tag:blog.mlive.com,2016:/extra_iddings/957 2012-06-14T15:48:51Z A Michigan Entertainment blog by Bill Iddings. Movable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8507319 2012-06-13T17:23:30Z 2012-06-14T15:48:51Z

I will celebrate this Father's Day by taking a movie star to our movie.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html I will celebrate this Father's Day by taking a movie star to our movie. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.8472580 2012-06-07T23:27:25Z 2012-06-08T17:01:53Z

Ray Bradbury called me. Twice.The summer -- I forget exactly which year -- was in the late 1980s. Many months before I had written Bradbury a letter, requesting his permission for me to adapt one of his novellas, "The Halloween Tree," into a radio play.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Ray Bradbury called me. Twice.The summer -- I forget exactly which year -- was in the late 1980s. Many months before I had written Bradbury a letter, requesting his permission for me to adapt one of his novellas, "The Halloween Tree," into a radio play. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/living/muskegon/index.ssf//4628.8459251 2012-06-05T23:40:59Z 2012-06-06T00:07:49Z

Before the 2012-2013 theater season introduces West Michigan to a new playwright -- but not really -- warm-weather offerings stocked mainly with local talent will bridge the gap leading into this fall.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Before the 2012-2013 theater season introduces West Michigan to a new playwright -- but not really -- warm-weather offerings stocked mainly with local talent will bridge the gap leading into this fall. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8316749 2012-05-15T00:51:36Z 2012-05-15T05:02:02Z

“WaterWalk,” a new film largely shot and completely financed in West Michigan, had just concluded a May 7 screening in the Grand Haven 9 movie complex. A former colleague of mine at the Muskegon Chronicle came up to me and said, “You’re the best one in your scene.”

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html “WaterWalk,” a new film largely shot and completely financed in West Michigan, had just concluded a May 7 screening in the Grand Haven 9 movie complex. A former colleague of mine at the Muskegon Chronicle came up to me and said, “You’re the best one in your scene.” tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8208899 2012-05-02T11:48:18Z 2012-05-01T18:32:39Z

Like the football term from which it takes its title, "Touchback" is harmless. It's a cuddly, feel-good diversion that will enjoy a long run on The Family Channel.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Like the football term from which it takes its title, "Touchback" is harmless. It's a cuddly, feel-good diversion that will enjoy a long run on The Family Channel. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8208636 2012-05-01T16:48:04Z 2012-05-01T17:10:01Z

Having nothing -- outside Hitchockian musings winging around intermittent sightings of titular black birds -- to do with the Poe poem from which it takes its title, “The Raven” is a turkey.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Having nothing -- outside Hitchockian musings winging around intermittent sightings of titular black birds -- to do with the Poe poem from which it takes its title, “The Raven” is a turkey. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8144536 2012-04-22T21:09:11Z 2012-04-21T01:18:55Z

This season's four local stage productions will be the comedies "The Nerd," "The Odd Couple," "The 39 Steps" and a two-character musical comedy, "Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins."

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html This season's four local stage productions will be the comedies "The Nerd," "The Odd Couple," "The 39 Steps" and a two-character musical comedy, "Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins." tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8144516 2012-04-21T01:01:29Z 2012-04-21T01:06:58Z

Cast your eyes on a retro revitalization of a timeless slapstick comedy classic, one now with the inspired audacity to cast Larry David as a disciplinarian nun named for a Nazi war criminal; and a horror flick that's a lot smarter -- and funnier -- than its title makes it sound, a genre-bending movie in which a late cameo that shouldn't be divulged can be hinted at as alien.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Cast your eyes on a retro revitalization of a timeless slapstick comedy classic, one now with the inspired audacity to cast Larry David as a disciplinarian nun named for a Nazi war criminal; and a horror flick that's a lot smarter -- and funnier -- than its title makes it sound, a genre-bending movie in which a late cameo that shouldn't be divulged can be hinted at as alien. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8113871 2012-04-17T18:20:34Z 2012-04-16T05:31:34Z

Auditions will be held at 1 p.m. May 13 for the 2012 Summer Fine Arts Festival at Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Auditions will be held at 1 p.m. May 13 for the 2012 Summer Fine Arts Festival at Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.8113870 2012-04-16T12:16:19Z 2012-04-16T05:32:53Z

At 7:30 p.m. April 27, Pigeon Creek will perform its current touring show, “Romeo and Juliet,” at the Seven Steps Up building, 116 S. Jackson.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html At 7:30 p.m. April 27, Pigeon Creek will perform its current touring show, “Romeo and Juliet,” at the Seven Steps Up building, 116 S. Jackson. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7677214 2012-02-04T01:00:00Z 2012-02-04T03:22:57Z

One of the most rock-solid rules in live theater is that "The show must go on" no matter what. Sometimes, however, the show can't.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html One of the most rock-solid rules in live theater is that "The show must go on" no matter what. Sometimes, however, the show can't. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7624371 2012-01-25T16:55:42Z 2012-01-25T16:57:23Z

Makes you wonder if Muskegon Community College and the Muskegon Museum of Art have gotten their heads together.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Makes you wonder if Muskegon Community College and the Muskegon Museum of Art have gotten their heads together. tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7583266 2012-01-17T19:41:54Z 2012-01-17T19:57:56Z

And so the Harbor Theater is gone. That's the way that one went.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html And so the Harbor Theater is gone. That's the way that one went. tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7481799.20111227112231 2011-12-27T16:11:25Z 2011-12-27T16:22:31Z

The media’s mania for compiling year-end lists — best, biggest, blah, blah — festers epidemic.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/biddings/index.html The media’s mania for compiling year-end lists — best, biggest, blah, blah — festers epidemic. tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7454010.20111219235545 2011-12-20T04:15:03Z 2011-12-20T04:55:45Z

Three local theater concerns have cast their first shows of the new year.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Three local theater concerns have cast their first shows of the new year. tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7411451.20111210194042 2011-12-10T16:45:47Z 2011-12-11T00:40:42Z

The return to print of Libby Gelman-Waxner poses one the burning questions of our time: Who is Libby Gelman-Waxner?

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/biddings/index.html The return to print of Libby Gelman-Waxner poses one the burning questions of our time: Who is Libby Gelman-Waxner? tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7352327 2011-11-28T22:11:08Z 2011-11-28T22:25:24Z

Rich Houtteman already is mulling over the next silent movie he’ll book into Howmet Playhouse.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Rich Houtteman already is mulling over the next silent movie he’ll book into Howmet Playhouse. tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7216758 2011-11-01T14:57:34Z 2011-11-01T15:11:49Z

Glimpse did I a former jail, where that night a show’d unveil, one in which an actor pal’d, go gothic dark as Poe.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html Glimpse did I a former jail, where that night a show’d unveil, one in which an actor pal’d, go gothic dark as Poe. tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7179301 2011-10-25T14:40:43Z 2011-10-26T00:21:41Z

After mercifully screening just twice this past weekend at the Harbor Theater, the revolting horror film “The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” has left Muskegon. Good riddance.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html After mercifully screening just twice this past weekend at the Harbor Theater, the revolting horror film “The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” has left Muskegon. Good riddance. tag:www.mlive.com,2011:/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf//4627.7174876 2011-10-24T17:30:30Z 2011-10-24T18:25:57Z

On successive Saturdays this month, two Big Ten quarterbacks with unblemished 2011 records were sacked from the ranks of the unbeaten.

Bill Iddings | The Muskegon Chronicle http://connect.mlive.com/user/billiddings/index.html On successive Saturdays this month, two Big Ten quarterbacks with unblemished 2011 records were sacked from the ranks of the unbeaten.