of identity, both personal and political, make up the UICA’s winter exhibition.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Instrumental Women: Ava Ordman releases trombone album composed entirely by women

Ava Ordman has been playing trombone for more than half a century. For 24 years, she performed as principal trombonist with the Grand Rapids Symphony, and during her tenure there she recorded Donald Erb’s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra.

Revue Arts 04 January 2018
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Review: ‘Finding Neverland’ fills the stage with magic

There is a scene early on in Finding Neverland where playwright J.M. Barrie (Billy Harrigan Tighe) is talking about the play he’s working on with theater producer Charles Frohman (Matthew Quinn). Charles tells him that the play can’t be too short or too long. It also can’t be too funny or too serious. It needs to make people think but not think too hard. Finding that perfect balance isn’t always easy in a play, but Finding Neverland makes it look as effortless as lifting a feather.

Revue Arts 13 December 2017
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Review: Christmas Cabaret is a holiday party well worth your time

When Andrea Arvanigian soulfully sings “Love is who we are and no season can contain it,” from Sara Bareilles’ sweet 2011 song “Love is Christmas” in the second act of The Barn Theatre School’s Christmas Cabaret, it’s impossible not to feel the truth of those lyrics straight from the heart of all the performers most regularly seen here during the summer months.

Revue Arts 11 December 2017
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Review: 'Seussical' is an All-Ages Delight Full of Sensory Wonders

Review: 'Seussical' is an All-Ages Delight Full of Sensory Wonders

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Review: 'Measure for Measure' at Interlochen Shows Why Shakespeare Endures

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Review: 'Come From Away' at SC4A is a Truly Extraordinary Telling of an Unforgettable Story

Review: 'Come From Away' at SC4A is a Truly Extraordinary Telling of an Unforgettable Story

We rely on stories to connect us, to share human experiences that may or may not be our own, and to ...
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