Music update: What's MSU listening to?
In the past couple months, social media has been filled with people finally returning to stages, arenas and stadiums for a pastime some thought would never return: live music.
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In the past couple months, social media has been filled with people finally returning to stages, arenas and stadiums for a pastime some thought would never return: live music.
Leaving my freshman year as a high school student in 2018, my mom and I took a trip to New York City to go to Broadway. We were shocked to see one of our favorite movies had been turned into a Broadway show and fought tooth and nail to get a ticket to see what Broadway had to offer this already classic story of high school drama and angst.
Mean Girls' National Tour is painting East Lansing in pink from March 1-6 at the Wharton Center. The show follows the premise of the 2004 classic movie, adding elements of theater and music to the show, enhancing the story for a new age.
The set was over. A bow to the crowd gave them one last look at his Pantone 184 C dyed hair and he walked off stage, quietly heading back into the entrails of Jackson Field in Lansing, Michigan, normally home to the Lansing Lugnuts when it doesn’t play host to concerts like Common Ground or extreme sports.
BODYTRAFFIC, the critically acclaimed dance company with rave reviews from the LA Times and President Barack Obama is dancing their way into the Wharton Center under the artistic direction of Tina Berkett. Berkett is both a successful dancer and manager of the company from its humble local beginnings to now nationwide success.
Culture reporters/best friends Miranda Dunlap and Liz Nass are certified Swifties.
For high school sweethearts Alicia and Joshua Southern, music has always been an integral part of life.
MSU Doctor of Musical Arts student Melanie Walker poses for a headshot.
Music performance Ph.D. student Melanie Walker always knew that she wanted to be a singer. She came from a family of musicians: Her mom was a singer, her dad played trumpet and her grandma was a music theorist and pianist.
Frozen: The Broadway Musical was not only a great adaptation of the beloved Disney movie the family-friendly audience knew very well but also a successful stand-alone musical with its own twist on the familiar story, still enchanting every returner to the fairy tale of two sisters.
With the positive public reaction to the liberation of Britney Spears from the conservatorship of her father, the light-shedding documentaries and #FreeBritney trending globally, no one thought that we would see another low blow from a family member. But as most Hollywood family affairs go, it all has to end with an incriminating tell-all that skyrockets to the top of the New York Times Bestsellers list.
Everyone loves a comeback, especially in the music world. Within the same week, The Weeknd and Earl Sweatshirt, two of the top artists in their genre, released new albums; revealing their new sounds and visions with the next phase of their career.
Evil Twin Digital is a film production company with a team of six student filmmakers who bring their skills together to produce films across a variety of different genres. Their goal was to create a company that makes films more inclusive through films, games, music and live events.
Miley Cyrus made history in the music industry this week by becoming the first female musician to ever receive number one ratings on every single track of her album, "Plastic Hearts," on the iTunes charts.
Stoopfest, Lansing's own local music festival, has worked as an avenue for emerging artists on the Michigan music scene and is back for 2022 after its pandemic-related hiatus with a full and exciting lineup coming April 22-23.
When we reflect, sometimes it's easier and more fun to look at the negative side of things.
The Hadestown national tour made a stop at the Wharton Center this week, and while the show was critically-acclaimed in the past award season, it went above and beyond the expectations of the audience waiting to go "Way Down" to Hadestown.
Spotify came out with their yearly "Spotify Wrapped" on Dec. 1, giving their users the unique experience to look back on their year in the music that resonated and reflected their past experiences.
When Taylor Swift released her fourth studio album, “Red,” in 2012, I was 10 years old with no concept of adult heartbreak or the cost of stardom. What I did know was that I hated Jake Gyllenhaal for what he did to my favorite artist.
Luca DiVergilio, Trevor Dalrymple, Ethan Strain and Ryan Stearns sat at an East Lansing library, looking over towards a “pretty girl” who sat next to some laid-out magazines. Looking over at each other, they put the pieces together and came up with the name Pretty Jane and the Magazines for their new band.