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We know, we know: we’ve got some serious bonfiring to do this weekend, along with all of the raucous revelry that a bonfire requires.  But when you’re not celebrating around Cannon Green this weekend, there are a host of exciting arts events in store.  And hey, let’s be real: do any of your professors actually expect you to do legitimate work the weekend before Thanksgiving? (Note: lots of arts events are actually starting at 8:30pm on Saturday night instead of at 8pm to reflect the night’s festivities. Be sure to check online for updates or call ahead!)

First step: check out last week’s Arts Roundup for some great two-weekend events, including theater productions from Theatre Intime the Lewis Center for the Arts.  Next, check out this weekend’s newest offerings below:

  • Tickets are going like wildfire (or like bonfire, ammirite?) the Princeton Triangle Club‘s newest show, Tree’s Company: Forest’s a Crowd!, which runs this Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8:30pm, and Sunday at 2pm.  It’s in the Matthews Theater at McCarter (the big one at the top of the hill), and tickets sell out fast, so get on it!  Click here for more.  They sell out of tickets at the Frist Box office extremely fast–as of this afternoon, they didn’t have any more for Friday night’s show–so your best bet is buying tickets directly from McCarter’s box office. You can purchase them in person during business hours, or order them via phone at 609-258-2787; couldn’t be easier.
  • Princeton South Asian Theatrics always presents a hilarious night of theater, and this year’s original offering, The Masala Chai Candidate, is sure to be no different!  Runs Thursday at 8pm and Saturday at 9pm in the Frist Film and Performance Theater: tickets are $7 for students, events eligible.  Click here for more. 
  • Now in its third year, the Princeton Opera Company presents its first full-scale opera (they’ve previously produced some terrific concerts of arias and operatic scenes), Meanwhile, Back at Cinderella’s.  With a stacked cast of talented performers, it’s sure to be an entertaining–and beautifully sung–take on the classic fairy tale.  November 15th at 8pm, Nov. 16th at 8 pm, Nov. 17th at 2 pm in Whitman Class of 1970 Theater.  Click here for more.

 

Nov 15, 2012

Weekend Arts Roundup, November 15-18

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With the insanity of New Jersey’s doomsday weather this week (first a tropical storm, then a blizzard…where are the locusts?) comes a slew of exciting arts opportunities this weekend!  These next couple of weekends before Thanksgiving have a multitude of great shows and concerts in store, nearly all of which you can attend for free with your Student Events Eligible pass (a.k.a. a simple swipe of your prox).  Don’t delay–these babies are sure to sell out fast!

  • Tonight, the Princeton Katzenjammers present a one-night-only musical extravaganza of co-ed a cappella.  If their great vocalizing isn’t enough to tempt you, the night’s also featuring a performance by former KJ Ben Taub ’14, fresh from his stint on NBC’s  The Voice.  11pm Thursday night, Theatre Intime.  Click here for more.
  • This weekend only, the Princeton University Players present Nine, a sexy musical directed by sophomore Eamon Foley ’15.  Song, dance, leggy ladies with great pipes: who could ask for more?  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm in the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street.  Click here for more.
  • You won’t want to miss eXpressions Dance Company‘s electrifying fall show, Uprising.  Tickets go fast for this one-weekend event, so get ‘em while you can!  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm in the Frist Film and Performance Theater.  Click here for more.
  • This weekend and next, Theatre Intime presents the hair-rasing comic thriller Wait Until Dark, directed by sophomore Mike Pinsky ’15.  8pm Thursday-Saturday for two weekends in Theatre Intime, with a 2pm matinee next Saturday (11/17).  Click here for more.
  • All-Nighter with David Drew, Princeton’s only live late-night talk show, presents its second episode at 11pm this Friday in Frist.  The first show was a huge hit, so it’s definitely worth a watch!  Featuring guests Bruce Easop ’13 (USG president), Professor Sam Wang (election predictor extraordinaire), and singer-Songwriter Mark Watter ’14.  Click here for more.
  • The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater collaborates with the Department of Music to present its fall show extravaganza, Der Bourgeois Bigwig.  Chock full of hilarious hijinks from a talented team of actors, music from the University Orchestra, and stunning costumes and set, it’s a must-see.  Friday and Saturday at 8pm; next Thursday-Saturday at 8pm (11/9-10 and 11/15-17). Berlind Theater and McCarter Theater Center (across from the Dinky).  Click here for more.
  • This Friday only, the Princeton Tigressions present a great night of female a cappella at Richardson Auditorium for their biannual Jam.  It also features guest performances from BAC Dance and the Princeton Footnotes (male a cappella).  A terrific night of music and dance in a beautiful venue!  Click here for more.
  • This weekend only, Princeton Chinese Theatre presents Rhinoceros in Love, directed by Jianfei Chen ’15 and Liukun Wu ’15.  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, with a 2pm Saturday matinee, in Whitman College’s Class of 1970 Theatre.  Click here for more.
  • As you plan your weekend’s viewing schedule, remember to snag tickets for the Princeton Triangle Club‘s newest show, Tree’s Company: Forest’s a Crowd!, which will run next Friday and Saturday at 8pm with a Sunday matinee (11/16-18).  It’s in the Matthews Theater at McCarter (the big one at the top of the hill), and tickets sell out fast, so get on it!  Click here for more. 
Nov 8, 2012

