"Rockin' Robin" might not be the expected overture for Moliere's "Tartuffe," one of the French dramatist's most famous comedic plays, but it certainly sets the tone for Sock and Buskin's modern re-telling.
A detached voice repeats phrases in English and Hungarian. Actors have fits of emotion and take off their clothes; it's not quite clear why. This is the fictional universe of Maria Irene Fornes' "The Danube" as directed by Jessica Goldschmidt '10, presented this weekend at Production Workshop.
"The Circle," a new mini-series created for Brown Television, is set to premiere Saturday at the Cable Car Cinema and Cafe. The show's first three episodes, which were directed by Daniel Byers '08, feature Brown students and alums, as well as Rhode Island School of Design students and professional actors. ...
In the photograph, Lindsey Ponte stares into the camera lens wide-eyed, her brown orbs radiating surprise. She covers her mouth with a paint-smudged hand. In the next frame, the photo's duplicate still draws the viewer in, but it is now criss-crossed with color — purple, green, blue, black and ...
A screaming came across the sky. It was the circular saw's squeal, settling into a ragged, mechanical snarl as it sliced through a steel rod, sending off a jet of orange sparks. There was the clank of metal hitting metal, the thud of a rusty gear dropped to the ground, the rattle of chicken wire and ...
In Trinity Repertory Company's current production of "Cabaret," the gilded proscenium leans menacingly forward, jarring and topsy-turvy. It's a fitting choice: This classic musical, by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is set in the fragile fantasy world of Weimar Germany and overshadowed by the specter of ...
This month, the "Katrina, Katrina Project" commemorates the four years since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. The month-long series of events, exhibitions and musical performances will culminate with a fundraiser complete with musical performance and a champagne reception. Kathleen ...
At the heart of the David Winton Bell Gallery exhibit "Kirsten Hassenfeld: Recent Sculpture" is a massive installation called "Dans la Lune." Artist Hassenfeld has said she associates the work with the French title's idiomatic meaning — it connotes "head in the clouds" or "daydreaming" — ...
It might be possible for arts junkies to spend four years at Brown, never leaving College Hill, and still feel sated. Perhaps possible, but we don't recommend it.
The tradition of midnight recitals on Brown's 3,355-pipe Hutchings-Votey organ is a relic from a time when the pipe organ was a popular concert instrument. While organs are nowadays more often viewed as staid and liturgical, University Organist and Instrument Curator Mark Steinbach proved Sunday night ...
Having seen its endowment shrink by nearly a third, the Rhode Island School of Design is shuttering its renowned museum for the entire month of August.
It has been perhaps the most obsessively scrutinized college decision process ever endured.
This year, it wasn't just economics majors who were dutifully monitoring changes in the economy and the job market. College students pursuing arts and media internships found they were just as affected by the downturn as those hoping to spend their summers on Wall Street.
Thursday, April 23 through Sunday, April 26
The 2009 Ivy Film Festival, which kicked off Tuesday, will showcase an array of student films and celebrity panels focusing on the art and industry of cinema.
In addition to presenting four plays from three different centuries, Sock & Buskin's 2009-2010 season will mark the culmination of a retooled relationship between Brownbrokers — a group that produces student-written musicals — and the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance. Next season's ...
The Ladies Village Improvement Society is the next logical step for the maturing MySpace generation. With their online podcasts, Rachel Blatt '09 and Lacy Roberts '09 aren't attempting radical moral "Improvement," but rather are transforming the traditional radio form to fit the do-it-yourself world ...
Students in Professor Steven Lubar's AMCV1550: "Methods in Public Humanities" will unveil their collaborative final project –– an exhibit about the community of Cape Verdean immigrants that inhabited the Fox Point region in the 1930s –– on Saturday, May 9 at the John Nicholas ...
As Ethan Reed '12 recorded the final words of his song, "Somewhere A Light Went Out For Somebody," he looked up and saw Associate Professor of Music Butch Rovan fidgeting with the buttons of the mixing console, he recalled. "I'd never had an experience like that," Reed said. "I felt like a professional, ...
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