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Review: ‘Kinky Boots’ breaks down gender norms with joy and sweetness

Cyndi Lauper made famous the notion that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” in 1983, but in 2013, she convincingly made the argument that it’s actually drag queens who have the most fun with the enormously delightful, multiple Tony-Award winning musical “Kinky Boots,” for which she wrote the score.

Revue Arts 24 October 2017
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Review: Ghost Stories is full of frights, humor and genuine emotion

Draped with fishnet and spider webs and dressed with ouija boards, skulls, a crystal ball, a chainsaw, a coffin, a skeleton, a lamp made of a human head, a noose, an old radio, and a sarcophagus, the stage of the New Vic Theatre in Kalamazoo embodies the spookiness of the Halloween season and is set to creep folks out in the most festive of ways.

Revue Arts 20 October 2017
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Review: ‘The Bodyguard: The Musical’ is full of Houston hits, and little else

Deborah Cox is a Grammy Award nominee and R&B powerhouse, and a distinguished national touring artist. To put it simply: She’s a pretty big deal. Unfortunately, she’s also a human who gets sick (or at least that’s what the woman seated next to me heard), and wasn’t able to perform during opening night of The Bodyguard: The Musical at Wharton Center in Lansing. Cue the understudy, Jasmin Richardson.

Revue Arts 18 October 2017
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Review: Zlata Chochieva brings an intuitive and poetic touch to Chopin, Rachmaninoff

It has been roughly 180 years since Frederic Chopin composed his piano etudes. In proficient hands, these brief musical exercises sound as fresh and poignant as the time when Chopin first created them. On the fingertips of a fearless and imaginative master, they become individual masterpieces in their own right.

Revue Arts 16 October 2017
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Review: ‘From Russia With Love’ set the stage for stunning GR Ballet season

The Grand Rapids Ballet’s 2017-2018 season opener, From Russia With Love, offers a soaring sampling of some of the greatest classical dance in the Russian style, and it was performed with a passion and grace that can only be interpreted as coming from the fire of love central to all great artists’ work. The love exchange evident in the Peter Martin Wege Theatre is profound; the loop from tradition to dancer to audience member is infinite and deeply satisfying.

Revue Arts 10 October 2017
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Review: ‘Detroit ‘67’ is a crucial, powerful story

A family simply trying to make ends meet is at the center of “Detroit ‘67,” a drama written by Dominique Morisseau and being performed by Grand Rapids’ Ebony Road Players. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Detroit riots, and the community came out to see a show that strongly reflected the Motown era and, in many ways, eerily mirrored today’s society as well.

Revue Arts 10 October 2017
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Review: ‘Gypsy’ amazes with complex characters, visuals

“Gypsy” is beloved as the pinnacle of mid-20th century musicals, and despite the increasing distance from the era of vaudeville, remains relevant for its complex female characters and depiction of the tumultuous nature of the mother-daughter relationship, a theme that will never die, as well as its enduring numbers (music by Jule Styne with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim), such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “Let Me Entertain You,” that have become standards.

Revue Arts 09 October 2017
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Grand Awards celebrated the bonds created by theater

The night was magical at Civic Theatre as the Grand Rapids theater community came together to celebrate the Grand Awards, a local, annual event that awards outstanding actors and shows in the city.

Revue Arts 09 October 2017
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Review: Visceral Dance is powerful, versatile, stunning

Visceral Dance Chicago’s company name could be perceived as intending to mean felt in the gut, or instinctive. One can’t help but walk away from a performance feeling the profound sense that this company’s work is all that and more.

Revue Arts 03 October 2017
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Review: ‘Back County Crimes’ finds beauty in the darkness

Can anyone argue that there isn’t evil in this world? Where it comes from and how it moves through us are perhaps questions worth asking, but regardless of the answers, we all must carry on and make meaning of our lives despite the impossible task of making sense of the evil and darkness that surrounds us — and perhaps is perpetrated by us.

Revue Arts 02 October 2017
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Remembering and Reflecting: ‘Detroit 67’ takes a look back

Fifty years ago, racial tension was at an all-time high and people were starting to get fed up with the government and police system (sound familiar?). Riots erupted in Detroit and lasted nearly four days, killing 43 people and injuring more than 1,000.

Revue Arts 02 October 2017
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New Witches In Town: 'Witches of Eastwick' comes to Western Michigan University

This month, The Witches of Eastwick will grace a college campus for the first time ever.

Revue Arts 28 September 2017
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Something Wicked This Way Comes: Fiyero explains the magic of Wicked

This month, the traveling troupe of Wicked is coming to Grand Rapids for a three-week round of performances — a dream come true for our mid-sized city. Not only are fans already buying out tickets for the shows, but the cast is excited to be here too.

Revue Arts 28 September 2017
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Deaf and Deft: Holland Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of Beethoven

As Beethoven’s hearing retreated, he retreated from society as well, unable to bear the thought of an incurable condition or asking people to speak louder.

Revue Arts 28 September 2017
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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...
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Review: Great Music and Terrific Cast Make GR Civic's 'Waitress' a Blast

Review: Great Music and Terrific Cast Make GR Civic's 'Waitress' a Blast

Making your way through the world can be a frightening thing, which is one of many insights into the...
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Jump Into Summer at SC4A: Music, Musicals and Masterful Art

Jump Into Summer at SC4A: Music, Musicals and Masterful Art

Summer in West Michigan wouldn’t be complete without the events, exhibitions, and shows put on by Sa...
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