Tagged - Musicals
Immigration
Immigrants, we get the job done: “Hamilton” 10 years later
In an age of Sydney Sweeney jeans commercials with potential eugenicist themes, Big Beautiful Bills, and "Red Flag Alert for Genocide" designations, it feels almost scandalous hearing a largely POC cast sing about immigrant pride and women's independence. Read More
Cats
The Rochester Fringe Festival was the cat’s meow
With snippets of comedy and commentary in between, each member of the kitty cat ensemble took the stage to showcase their feline fine skills: baton tossing from Cody the Twirler, limbo and floor acrobatics with the Kenya Golden Lion Acrobats, and even a trio of trained pups (much to the fright of the ensemble themselves. Poor kitties.) Read More
Musicals
OBOC saves boring first act with an exciting second
“Sex is good, but I’d rather be sailing.” When soloist and senior Tom Yi sang those words from the song “I’d Rather Be Sailing/Set Those Sails,” the crowd erupted into laughter. It was the seventh song of Off Broadway on Campus’ (OBOC) Fall revue: “Hello My Name Is OBOC.” It also happened to be my […]
Musicals
ROC Players’ ‘Cabaret’ is dreadful, and it should be
The ROC Players’ production of “Cabaret,” was difficult, disturbing, and upsetting. And I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Running in the May Room over the weekend, their production of the musical, directed by junior Emily Tworek, is a masterclass in the art of narrative dread. “Cabaret” tells the story of a sleazy nightclub […]
