Revue Revue
Revue Revue
  • Home
  • Arts
  • Food & Drink
  • Music
  • Things To Do
    • Calendar
  • BOTW
  • Membership
  • Magazine
  • Advertise
    • Best Bets
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Contributors
  • Search Results

October 2023 Arts Calendar

In 2023, arts organizations are largely back on their feet and offering incredible seasons of art, conversations, fun and community involvement. 

Revue Arts 02 October 2023
Read more …

Review: 'Working' at Farmers Alley Theatre is a Beautiful Ode to Kalamazoo

The original 1974 musical Working is very much of its time. Based on celebrated Chicago radio journalist Studs Terkel’s oral history, it told the individual stories, in their own words, of working class Americans. 

Revue Arts 23 September 2023
Read more …

Review: 'Funny Girl' Is An Unforgettable Night of Stunning Talent

The "Funny Girl" Broadway tour, currently in production at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids, has changed it all.

Revue Arts 21 September 2023
Read more …

Review: 'Collective Rage' at Actors' Theatre is Downright Revolutionary

“Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties” is so provocative we can’t put in print the play’s full title.

Revue Arts 18 September 2023
Read more …

Review: 'The SpongeBob Musical' is a Genuine Joy Across Generations

SpongeBob: It was a cartoon. I knew that much. But that was about all I knew before taking my seat in Grand Rapids Civic’s lovely Easter egg of a theater.

Revue Arts 17 September 2023
Read more …

ArtPrize Returns

Nine hundred twenty-eight presenting artists, $200,000 in grants, 153 venues in and around Grand Rapids and an impressive $400,000 in prizes—even after a decade since its inception, ArtPrize continues to see new changes and edits each year.

Revue Arts 11 September 2023
Read more …

Artist Feature: Emily Luyk

Emily Luyk is an adventurer. After growing up in Byron Center, she moved to San Francisco at 19, spending two years there before moving to Grand Rapids.

Revue Arts 11 September 2023
Read more …

Arts Season Previews: 2023-2024

Arts exhibitions and performances have returned in full swing to West Michigan. This season, there’s absolutely no shortage of concerts, symphonies, plays, musicals, ballet, visual arts and beyond.

Revue Arts 03 September 2023
Read more …

Review: Barn Theatre Goes Above and Beyond with Utter 'Nunsense'

Every now and then in theatre, you come across a performance so delightful, so inspired, the material from which it springs hardly matters.

Revue Arts 30 August 2023
Read more …

Review: Barn Theatre's 'Escape to Margaritaville' is Quintessential Summer Fun

The fun-loving resort entertainer/playboy Tully, the central character in “Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville” declares within the first few minutes of the show, now in production at The Barn Theatre, that “romance is better enjoyed on the surface—like the ocean.”

Revue Arts 18 August 2023
Read more …

Review: 'Jersey Boys' is Utterly Unforgettable at Saugatuck Center for the Arts

There is a moment in Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ production of the multiple Grammy- and Tony-Award winning “Jersey Boys” in which an image of the Four Seasons on a black and white television is projected above the band as they perform their hit “Sherry” on stage—in technicolor of the variety one can only experience in person—and the crowd goes wild. 

Revue Arts 14 August 2023
Read more …

Review: Memorializing a Legend with 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'

“Singing is living to me,” declares Desiree Montes as a deeply inebriated Billie Holiday in one of her final performances in a South Philly club. This is the proclamation we must keep in mind throughout this phenomenal yet bleak performance of Hope Repertory Theatre’s “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” because otherwise it could merely be an exercise in trauma voyeurism.

Revue Arts 14 August 2023
Read more …

Diving Deep Into History at Grand Rapids Public Museum

Currently on display at Grand Rapids Public Museum now through September 3 are three captivating new exhibits, delving into the intriguing world of the most recent North American Ice Age, highlighting the significance of snow, and offering a thought-provoking exhibition examining the troubling legacy of the Jim Crow era.

Revue Arts 14 August 2023
Read more …

Review: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Explores the Ways the Past Never Leaves Us

It all starts out quietly enough, with a group of musicians killing time before the arrival of Ma Rainey, their singer. They joke a little; they bicker.

Revue Arts 13 August 2023
Read more …
New Article

Page 10 of 76

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
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 ...
Read More
What A Looker: David Hockney at the GRAM

What A Looker: David Hockney at the GRAM

In 1990, David Hockney turned down a knighthood. His reason? He doesn’t “care for a fuss.” Offered t...
Read More
Review: ‘Shakespeare (Abridged)’ is Lightning-Paced and Thunderously Funny

Review: ‘Shakespeare (Abridged)’ is Lightning-Paced and Thunderously Funny

How dare they? This isn’t one of your regular bards we’re talking about. This is the bard, the immor...
Read More

  • Home
  • Food & Drink
  • Music
  • Arts
  • Things To Do
  • BOTW
  • Calendar
  • Membership
  • Advertise
  • Magazine
  • About
  • Our Team
  • Contributors

 

GET OUR EMAIL UPDATES
Trusted by beer critics, food connoissuers and art fans.
SIGN UP NOW
Revue Revue
  • Home
  • Arts
  • Food & Drink
  • Music
  • Things To Do
    • Calendar
  • BOTW
  • Membership
  • Magazine
  • Advertise
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Contributors
  • Search Results