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Seen this girl walking around campus today and wondered what bet she lost?

If you missed it, don't worry. Her hair will be like this tomorrow and Saturday, and then again next week on show days!

If you missed it, don't worry. Her hair will be like this tomorrow and Saturday, and then again next week on show days!

The answer to your query is “none”. Maeve Brady ‘15 is doing the only thing she knows how to “make my hair stay curly for more than 45 minutes”. And why does she need curly hair? She’s in the Princeton Shakespeare Company’s production of Titus Andronicus,which opens at 7 tomorrow at the Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College.

Apr 25, 2012

Leopard Print Curlers: for the Love of the Show

By Abby Klionsky
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407418_10150613199034082_816824081_8859574_347333466_nWelcome back to our Weekend Arts Roundup!  Without further ado, the weekend’s most exciting offerings in the world of the performing arts:
  • If it’s theater you’re craving this weekend, nothing beats Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, directed by Dan Rattner ‘13.  Part mystery, part love story, part surreal voyage through the underworld (you’ve got to see it to believe it), Dead Man has it all, and more–not to mention a bravura lead performance by Sarah Paton ‘13. 8pm Thursday-Saturday in Theatre Intime; tickets $8 in Frist or at Intime, student events eligible.  To watch the trailer, click here.
  • Watch great performing arts groups while supporting a great cause by stopping in on This is Princeton, a revue with performances from Chaos Theory, Princeton Opera Company, Umqombothi (African Music Ensemble), eXpressions and Wildcats, BAC: Dance, Highsteppers, and many more. Friday at 8pm in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. Tickets $5, available in Frist or at the door; all sales go to Healing in Nagasaki, a charity that supports the Japanese Earthquake Relief effort.
  • Need a caffeine-buzz-filled study break tonight?  The Nassau Literary Review is hosting a launch party for its Spring 2012 issue, featuring live music, poetry readings–and free Small World coffee and sweets for the first 200 guests! Free with PUID; Thursday at Small World Coffee in Witherspoon St., 10:30pm.
  • Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts opens its 2012 Spring Dance Festival on Friday night in McCarter’s Berlind Theater.  Featuring over 50 students performing works by internationally renowned choreographers, along with four dance premieres, it’s sure to be an unmissable event.  Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm and 8pm; Sunday at 1pm.  Tickets $10 for students and faculty, $15 for general admission; student events eligible.
  • Nothing helps with overcoming the third-week academic slump quite like a Quipfire! show: Thursday-Saturday at 11pm in Intime, tickets $5.
  • Love Hamlet? Want to score some coolness points in your Shakespeare II precept amidst all the theater snobs?  Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, directed by Patrick Morton ‘13, is exactly what the doctor ordered.  Thursday-Saturday in Whitman Theater: Thursday at 8pm, Friday at midnight, and Saturday at 3pm and 8pm. Student tickets $8 at the door or at Frist.
Feb 23, 2012

Weekend Arts Roundup: Dead Men, Dance, Drama, and More

By Julia Bumke
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184937_10150091845959007_566649006_6197873_3063970_nIt’s a huge week for arts events: with three plays, big choral concerts, great bands at Terrace, and more, there’s something for everyone.  Celebrate the countdown to spring break (only two weeks to go! we’re in the home stretch!) with one of these gems:
  • It’s a banner weekend for student-run theater on campus, with two shows opening tonight: Amy Gobel’s Much Ado About Nothing with the Princeton Shakespeare Company and Francesca Furchgott’s Carousel with the Princeton University Players.  Both play this Thursday-Saturday at 8pm (with a 2pm matinee on Saturday for Much Ado), and both will continue performances next weekend; tickets are $8, student events eligible. Much Ado is in the Whitman Theatre, while Carousel is in Frist (the theater’s up on the third floor). Also up this weekend: Sarah Hedgecock’s Recent Tragic Events has its final four performances in Theatre Intime, tickets $8.
  • Terrace has a really great lineup this weekend, with performances by Shigeto and Junk Culture on Thursday and Javelin, a Pitchfork favorite, on Saturday.  Get in early to snag a good spot! Performances usually start at about midnight.
  • For an awesome, and unusual, vocal event, check out Chapel Choir’s performance with jazz quartet and strings of Ike Sturm’s Jazz Mass this Friday at 8pm in the Chapel. Admission is free.
  • Fuzzy Dice’s annual improv show is an ideal way to blow off steam this Friday after a long week: 11pm in Theatre Intime, tickets at the door.
  • It’s senior recital season over in the Music department, and if you missed Meghan Todt’s excellent violin recital last Saturday of if you just can’t get enough of solo violin pieces), check out Megan McPhee at 8pm in Taplin Auditorium this Saturday. She’ll be performing pieces by Beethoven, Brahms and Sarasate. Free.
  • There’s choral music galore this weekend: if you can’t hit up Chapel Choir on Friday night, definitely try the Glee Club concert at 2pm on Sunday in Richardson Auditorium. They have a really innovative lineup of pieces, all written by Estonian composers (there’s something you don’t see every day, event on Princeton’s campus!).  Student tickets $5.

[Ed. note: An earlier version of this post stated Terrace shows begin around 10PM; since that pretty much almost never happens, it's been corrected to midnight.]

Feb 24, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: Intime, Improv, Music and More

By Julia Bumke
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Illyria Poster Final PKMNWelcome back to campus, everybody! This weekend is one of the term’s busiest for arts events–with great theater, music, and dance everywhere you turn, the hardest thing will be choosing which performances to see!  Here’s our cheat sheet for what’s in store:
  • This is Our Youth, a story of Upper-East-Side twentysomethings in the 1980s, produced by Theatre Intime and directed by Chris Ghaffari ‘12. November 11-13 and 18-20, Theatre Intime. To watch the trailer, click here. Tickets $8, student events eligible.
  • Illyria, a musical adaptation of Twelfth Night by Pete Mills ‘95 and Cara Reichel ‘96, co-produced by the Princeton University Players and Princeton Shakespeare Company (and directed by yours truly!).   November 11-13 at 8pm, 13-14 at 2pm, Matthews Acting Studio at the Lewis Center for the Arts. Tickets $8, student events eligible.
The cast from Theatre Intime's "This Is Our Youth"

The cast from Theatre Intime's "This Is Our Youth"

Nov 11, 2010

Weekend Arts Roundup: This is Our Youth, Illyria, and More

By Julia Bumke
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60216_1431503994764_1447800398_31167856_1755039_nYou thought that Frist was just for Late Meal? Think again! Two of this weekend’s most exciting arts events are taking place there, starting with Elizabeth Swanson’s production of “Henry IV, Part I” with the Princeton Shakespeare Company this Thursday through Saturday.  Swanson, a junior, decided to bring Shakespeare’s classic story into a modern setting: while her production uses Shakespeare’s original language, its look and feel are distinctly 21st-century.  She describes the show as “part comedy and part tragedy, from drunken revelry to the bloody battlefield,” and feels its themes are especially timely in today’s political context.  Costumers Maya Gainer ‘13 and Alison Gocke ‘13 have had their hands full transitioning the show into modern dress: “Think Democrats vs. Republicans, Right v. Left, Obama v. Sarah Palin–basically the modern War of the Roses,” said Gocke. “Oh, and throw in Josh Zeitlin in a fat suit, just for good measure.”   Frist Film and Performance Theatre (on the third floor): October 7-9, 8pm, with a 2pm Saturday matinee.  Tickets $8 at the Frist Box Office, Student Events Eligible.

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Oct 7, 2010

Weekend Arts Roundup: “Henry IV,” An Evening of Jazz, and More

By Julia Bumke
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