Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan, a student-led theater group, produced a jazzy, intimate take on the acclaimed Broadway musical 鈥淧ippin鈥� that left audiences wide-eyed at the cast鈥檚 ability to remain animated throughout the show鈥檚 whirlwind of campy choral chaos. The musical, directed by ...
Deceptive simplicity defines most Agatha Christie novels. At first glance, each of her works has the appearance of a classic 鈥渨hodunit,鈥� all based on a seemingly standard premise: A victim is found murdered; a list of suspects presents itself; a detective is handed the job of solving the case. Yet, ...
Christine 鈥淟ady Bird鈥� McPherson loves her mother. But she doesn鈥檛 like her mother. The daughter and mother duo, played superbly by Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, respectively, are constantly at each other鈥檚 throats, always bickering and nagging and pushing their relationship toward a fatal ...
鈥淢elancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce,鈥� Production Workshop鈥檚 new play, is anything but what its name implies. With humorous one-liners, unique twists and a surprising number of references to almonds, the play is hilariously loud and fun. Directed by Shade Au 鈥�19, 鈥淢elancholy Play鈥� was ...
鈥淎merican Made鈥� has a story to tell. It鈥檚 quite a story 鈥� so long as you don鈥檛 ask too many questions and you鈥檙e game to laugh your way through its gamboling plot. The film stars Tom Cruise as Barry Seal, a Trans World Airlines pilot who becomes embroiled in the early stage drug war politics ...
鈥淏lade Runner 2049鈥� is, first and foremost, a cash grab. That does not mean that it鈥檚 a bad movie 鈥� it simply means that the film鈥檚 raison d鈥檈tre is something to overcome as opposed to something to live up to. And 鈥淏lade Runner 2049鈥� tries very hard to overcome, with a visual style and ...
Kogonada鈥檚 directorial debut in the 2017 film 鈥淐olumbus鈥� serves as the pioneer of a new genre of beautifully-made, self-aware and quiet films in that it slows down the plot and switches out traditional narrative tropes in favor of meticulous character development and thoughtful dialogues about ...
The Killers released 鈥淲onderful Wonderful鈥� Friday. The 43-minute album is their first in five years. The songs on the album cling to the nostalgic 鈥�80s stadium rock sound The Killers have continued to maintain years past its prime. This time, Brandon Flowers takes his band鈥檚 leather jacket glam ...
Five saucy, self-described 鈥渨idows鈥� are living in an idyllic, patriarchal 1950s suburban world, and boy are they 鈥渄ealing with it.鈥� By virtue of invitation to the annual quiche breakfast of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein, audience members in the Production Workshop ...
The word 鈥渉ero鈥� gets tossed around a lot these days. It often carries with it a certain prefix 鈥� super 鈥� to the detriment of heroism everywhere. But what does it mean, 鈥渉ero?鈥� Is it an ugly American obsession, or an inescapably human desire to see goodness made real? In 鈥淪tronger,鈥� David ...
鈥淭he Trip to Spain鈥� runs exactly like one would expect from the third installment of a comedic culinary travelogue 鈥� a cheeky but tired retread that cheapens the artistic and gastronomic richness of the series鈥� first two chapters. Following the format established by their 2010 film 鈥淭he Trip鈥� ...
鈥淚t fulfills all the requirements of fiction: it is one long sweet lie,鈥� wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald in 鈥淭he I.O.U.,鈥� a previously unpublished short story that came out posthumously Monday in the New Yorker. The quote comes from a conversation between two of the short story鈥檚 central characters ...
鈥淧eople are just getting away with awful things. I鈥檓 trying to make some of that right,鈥� says protagonist Jules Thomas on MTV鈥檚 ongoing series 鈥淪weet/Vicious.鈥� 鈥淪weet/Vicious,鈥� which premiered last November, tells the story of two typical college students 鈥� Jules , portrayed by Eliza ...
Thomas Jefferson once said, 鈥淐offee is the favorite drink of the civilized world.鈥� These words still ring true 鈥� there is perhaps no drink as ubiquitous in the life of the college student as coffee. It can be a morning ritual, a classroom accessory, a social stimulant or a late night savior. Luckily, ...
The Golden Globes, affectionately known as the little (and drunker) brother to the Academy Awards, aired with much fanfare Jan. 8. Yet despite all the conversation and attention that the awards ceremony generates, the Golden Globes themselves provide relatively little insight into who will collect Oscar ...
The 1975 released its latest album, 鈥淚 like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it鈥� Feb. 26, combining a sense of the old, the new and the unusual. The album starts with the band鈥檚 customary sound of frustrated lyrics mixed with an upbeat tune and purposeful, innovative ...
The film 鈥淐arol,鈥� directed by Todd Haynes 鈥�85, has received critical acclaim from journalists and critics all over the world. Receiving a standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere, 鈥淐arol鈥� has since gone on to garner numerous accolades, including six Academy Award nominations. ...
Student dancers from groups including Attitude Dance Company, Dance Extension, Fusion Dance Company, imPulse Dance Company and Brown Ground Breakin鈥� united this weekend on the Fall Dance Concert stage. The concert, which took place in the Ashamu Dance Studio, featured all student-choreoghraphed dances ...
In Sock and Buskin鈥檚 newest production 鈥淭he Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry,鈥� legend and history come together to present a portrait of mid-19th-century life from a segment of the American population not usually depicted: the Black Seminoles, a group of black and Native American people. Written ...
The best animated short films from across the globe 鈥� cute, creepy and everything in between 鈥� were screened at the traveling 17th annual Animation Show of Shows on Sunday at the Rhode Island School of Design. For almost a decade Ron Diamond, the Show鈥檚 creator and ACME Filmworks founder, has ...
