Culture
TOOP
Barbs and fairies fly In TOOP’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
If you had told me a week ago that before the week was over I would be rick-rolled via Shakespeare, I would have told you to seek medical attention. But I nevertheless found myself in such a situation last Friday evening in Goergen Hall, watching The Opposite Of People’s production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer […]
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: The search for sitcoms
With all the classic comedy shows of my childhood gone (I’m talking “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” “Community,” “Drake & Josh,” “Friends”), I have been on the lookout for new comedies to catch my eye. For me, a comedy has to be smart with minimal cringe, present likeable characters, and preferably include a couple to […]
Louvre
Louvre dances down memory lane
Louvre performed its spring show this past Saturday and Sunday, in an effort that reminisced on the past and shared the group’s passion and choreography with an fortunate audience. The 13-member contemporary dance group displayed 12 pieces, all choreographed by a different member with a different feel and message. The theme was a creative form […]
Midnight Ramblers
Midnight Ramblers celebrate ’20 Years of Rambling’
The Midnight Ramblers celebrated the 20th anniversary of the group in their spring show “20 Years of Rambling” this past Saturday. Over 50 alumni returned to campus for the event and proved that the raw talent and love for rambling has stayed strong since the beginning of the Rambler revolution. Hung outside and throughout the […]
Spring Porn
Spring porn spoofs and nauseates
I’m too sober for this. That was my prevailing thought as I sat through the midnight screening of “Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody” in Hoyt on Saturday. (Technically Sunday, I guess.) Why was I at a midnight porno screening? Brilliant question. It’s a brilliant question because I asked myself the same thing through […]
OBOC
OBOC makes a scene with ‘Confessions of a College Musical Theatre Group’
“Confessions of a College Musical Theater Group,” the title of Off Broadway On Campus’ spring show on Friday evening in Strong Auditorium, may sound like a placeholder title for the performance group’s biannual musical revue, but it actually held a lot of relevance. Many of the musical numbers were accompanied by scenes, appropriated and amended […]
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: Follow me, I’m famous
Recently, I have been perusing famous people’s Instagrams. I find it interesting to see how Jessica Biel or Chris Pratt live day to day — or rather, see what they chose to show me about how they live day to day. It’s fascinating how today’s celebrities choose to portray themselves to the public now that […]
Eastman Theatre
‘The Light in the Piazza’ provides warmth and levity
Cold, wet snow was falling from dark skies over the Eastman Theatre on Friday evening, but the welcoming light inside offered a heartwarming, gorgeously well-performed, and often hilarious production of 2005’s brilliant “The Light in the Piazza.” The play is an uncommonly optimistic take on what the show’s stage director, Stephen Carr (associate artistic director of Eastman […]
ROC Players
ROC Players elevate ‘Spring Awakening’
The May Room in Wilson Commons is an interesting place to stage a musical because it doesn’t seem built for them. It’s small (compared to something like Strong), and its stage is an elevated platform, also small, with no curtains. But necessity is the mother of invention, as the ROC Players proved in the finer […]
Evolution
Indulgence is unapologetically badass
I have only two words to describe the “Growing up in Hip Hop” Indulgence spring show this past Saturday: holy crap. For those who are unaware, Indulgence is a hip-hop dance group on campus run by the Black Students’ Union. I remember seeing them perform in the diversity showcase during Orientation and in After Hours’ […]