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High-Skill Musical: High-school theater productions keep getting better, inspiring students to act for life

Lizzy Stone, a music theatre major at Western Michigan University, said her parents enrolled her at Portage Northern High School specifically for its esteemed drama program.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Defining Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg is more than just a man — he’s also an adjective. Defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply,” the iconic American cartoonist and illustrator’s work — including his famous invention drawings — will be on display this month at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in its latest exhibit.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Capturing the Magnitude of a People

Many people recognize and collect Edward S. Curtis’ portraits of Native Americans and canyon and desert landscapes in America’s west, but his real intent was to document the lives of the indigenous tribes he spent nearly 30 years studying.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Stulberg International String Competition nurtures the talent of tomorrow

A new children’s book, The Dance of the Violin, is based on superstar violinist Joshua Bell’s first competition at the age of 12.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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More Than a Spoonful: MCT’s 'Mary Poppins' mixes fantasy and reality in heartwarming musical

Featuring a 42-member cast, singing, dancing and high-flying effects, Muskegon Civic Theatre hopes to fill Frauenthal Theater and wow audiences with its spring musical, Mary Poppins.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Elementary Arias: Grand Rapids vocal artists, educators and students team up to create children’s opera

Colorful paintings line the halls of the K-12 building at the Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts and Technology. Each work exists as an individual expression, made even more powerful in abundance.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Celebrating Failure

Failure is not a word that many people take lightly. It's certainly not something many would like to admit they are dealing with or have experienced. And yet, a local business-turned-movement is celebrating five years of failure this month.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Q&A - Peter Perez: President and CEO, Grand Rapids Symphony

Peter Perez has been a magnet for uncommon musical experiences his entire life. From conducting his youth festival orchestra as a youngster to requesting that his upstairs neighbor, Placido Domingo, “please rehearse louder,” such experiences have led him to his new role as the Grand Rapids Symphony CEO.

Revue Arts 01 May 2017
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Review: Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is a modern masterpiece

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality,” the Cheshire Cat purrs in “Alice in Wonderland.” In today’s post postmodern cultural landscape of the information age, in which “alternative facts” litter our news and going “down the rabbit hole” is a central and daily metaphor in our individual and collective lives, there is perhaps no more appropriate story.

Revue Arts 29 April 2017
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Small Price to Pay: A Lansing native talks ‘Motown’ and the life of an actor

Devin Price was prepared to live the life of a struggling actor in New York City, but it didn’t take the Lansing native long to land a plum role in Motown: The Musical.

Revue Arts 26 April 2017
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Review: 'The Andrews Brothers' revels in nostalgia with talent and enthusiasm

In Farmers Alley’s crowd-pleasing, high-energy production of 1940s-era musical revue The Andrews Brothers, straight men dress up as women, white Americans dress up as indigenous Pacific Islanders, and a middle-aged woman dresses up as an ingenue.

Revue Arts 24 April 2017
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Review: 'Good Enough' is more than that

By now, most people are familiar with Rosie the Riveter, the symbol representing the legions of women who filed into the workplace during World War II to take over the jobs of men sent overseas. Often, they were working to aid the war effort.

Revue Arts 23 April 2017
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Review: Wellspring Dancers celebrate conflict with engaging spring show

Before the premiere of “Citadel,” the new dance that closed Wellspring Cori Terry & Dancers’ opening night of Expedition: Spring Concert of Dance, Ms. Terry spoke from the stage, explaining that the push/pull, the conflicting energy of competition and need for connection, was the primary impetus for the piece. In other words, she was inspired by the 2016 presidential election, and the ways in which politics plays out at both national and local levels with people and their primary drives and desires at the center of it all.
Revue Arts 22 April 2017
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The Wharton Center’s 35th season celebrates both the old and the new

For some theaters, celebrating an anniversary like a 35th season could add extra pressure to selecting upcoming performances. Not for the Wharton Center, who tries to outdo itself every year.

Revue Arts 19 April 2017
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Review: 'Pretty Woman: The Musical' Trades the Film's Chemistry for Crooning

Review: 'Pretty Woman: The Musical' Trades the Film's Chemistry for Crooning

"I want the fairytale” reads a T-shirt for sale at DeVos during the run of Pretty Woman: The Musical...
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Review: 'Be Here Now' is a Glorious, Stunning Representation of the 60s

Review: 'Be Here Now' is a Glorious, Stunning Representation of the 60s

Grand Rapids Ballet’s 2024-2025 season finale “Be Here Now” promised to capture the spirit of the 19...
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A Voice in Every Note: Daniela Liebman at The Gilmore

A Voice in Every Note: Daniela Liebman at The Gilmore

Daniela Liebman was 11, maybe 12, when it began to make sense. She had moved to Texas, where she was...
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