Honey Girls: A deeply personal student production at DePaul
Stacey Sheridan, Contributing Writer
May 13, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
Starting in 2004, The Theatre School at DePaul University selects one student-written play to be produced, staged and performed for audiences at the end of May. This season of the New Playwright Series, graduating senior Grace Grindell snagged the coveted opportunity with “Honey Girls,” a play she ...
‘Hamilton’: from stage to Chicago
Michael Brzezinski, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
Fans of the smash-hit, Emmy award- winning epic musical “Hamilton” have a brand new attraction to seek out in Chicago. This past week, The Hamilton Exhibition opened at the Museum Campus on Northerly Island and it will be there the entire summer until September 7. The exhibit is a grand-scal...
Category cutting controversy
Holyn Thigpen, Contributing Writer
February 25, 2019
Filed under Art, Arts/Life, Lifestyle, Theater
Earlier this month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its decision to present the awards for four major categories during the Oscars’ commercial breaks: makeup/hairstyling, live action short, cinematography and editing. In an email to Academy members, Academy president John...
A Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds: DePaul’s newest onstage production infuses classic story with modern dance
Carolyn McCabe, Contributing Writer
February 18, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
“A Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds” opened at The Theater School on Wednesday, February 13, nearly 100 years after it opened in Warsaw, Poland. Placed in a shetel in 1880s Eastern Europe, the play tells a story of lost souls, love and destiny, all while honoring Jewish traditions and people. The storyline...
Oscars Predictions
Michael Brzezinski, Staff Writer
February 18, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV, Lifestyle, Theater
Who Will Win? Roma Alfonso Cuaron’s deeply personal and profoundly epic film snagged and broke the hearts of audiences and professionals alike. It also seems to be the one nominee with the least amount of bad blood so with that, I think it has a solid foot up on the other nominees. Who Should Win? Roma o...
Indie theaters turn to teens
Holyn Thigpen, Contributing Writer
January 28, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV, Lifestyle, Theater
Going to the movies is one of a handful of entertainment experiences that has survived into the millennial age of convenience. Though newer generations still rely on streaming platforms for most casual movie-watching, they have been vastly underestimated in appreciation for traditional theater-going....
‘Doppelgänger’ brings farce to Chicago
Zoey Barnes, Focus Editor
April 23, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
A recent DePaul graduate walks on stage in front of a completely filled audience, before fluffing pillows on a brown, leather couch center stage and spreading assorted African flora around the room. Not long after, Rainn Wilson, known for his role as Dwight in “The Office,” follows her. Clad in ...
“Pretty Woman” entertains, but fails in the era of #MeToo
Mackenzie Murtaugh, Opinions Editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
The adolescent fantasy of a tanned and blonde prince saving a down-on-her-luck maiden from a tall tower has muddled the minds of young girls for years – often due to the prevalence of Disney films such as “Cinderella” and “Rapunzel” in pop culture. These animated girls – and I do mean “...
The stage welcomes “Pretty Woman”
Carina Smith, Nation & World Editor
March 12, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
A new musical is about to hit the Chicago theater scene, and it’s bound to elicit the memories of the ‘90s. “Pretty Woman: The Musical” is coming to the Oriental Theater on March 13, bringing the classic movie to the stage and telling the story in a brand new way: with music. “Pretty Woman” i...
“Middle School Dance’s” preteen nostalgia
Mackenzie Murtaugh, Opinions Editor
March 12, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
Trying to forget middle school humiliations like the awkward interactions you had with your crush or the hilarity of your gym teacher repeatedly saying “penis” in sexual education class, is an effort in trying to forget some of the strangest and most intense moments of your prepubescent life. On a co...
An improvised life
Meredith Melland, Contributing Writer
March 5, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
The promise of dodgeball and capture the flag during the warm Ohio summer was enough to entice tomboy Christian Borkey to attend theater camp with her three older brothers in the summer after third grade. Borkey learned the motto “it’s better to be loud and be wrong than to be quiet and right,” ...
“Native Son” and the fight for identity
April Lane, Assistant Online Editor
February 18, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Theater
On Sunday, Feb. 18. the Theatre School wrapped up a short, nine-day run of its striking production of “Native Son.” After relocating to Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s during The Great Migration, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas finds work in the house of rich, white Mr. Dalton to support his mothe...