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(09/11/06 4:00am)
AU's a cappella scene is typically defined by three groups: Treble in Paradise, Dime a Dozen and On a Sensual Note. Each is equally popular and equally dynamic, and audiences are usually only able to see one at a time. On Friday night in the Kay Spiritual Life Center, students and fans alike were treated to a triple threat of all three.
(08/21/06 4:00am)
No matter how excited a freshman gets about the plethora of options available through a meal plan at the Terrace Dining Room (yes, ice cream IS available for breakfast), eventually the options exhaust themselves. Chicken sandwiches and salad only taste good for so many days. After those days come and go, it is vital to know the venues to escape to for real dining. After all, a date at TDR doesn't impress anyone.
(06/19/06 4:00am)
In more than 40 years at AU, College of Arts and Sciences professor Dr. Jack Child has become known for many things, including loving penguins, impersonating Fidel Castro and teaching one of the most popular classes on campus.
(11/17/05 5:00am)
The Katzen Arts Center promised to be a place where members of the Performing Arts Department could take risks and enhance their craft. The first performances there have used that sense of creative license to push the envelope and try new things: The American Five used mathematic equations as the basis for a duet between a synthesizer and a cello, and the Chamber Singers used kazoos to give the "Barber of Seville" a new life. But the AU Players, in conjunction with the PERF-552 Directing Techniques class, hope to push that envelope a little farther with their production of Eugene Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano" this weekend.
(11/07/05 5:00am)
The Katzen Arts Center opened its doors Friday for a weekend of art and music, including painting, sculpture, piano concertos and vocal performances, meant to show the quality and wide range of programming the AU and the Katzen have to offer.
(11/07/05 5:00am)
While the doors of the Katzen Arts Center's new museum space opened, students in the Master's of Fine Arts program opened the doors of their new studios to show off what they've been working on. Those who came to see were treated to a wide variety of great art in gorgeous new workspaces, ranging from paintings to prints to installations.
(11/03/05 5:00am)
Aching for some opera but can't afford the $50 ticket? Love the Kennedy Center but prefer to enjoy the last nice days of autumn outside? The Washington National Opera has found a solution. In honor of their 50th Anniversary, the opera will host a free simulcast performance of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" on the National Mall this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2:00 p.m.
(09/19/05 4:00am)
GALA, which stands for Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos has worked wonders with the old Tivoli Theatre. Built in 1924, it was originally an opulent 2,000-seat movie house. It was greatly damaged in the riots in 1968 following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. and was eventually closed in 1975. GALA had transiently moved from space to space since it was founded in 1976 without ever really finding a home. The group began renovating the old theatre as part of the development of Columbia Heights, and this year, just in time for their 30th Anniversary, GALA has a home.
(09/08/05 4:00am)
A classic of the Shakespeare cannon, "Othello" is also one of his more difficult works to perform because of the multiple ways to interpret the characters and the intense racial implications of the play. The Shakespeare Theatre tackles it again as the opening performance of its season. Previous renditions of the play here have included another Avery Brooks (yes, of "Deep Space Nine" fame) performance, as well as a photo-negative version in which Patrick Stewart played Othello to an all black cast, both of which met with critical acclaim. This run has also been considerably successful.
(09/01/05 4:00am)
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(09/01/05 4:00am)
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(03/31/05 5:00am)
Directors and actors have continually reinterpreted "The Tempest" and its characters since the play's first performance in 1611. The play has been read as everything from a pastoral romance to a commentary on colonialist policies in the New World, with characters ranging from powerful magicians to Third World revolutionaries to house slaves to rebellious punks to high-tech programmers and back again.
(01/31/05 5:00am)
"The Magic Flute" is one of the most loved operas of all time. It is important to be clear about that fact, because one would not know this after seeing it performed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
(01/27/05 5:00am)
Alfred de Musset never intended "Lorenzaccio" to be seen on stage, and in his lifetime it never was. After his first full-length play, "La Nuit V?nitienne" ("The Venetian Night") was a tremendous failure, Musset rebelled against the theater. He began writing plays that were intended to be read rather than performed, which he called "Th??tre dans un fauteuil" - armchair theater.
(11/18/04 5:00am)
When she chose it, director Mary Zimmerman was well aware that "Pericles" is rarely performed. Denied acceptance into the standard Shakespearean canon because the first two acts were actually written by George Wilkins, the play is generally considered by critics to be a trial run in the "tragicomic" romance style. However, Zimmerman appreciated the room to experiment granted by low expectations and saw a potential "box of delights" in its simplicity. Her faith, as well as her creative staging and a crack team of collaborators brought with her from Chicago, make the Shakespeare Theatre's production of "Pericles" a thoroughly pleasant surprise.