Jukebox Musicals
'Mamma Mia!' returns to Grand Rapids
by (John Kissane)
Submitted 11-27-2024 under OPINION
Early into "Mamma Mia!," you realize that the show will not be resisted. Not that many will try. But if anyone does (arms crossed, one imagines, perhaps a beret tilted at a disapproving angle), the show will twirl, mug and sing into a...
"Beautiful" dramatizes Carole King's journey from high school to Carnegie Hall
by (John Kissane)
Submitted 06-09-2024 under OPINION
Released in 1971, Carole King's "Tapestry" was the top-selling album for 15 weeks. It went on to sell over 14 million copies, earn four Grammys and lodge itself in the canon as a defining work of its era. How that came to be and...