As the fall semester approaches, students and faculty of the University drama department look forward to another semester of bringing exciting new productions to life.
When it comes to the entertainment market for teenagers (specifically teenage girls), one tends to see a lot of the same trends—vampires, bad reality television shows and a lot of superficiality.
Newcomb Theater was host to a very different type of movie screening Friday evening. A man and a woman — both wearing corsets, fishnets and heels — greeted people outside of the building. Those new to the production each drew a giant “V” on their foreheads in red lipstick — marking them as “virgins”. Outside of the theater, people milled about in an electric mix of costumes, wigs and make-up.
With dramatic choir music, eerily colored lights and a stage with a seemingly endless amount of trap doors, the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. spared no expense in its recent production of Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” creating a show that can only be described as epic.
Three years ago my friend received two tickets to see a relatively unknown indie band, Young the Giant.
The great Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes has always been a formidable character to readers of Victorian literature, roaming the streets of old London and solving imaginary crimes with his faithful partner Watson.
For a few moments after spoken word poet Andrea Gibson finished her performance in the University Chapel on Thursday night, a spell hung over the audience.
At any moment during last weekend’s Richmond Folk Festival, visitors could stop anywhere and find themselves listening to an extremely eclectic mix of sounds: Newfoundland fiddlers, West African drums, Tuvan throat singers, salsa, Irish flutes, reggae, bluegrass — and that’s just the short list.
Many have suggested fun.’s hit single “Some Nights” is a melodic cross between Queen and The Lion King.
Fans of folk and country duo The Civil Wars will likely never hear their eponymous second album live.
