Gordon Bolar
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Theater review: Birthday Candles (opens the original)
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Western Michigan University Theatre recently opened its production of Birthday Candles. WMUK’s Gordon Bolar has this review. Birthday Candles is the story of Ernestine, who on her seventeenth birthday sets out to find her “place in the universe.” That is until life, including marriage and children, gets in the way. For ninety minutes, we follow Ernestine over her next ninety years. Although Ernestine experiences many changes in her long life, two constants mark her progress at selected intervals
Theater review: My Mother And The Michigan-Ohio War (opens the original)
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For many, the title of playwright Paul Stroili’s script suggests the traditional gridiron rivalry between teams clad in Maize and Blue, and Scarlet and Gray. For some history buffs, the title might also bring to mind the 1835 boundary dispute between the states of Michigan and Ohio. Stroili’s delightful play, however, is not really about war on the football field or the battlefield. Those fortunate enough to see My Mother and the Michigan/Ohio War, will likely come away with lasting memories, la
Theater review: Dear Evan Hansen (opens the original)
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Farmers Alley Theatre recently opened its production of the musical, “Dear Evan Hansen.” WMUK’s Gordon Bolar has this review. Those attending “Dear Evan Hansen” might note from the show’s opening number, “Has Anybody Got a Map?” that this musical features an adolescent lead character who is on anxiety medication, deeply flawed, and seemingly lost. Evan Hansen is torn between three worlds: that of social media, the imaginative fantasies in his own mind, and the everyday harsh reality of absent pa
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