theatre

Into the Woods: What happens after you get what you want?

Rebecca Thiele — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:34:37 +0000

Kalamazoo College’s Festival Playhouse is kicking off their 50th anniversary Thursday with the musical Into the Woods. Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is about what happens to the characters in Grimm’s fairy tales after the ‘happily ever after.’

Crawlspace hosts the Kalamazoo Improv Festival

Rebecca Thiele — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:36:38 +0000

“It really isn’t just people jumping on a stage and trying to make you laugh. It really isn’t," says Dann Sytsma of Crawlspace Theater Productions. "It’s people on stage working together to create a story that’s never been told, that will never be told again. And they want you to experience that with them.”

War correspondents try to lead a normal life in Civic play

Lorraine Caron — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:45:53 +0000

Sarah and James have been a couple for about ten years. She is a photojournalist and he’s a foreign correspondent. They cover war, at times putting themselves in great danger to get the story. When a serious accident in Iraq leaves Sarah critically injured they return home so she can recover and to see if they can live a more normal life.

Local theatre wants child sexual abuse survivors to tell their stories

Rebecca Thiele — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:05:45 +0000

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Laura Sprague's occupation.

Though it’s thought to be one of the most underreported crimes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimate about 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls will face sexual assault before the age of 18. On Friday night, FIRE Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative will show a taping of the New York theatre troupe Ping Chong & Company’s production Secret Survivors, where survivors of child sexual abuse use theatre to talk about their experiences.

'A Soldier's Tale': A musical look at what it means to be a soldier

Rebecca Thiele — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:37:00 +0000

For as long as there have been wars, there have been stories about the brave soldiers who fought in them. But what about the others? On Friday, Fontana Chamber Arts and the Western Michigan University School of Music, along with WMU actors and dancers, will tell a story about a very different kind of soldier.