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Bridgette Redman’s Biography

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We all have a calling. Mine is to tell stories. I tell the stories of artists. Of actors. Of teachers. Of manufacturers. Of club managers. Of massage therapists. Of students. Of anyone who has a story to tell. Which is, really, all of us.

I write for publications all around the country. My primary focus is performing arts and travel writing, but I continue to do and enjoy marketing, educational and trade writing. I have a performing arts column that is published bi-weekly in a daily newspaper; …

Bridgette Redman’s Journalist Portfolio

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Bernadette Peters caps off Playhouse's series

Bernadette Peters caps off Playhouse's series

Bernadette Peters inspired Stephen Sondheim and is considered the premiere interpreter of his work.

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Breaking barriers onstage - Chicago Reader

Breaking barriers onstage - Chicago Reader

A.B.L.E. Ensemble returns to Chicago Shakespeare with an inclusive and contemporary take on A Midsummer Night…

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Waverly grad joins national Broadway tour of 'Ain't Too Proud'

Waverly grad joins national Broadway tour of 'Ain't Too Proud'

The performer says he draws on his Michigan roots for his roles in the musical about The Temptations.

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Opera gives insight into wounded soldiers' lives

Opera gives insight into wounded soldiers' lives

When Tess Altiveros was debating whether to take on a new project at the Seattle Opera, the conductor, Michae…

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It's been a year. But I look forward with optimism

It's been a year. But I look forward with optimism

Arts and lives on hold emerging with renewed enthusiasm

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Lifelong journey brings Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell to Wharton's stage

Lifelong journey brings Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell to Wharton's stage

Tony-winning actor says solo shows allow him to customize his performance for any given audience

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From “Annie” to eerie, Lansing stages embrace October

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| Aol Verified
Stories of heart and laughter are filling area stages over the next few weeks. Two local theaters are performing musicals that dip into unforgettable moments of North American history from 9/11 to the Great Depression and the New Deal. Meanwhile, Lansing’s longest-running dinner theater tickles the funny bone with a farcical mystery and the children’s theater introduces the area to a necromantic author.
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Audacity to Create: Classic juxtaposes Chinese opera, immigrant labor and artistic freedom

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| Los Angeles Downtown News Verified
The Latino Theater Company is doing something that hasn’t been done for decades. The last time Los Angeles saw a full production of “The Dance and the Railroad,” it was 1993 and on the stage of East West Players. Now, 33 years later, David Henry Hwang’s two-hander returns to a former bank building on Spring Street. It’s a play about immigrant laborers blasting a railroad through the Sierra Nevada, staged in the historic core of the city that labor helped build.
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Fall brings a colorful crop of arts options around Greater Lansing

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| Yahoo Life Verified
Act I: October brings a little of everything Theater lovers can celebrate the arrival of October and with it the fall offerings of multiple companies. It's a month that is always packed full of drama — and comedy and musicals. The options locally are myriad. Let's start with Oct. 2-4. On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Tony Award-winning actor Sutton Foster is coming to Michigan State University's Wharton Center.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I filled in for vacationing staff at the newspaper where my dad was editor when I was in high school. I wrote basic news briefs.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I learned to type on a manual typewriter and spent many years typing on electronic and electric typewriters.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Harriet Vane