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American Artistry: Kay WalkingStick's art at the KIA

Kay WalkingStick honors her Native American roots each time she strokes paint across a canvas.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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Symphonic Sanctuaries: Orchestra Rouh helps refugees feel they belong

Cellos and violins have become instrumental in the creation of a safe harbor for the children of refugees who have relocated here from countries like Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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A Conductor’s Coda: Raymond Harvey reflects on 18 years of leading the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

Years ago, conductors were aloof, intimidating figures on their onstage platforms. But when Raymond Harvey became the music director of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra 18 years ago, he knew his role required more and embraced the position as a community resource.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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Memories of Memphis

For those who couldn’t catch it on Broadway: Memphis isn’t just another jukebox show.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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Kitty Knows Best: Lauren Chapin explains the highs and lows of childhood fame

In the 1950s, Father Knows Best was one of the most popular shows in America. The classic family sitcom starred Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, among others, including the youngest actress on set, Lauren Chapin, who played Kitty, Father’s youngest child.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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Q&A: Randy Wyatt Professor and Director of Theatre, Aquinas College

Randy Wyatt is a local playwright and professor at Aquinas College, where he directs the theater program. A native of Marshfield, Mass., Wyatt went to college in Grand Rapids and grad school in Texas and Minneapolis. After getting his master’s of fine arts in directing, he worked in Chicago for six months before Aquinas contacted him about a position. It’s been 10 years since.

Revue Arts 01 June 2017
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Review: ‘Mini-Tales & Bolero’ shows the great potential of talented young dancers

The Grand Rapids Ballet School Junior Company members, all students between the ages of 10 and 19, have an opportunity to perform limited roles throughout the year in the Grand Rapids Ballet professional shows; however, once a year they present their own performance. It is, in essence, a very sophisticated and demanding recital for developing dancers to push themselves as performers, perhaps before they’re fully fledged artists in their own right.

Revue Arts 21 May 2017
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Review: ‘Rags to Riches’ is full of love, passion and humor

Danny Gurwin’s tribute to Tony Bennett, Rags to Riches, currently at Farmers Alley Theatre in Kalamazoo, is a sweet love fest. Love for Tony Bennett, love for the music, especially those for which he’s known, and love for friendships that withstand the test of time.

Revue Arts 20 May 2017
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Review: 'Trios' makes for a pleasant, thoughtful, friendly evening

When the lights come up on The New Vic Theatre's new folk musical revue, “Trios," eleven actor singers play stringed instruments and sing "Walk Right in, Sit Right Down," the easily familiar song for those who remember the Rooftop Singers' making it a hit in 1963 as well as those who don't. So much of American folk music is simply part of our collective consciousness because of the ways it has permeated popular culture and music and been handed down through the years from artist to artist.

Revue Arts 14 May 2017
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Review: Kalamazoo College makes an impression with ‘In the Heights’

To close out its “Outsider”-themed season, Kalamazoo College has picked the Pulitzer-nominated, Tony-winning musical In the Heights, conceived by future Hamilton star/creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, with a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes and a score by Miranda.

Revue Arts 12 May 2017
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Review: Opera Grand Rapids’ ‘Barber of Seville’ features go-big-or-go-home voices, personalities

“Largo al factotum” is perhaps one of the most recognizable arias in opera. The boastful tongue twister (try saying “-issimo” ten times fast) is the quintessential display of operatic bravura as Figaro explains why he’s the most popular guy in Seville.

Revue Arts 12 May 2017
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Review: Kalamazoo Civic Theatre goes above and beyond with ‘Sister Act’

Of the seemingly infinite binaries into which the world can be divided, a telling one for theater-going audiences is those who are drawn to musicals that feature singing nuns and those who must be dragged kicking and screaming to such shows. This critic falls squarely in the latter camp.

Revue Arts 08 May 2017
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Review: What a Do expertly captures the fierce humanity of ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

Not long after the 1955 play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” earned renowned 20th Century American playwright Tennessee Williams his second Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award, he published an essay in Playbill magazine about the playwright’s relationship to the director of his plays.

Revue Arts 07 May 2017
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Review: 'Motown the Musical' performances transcend tangled script

The songs outshine the script — how could it be otherwise? — in “Motown the Musical,” written by none other than Motown founder Berry Gordy (adapting his autobiography, “To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown”) and scored with more than 50 of the immortal tunes his record label issued between 1958 and 1983.

Revue Arts 03 May 2017
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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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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 ...
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