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‘Shadow and Bone’ season two: A chaotic rollercoaster

‘Shadow and Bone’ season two: A chaotic rollercoaster

D’Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter April 5, 2023

Calling all Grishers! The second season of Netflix’s hit Fantasy show “Shadow and Bone” is finally out after almost a year of anticipation. Where do I start with this season? It was chaotic, emotional...

Riley Keough’s sensational ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ reaches finale

Riley Keough’s sensational ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ reaches finale

Olivia Chiappelli, Arts Editor March 22, 2023

This month welcomed the release of Amazon’s highly anticipated series “Daisy Jones & The Six," a ten-episode adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2019 New York Times bestselling novel of the same...

Meadow Brook Theatre presents ‘Blues in the Night’

Meadow Brook Theatre presents ‘Blues in the Night’

Bella Javier, Arts Editor February 22, 2023

“Blues in the Night” is the latest musical to grace the Meadow Brook stage. Between the live band, entrancing harmonies and vintage vibes, what’s not to love? This show is an homage to the Modernist...

Meadow Brook Theatre presents Birthday Club

Meadow Brook Theatre presents ‘Birthday Club’

Bella Javier, Arts Editor January 18, 2023

The gender distribution of playwrights is extremely disproportionate. As of the 2016-17 season, 75.4 percent of all plays written were by men, according to the Asian American Performers Action Coalition. While...

Meadow Brook Theatre celebrates 40th anniversary of A Christmas Carol

Meadow Brook Theatre celebrates 40th anniversary of ‘A Christmas Carol’

Bella Javier, Arts Editor December 7, 2022

Meadow Brook Theatre’s (MBT) annual rendition of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” is back for another year of Christmas cheer. Some local theater-goers see this show every year, but it wasn’t...

Meadow Brook Theatre presents ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

Bella Javier, Arts Editor October 12, 2022

Originally set to open in 2020, Meadow Brook Theatre finally brought “Little Shop of Horrors” to their stage as they opened their 56th season. Coincidentally, this year marks the 40th year of the show’s...

Season three of the popular musical Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has officially come to an end.

HSMTMTS Season 3 — a mixed season

D‘Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter September 21, 2022

Season three of the popular musical Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has officially come to an end. With a very short duration lasting only eight episodes, fans are divided on...

‘Stranger Things’ returns with fourth season

Olivia Chiappelli, Arts Editor June 15, 2022

After nearly three years, Netflix phenomenon “Stranger Things” has finally returned with its fourth season. Even just in terms of structure, this season is unprecedented compared to the last three...

Gravity Falls aired on Disney channel in June of 2022.

Ten years of ‘Gravity Falls,’ an animated phenomenon

D'Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter March 23, 2022

It’s official — we’re all getting old. We’re fastly approaching the 10th anniversary of an iconic, revolutionary animated show, “Gravity Falls.”  Premiering in June of 2012, “Gravity...

Bridgerton is a diamond of the first water

‘Bridgerton’ is a diamond of the first water

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2021

“Bridgerton,” Netflix’s diamond of the first water is a “Gossip Girl” meets “Pride and Prejudice” television series produced by Shondaland that has called on more than 82 million households...

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