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Shaking up Shakespeare
The elements all seem to be there. The actors wear tights, they speak mostly the Bard’s carefully crafted [...]
Won over by Windsor: Elaborate period costumes, enthusiasm elevate performance
Although it is by no means a requirement to have heard of Sir John Falstaff before going to [...]
Stars of Iolanthe shine in show
The opera is generally considered a pretentious pastime. It’s a place where monocles and top hats flourish, where [...]
Judging 8: Play traces overturn of California’s Proposition 8
Watching four plaintiffs, three lawyers and one cold courtroom doesn’t sound like a night of satisfactory stage entertainment, [...]
To be or not to be
“Hamlet” has the distinction of being William Shakespeare’s longest and most performed play. It’s also one of the [...]
The Winter’s Tale: Nonsensical ramblings and saxophonist sheep
In Ben Lauer’s ’13 minimalist production of the Shakespearean tale in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall’s Studio Theatre, [...]
Characters on a journey entice audience
It becomes clear by the midpoint of August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” that not every character [...]
An engaging but uneven routine: Comedian entertains with observational humor, but untimely jokes miss the mark
The lights dim in Lodge 1, and the audience is teetering with expectation. The man on stage plucks [...]

College plans renovations of Tyler Hall
The Reno Kinds, understands property owners’ concerns, as bathrooms caCommentary: Taylor’s mismanagement left Driscoll with limited choices
Brutal honesty? That stuck out like wrinkles on her forehead. She wasHickeys: a passion mark or a mark of shame?
If the Flat Hat came out as anti-Hickey a mere year after my departureNew Anti-Smoking Legislation Introduced in VA House
What? Are you kidding me, this is totally ridiculous, what are they tr