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A Musical Summer Respite: The Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival brings camaraderie to the charming waterfront town

There are no program notes for Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival performances. Instead, musicians tell the stories behind the compositions directly to the audience before playing the piece.

Revue Arts 03 July 2017
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Summer on the Stage: Escape to Whitehall for a slower pace and live theater

Entertaining tourists and locals for a century, the historic Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall lights up with live theater every Thursday, Friday and Saturday for eight weeks during the summer.

Revue Arts 03 July 2017
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Subpoenas By Day, Soprano By Night: A conversation with moonlighting diva Madelaine Lane

Madelaine Lane spends her days in an office tower overlooking Calder Plaza, defending people for Warner, Norcross & Judd.

Revue Arts 03 July 2017
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Movement with a Message: DanceSpire offers hope while cutting a rug

Deavondre Jones just wants to do two things: Dance and inspire others. With DanceSpire, the 23-year-old is doing just that, combining motivational speaking and dance routines to reach high-school and college students around the state.

Revue Arts 30 June 2017
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Review: ‘Buddy’ is a stellar, thrilling portal to the past

Nearly 60 years after Buddy Holly’s tragic plane crash death Don McLean proclaimed “the day the music died” in his pervasive ’70s hit “American Pie,” The Barn Theatre has magnificently brought both Holly and his music back to life in “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

Revue Arts 30 June 2017
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Review: ‘All in the Timing’ is an intelligent, funny breath of fresh air

In “All in the Timing,” David Ives’ 90-minute collection of six comic sketches, time circles back on itself, language is meaningless, monkeys as would-be Shakespeares overcome the death stare of the blank page, and the entire enterprise of human communication, not to mention the meaning of life and death, are called into question.

Revue Arts 26 June 2017
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Review: Mason Street’s ‘Memphis’ epitomizes the magic of theater

The word “magic” often gets thrown around in the theatre world, and rightfully so. When the right script and talent come together in the right time and place to positively transfix the right audience, there’s no doubt an extraordinary amount of work; but there’s also an indescribable element of magic. And when all those conditions collide at once it is a rare event indeed.

Revue Arts 25 June 2017
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  • Saugatuck Center for the Arts
  • Memphis the Musical
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Review: ‘Working’ lacks relevance despite excellent performances

In 1974, America was post-Watergate; Nixon was out, and the disastrous economy under Carter was yet to come. The Vietnam War was over. Civil Rights had been won in the courts and the legislature, if not in the culture at large. Working class people had a political party that served their interests, and they could earn a living wage and be proud of the lives they could make from their labor.

Revue Arts 23 June 2017
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Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ is ambitious, rich, complex

There are some peculiar films in Disney’s back-catalog, but one of the most offbeat was the company’s 1996 animated adaptation of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” 

Revue Arts 17 June 2017
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Review: ‘Hit the Wall’ skillfully reminds us of the ongoing fight for LGBT equality

On Thursday night, the Spectrum Theater was filling up for the opening night of “Hit the Wall” by Actors’ Theatre Grand Rapids. Everyone took their seats, the lights still on, cast members chatting in groups around the stage, the band playing music in the background. Without introduction, the lights only dimming slightly, the cast took places and a woman — the character of Carson played by Darius Colquitt — began to sing. The audience was instantly engaged, some even singing along in their seats.

Revue Arts 16 June 2017
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Review: ‘It Shoulda Been You’ is full of adept acting, farcical fun

It’s clear from the first moments of the opening number, “I Never Wanted This,” the Michigan premiere of Broadway’s 2015 musical wedding farce It Shoulda Been You at Farmers Alley Theatre is atypical. A Rubenesque young woman dressed in a bathrobe and veil reveals in song that she’s Jewish, “32ish,” and never wanted to get married. “All of this for a steady lay?” she sings, presumably regarding the drama of her wedding day.

Revue Arts 11 June 2017
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Classically Modern: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' kicks off summer with love and comedy

In Thoroughly Modern Millie, a classic musical tale of rejuvenation and following your dreams is told through Millie Dillmount, a girl-next-door who uproots her rural life to move to The Big Apple in the 1920s.

Revue Arts 05 June 2017
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Review: Barn Theatre set the stage for spirited summer with 'A Lot of Song & A Little Dance'

For many theater fans in west Michigan, the summer doesn’t really begin until the Barn Theatre opens its doors. The area’s equity summer-stock house on Saturday offered a preview of its 71st season with “A Lot of Song & A Little Dance,” a benefit concert showcasing many of the Barn’s returning stars and 21 of its young apprentices, the Actors’ Equity Membership Candidates who will appear on the mainstage and in the ever-popular Bar Shows.

Revue Arts 04 June 2017
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Tying the Knot (Or Not?): The merry matrimony of 'It Shoulda Been You'

Weddings are a production fraught with unpredictability. And as wedding season ramps up, Farmer’s Alley Theatre is giving audiences a uniquely funny, unpredictable insight into one couple’s impending nuptials as it debuts It Shoulda Been You on June 9 at the Little Theatre on Western Michigan University’s campus.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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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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