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Spring break theater camp teaches kids about theater, self-expression

For the first week of April, kids from all over Grand Rapids will indulge in all things writing and theater for the Ebony Road Players’ Spring Break Theater Camp.

Revue Arts 16 March 2018
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Review: ‘Something Rotten!’ is something special, delightful and hilarious

Playwrights today are probably grateful they don't have to actively compete with someone of William Shakespeare's caliber. It goes without saying that he is considered one of the greatest playwrights of all time. He wrote everything from comedies like Merchant of Venice to tragedies like Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth. To this day, centuries after they were first performed, theaters across the world are still performing his work. 

Revue Arts 14 March 2018
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Review: RADFest is exciting, accessible, wild and wonderful

There’s never a question of the arts being alive in Southwest Michigan, but every now and then there’s an event that goes above and beyond our relatively high expectations.

Revue Arts 11 March 2018
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Review: ‘It’s Only a Play’ is hilarious thanks to killer casting, writing and directing

In Terrence McNally’s delightful comedy “It’s Only a Play,” the play is the thing. And this particular play is very focused on the theater world, Broadway in particular. Amid name dropping and one-liners, a little bit of wisdom emerges about what those of us who love theater want from it.

Revue Arts 09 March 2018
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Review: ‘Red’ spurs discussion, but not emotion

What is art for, and what is the nature of the artistic impulse? These questions central to “Red,” the multiple Tony Award-winning play by John Logan currently on offer at The Kalamazoo Civic’s Parish Theatre.

Revue Arts 04 March 2018
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Getting Organ-ized: Lonnie Smith discusses his new record and the beauty of live music

For his 75th birthday, Hammond B3 organ guru Dr. Lonnie Smith celebrated doing what he loves most. He performed at the Jazz Standard nightclub in New York with his musical “brothers,” guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and drummer Johnathan Blake. The live set of covers and Smith’s original compositions are featured on All in My Mind, Smith’s newest album and his second after returning to Blue Note Records in 2015.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Classical Coast: The Shoreline Symphony gives the community a chance to perform

Celebrating its sixth season, Muskegon’s Shoreline Symphony marked another milestone last fall when it performed in its new home, Frauenthal Theater.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Off With The Set: Grand Rapids Ballet takes Alice to a whole new Wonderland

This month, the Grand Rapids Ballet will pirouette, leap and float across Miller Auditorium’s stage against an all-white backdrop with scenes projected onto it, displaying some of the most iconic moments from Alice in Wonderland.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Fluent in Movement: A conversation with the Grand Rapids Ballet’s new artistic director

To James Sofranko, dance is a language within itself. “You can express ideas through dance that you can’t through other forms. It’s a beautiful thing,” he said.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Leotard Laboratory: RAD Fest brings the most experimental dances to West Michigan

More than 1,000 attendees are expected to show up at this year’s Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival at The Epic Center in Kalamazoo.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Making and Remaking: HIS Dance’s 'Toymaker' finds a new, contemporary take on Easter

It’s no accident that HIS Dance Ensemble’s production of The Toymaker: An Easter Story bears little resemblance to the traditional Easter fables.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Group Therapy: 'Moving Through the Unimaginable' examines the community in suffering

The personal stories of trauma, illness and loss behind the seven portraits that Donna F. St. John painted for Moving Through the Unimaginable encompass a more painful past than the seemingly jovial faces let on.

Revue Arts 27 February 2018
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Review: New Vic brings new, impassioned life to ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the world’s most famous love story and has been performed and adapted countless times for more than 400 years. However, the current production is a first for Kalamazoo’s New Vic Theatre, and it’s been 34 years since the company has staged any Shakespeare play.

Revue Arts 26 February 2018
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Review: ‘Ships, Shells & Chains’ is a magnificent fusion of local talent

It’s a wonderful and rare thing in the theater when the exact right script, director, company, and moment come together. That wonderful, rare thing is even more remarkable when all of the aforementioned entities emerge from local talent.

Revue Arts 23 February 2018
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On Their Toes: Rehearsing with Deos Contemporary Ballet

On Their Toes: Rehearsing with Deos Contemporary Ballet

“When do we add tension and stress?” The asker is serious: She’s wondering at what point she needs t...
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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

“Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun/ But you have to know how,” declares ...
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Review: 'Measure for Measure' at Interlochen Shows Why Shakespeare Endures

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

Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure raises important questions about justice and how some succeed as w...
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