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(02/07/08 5:00am)
When last seen gracing the celluloid of a major motion picture, Colin Farrell's greasy mug was playing Sonny Crocket in the forgettable screen adaptation of "Miami Vice." Since then, the star has landed his body in rehab and appeared to push his career into a state of similar purgatory. More so than his co-stars, Oscar-nominated British luminary Ralph Fiennes and veteran character actor Brendan Gleeson, Farrell needed a film like "In Bruges."
(04/05/07 4:00am)
The Washington Ballet never ceases to amaze audiences with its athleticism, grace and intricate performances. Its most recent show was yet another tremendous example of skill and more proof that the District now has a company on par with any other city in the world.
(03/26/07 4:00am)
According to John Patrick Shanley, the author of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "DOUBT," there are two predominant ways of dealing in America. "There is the culture of doubt, and there is the culture of dogma," Shanley writes.
(03/22/07 4:00am)
Papa*Razzi
(03/08/07 5:00am)
Last year, AU was named a Truman Foundation Honor Institution for its "active encouragement of young people to pursue careers in public service." This year, three Truman Scholar finalists are AU students.
(02/19/07 5:00am)
Last week, the Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program staged Mozart's "Cos Fan Tutte" at the Opera Studio in Takoma Park.
(02/15/07 5:00am)
The Department of Performing Arts opened a gem of a play Wednesday night. "I Hate Hamlet," written by Paul Rudner and directed by Carl Menninger, is the perfect counterpoint to their concurrent production of "Hamlet." The two plays run in repertory with alternating performances at the Greenberg Theatre until Feb. 24.
(02/12/07 5:00am)
This weekend, the Pen/Faulkner "New Voices in American Fiction" program brought up-and-coming authors Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Kuwana Haulsey and Porter Shreve to read from their latest projects in the Katzen Arts Center.
(02/01/07 5:00am)
Musician in Residence Osman Kivrak will celebrate his 20-year anniversary at AU this weekend with a performance Friday night at the Katzen Arts Center. The idea for the concert came from his colleague, Nancy Jo Sneider, the Music Programs Director in the Department of Performing Arts, who describes Kivrak as "one of the most creative artists I have ever met. He is a treasure, and we are so lucky to have him."
(01/25/07 5:00am)
Last weekend, MFA candidate Patrick Flynn staged a play with an especially poignant message for seniors scheduled to graduate in May: Don't take your life or yourself too seriously at age 22.
(01/18/07 5:00am)
Though the beginning of the semester marks the return of assigned reading promising little more pleasure than the knowledge they contain, books can actually be a viable source of entertainment and mirth. For those who find themselves with the leisure time to crack open a book or two, The Eagle offers up the following reviews of books for potential perusal. Or, maybe it's better to stick to those econ assignments.
(11/30/06 5:00am)
"I guess everyone who puts on a play thinks it's good ... I've never heard of people getting together and saying, 'let's put on a steaming turd,'" says Sylvia (Joan Collins of "Dynasty" fame) in the comedy "Legends!" If only she had taken that advice to heart. Although the play has the best intentions, it strikes a little too close to home to be more than uncomfortably amusing and ends up falling flat.
(11/20/06 5:00am)
The AU Players, much like their latest production "Big Love," have changed dramatically under the watchful eye and strong encouragement of Executive Director Anne Veal, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. They have moved from a few scattered and relatively unprofessional performances a year to a student-run theater powerhouse producing as many as five shows a semester. "Big Love" sold out all three performances.
(11/16/06 5:00am)
"Big Love"
Katzen Studio Theatre
Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.
Student tickets: $5
(11/09/06 5:00am)
Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" is one of the most beloved and commercially successful operas of all time. Directed by Mariusz Trelinski and conducted by Eugene Kohn, the current performance by the Washington National Opera continues this tradition with their impressive and beautiful version.
(11/02/06 5:00am)
Teachers, students and faculty walking by slowed down to peer inside and many of them stayed to listen. This was exactly Nancy Jo Snider's goal when, as Music Program Director of the Department of Performing Arts, she designed the "Four Fridays at Noon: Bringing Music to the People" performance series in the Battelle Atrium.
(11/02/06 5:00am)
The Washington Ballet performed the world premiere of artistic director and choreographer Septime Webre's new ballet "oui/non" last weekend at the Kennedy Center. Based around a French cabaret, the performance featured the live vocals of Karen Akers, who was flanked by a piano and a bass.
(10/26/06 4:00am)
Maya Beiser has been playing the cello since her childhood on a Kibbutz in Israel. "Everybody where I grew up started to play an instrument," Beiser said.
(10/02/06 4:00am)
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, "Rain: the Beatles Experience" is one big compliment.
(09/18/06 4:00am)
Washington National Opera has announced a "Welcome to Opera" concert on Saturday, Oct. 14, in an attempt to make opera more accessible to the young, broke college student.