Michele DeVinney
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Tim Harrington Band
Sweetwater Sound has played a pivotal role in making the Fort Wayne music scene one of the best in the country. Many local and regional musicians have been able to […]
Funny Little Thing Called Love
People of a certain age will remember a television program called Love, American Style. Part of a solid kid-friendly Friday night lineup on ABC (the original TGIF, though no marketing […]
Dancers Show Off Lab Results
When you stop to think how much dance performance takes place in Fort Wayne every year, it’s easy to see how much talent is living in this town. But it […]
A Wrinkle in Time
For half a century, Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time has been a beloved classic, read by generations and capturing the hearts and imaginations of young readers who embraced its […]
The Little Mermaid
It’s interesting to note that Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, one of the greatest and most successful songwriting pairs in recent Hollywood history, are well-represented in Fort Wayne […]
Beware of the Darkness
When Chelsea Clinton mentioned the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time at last summer’s Democratic National Convention, the beloved book, first published in 1963, saw a resurgence in sales which […]
The Wayback Show
The continued popularity of classic pop and rock songs from the 1960s, 70s and 80s can’t be simply explained away as mere nostalgia. It’s true that the generations who came […]
Carnivorous Comedy
For many years the most popular and often performed musicals followed a fairly predictable pattern. The stories and songs of musical theater greats like Rodgers and Hammerstein or Lerner and […]
The Magical Musical Tour
Pippin has had two very distinct lives on Broadway. In its first presentation, it was a star-making vehicle for Ben Vereen in 1972, earning him a Tony Award and making […]