Weekend Arts Roundup: Theater, Dance, and A Cappella Galore

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Welcome, orange-lanyard-clad Prefrosh!  We’re thrilled you’re here–and the campus is abuzz for the next two weekends with exciting performing arts events that give you a useful glimpse of Princeton’s thriving arts scene.  Any of the following would make for a wonderful introduction to the artsy side of Old Nassau:
  • McCarter Theatre Center's Matthews Theater (known by members of the Princeton Triangle Club as "the house Triangle built") on the night of a Triangle show.

    McCarter Theatre Center's Matthews Theater (known by members of the Princeton Triangle Club as "the house Triangle built") on the opening night of a Triangle show.

    Looking for a night of pure hilarity, along with a glimpse at a Princeton arts institution?  The Princeton Triangle Club, which produces an annual musical that is completely conceived, written, produced and performed by Princeton undergraduates, is presenting its spring show, Are You There, Dod? It’s Me, Marquand (don’t worry, prefrosh; you’ll understand the title if you come here. And/or if you’re too young to remember Judy Blume, we are officially ashamed of you).  While their fall show is directed by professionals and goes on a national tour, the spring show is more casual: it’s where the writers try out new jokes, the Club hunts for new talent, and the audiences are in stitches.  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, tickets $7 in Frist or at the door; Class of 1970 Theater in Whitman College.

  • …speaking of high hilarity, the Princeton South Asian Theatrics’ play Bombay Confidential is sure to be a fun-filled night.  One weekend only in the Wilson Black Box, so get tickets before they’re gone! $7 at Frist or at the Door.
  • "Amulets," a senior thesis art show from Visual Arts Certificate student Ruthie Nachmany '12, opens this Thursday at the Lewis Center for the Arts. 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ

    "Amulets," a senior thesis art show from Visual Arts Certificate student Ruthie Nachmany '12, opens this Thursday at the Lewis Center for the Arts. 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ

    Still feel entirely wrapped up in the admissions process?  Admissions: An Original Musical, written by Dan Abromowitz ’13, Clayton Raithel ’12, & Nora Sullivan ’12, and directed by J.T. Glaze ’13, is a perfect fit: its depiction of the high-jinks and heartbreaks of senior year is completely irresistible.  It also represents a collaboration between artists from three major theater groups on campus: Dan, Clayton, and Nora have all been writers for the Princeton Triangle Club, and the play is co-produced by Theatre Intime, Princeton’s oldest entirely student-led theater group, and the Princeton University Players, the campus’s musical theater company.  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, this weekend and next; tickets $8, student events eligible.  Voucher accessible for pre-frosh; buy your tickets ahead of time in Frist!

  • Curious about getting a certificate in theater?  Pippin, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, is a senior thesis production for senior Adam Hyndman, who plays Pippin and the Lead Player. It’s an incredible production, with top-notch performances and a professional director and designers. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm; tickets $10 for students, $15 for adults.  Tickets in Frist or at the Berlind Box Office.
  • "Pippin," a senior thesis project at the Berlind Theater.

    "Pippin," a senior thesis project at the Berlind Theater.

    Want to learn more about the arts on campus? The Lewis Center for the Arts, which houses the Programs in Creative Writing, Dance, and Theater, will be holding an open house for prefrosh from 12:30-1:30 on Thursday at 185 Nassau Street.  Learn from students about how they’ve integrated the arts into their undergrad careers!

  • Still around at 6pm on Saturday? Don’t miss an outdoor performance by They Might Be Giants in the courtyard by the Princeton Public Library–a great chance to see an even greater band for free!  For prospective students, it’s a great way to see how townies and undergrads join forces; for current students, it’s an unmissable study break.  Sponsored by the Princeton Record Exchange, the town’s out-of-this-world wonderful record store; with its walls and walls of dirt cheap used CDs, it’s a music nerd’s idea of heaven.
  • Speaking of those music nerds, there are two great events on the docket on Sunday.  First up is Driving Music, Kevin Laskey ’12′s senior thesis concert for the Department of Music.  Three student ensembles will perform Laskey’s original compositions, which run the gamut from classical to jazz: it’s a prime example of the exciting opportunities available at Princeton for talented up-and-coming artists.  Sunday at 1:30pm in the Rocky Common Room; free.
  • Next up is the Princeton University Glee Club’s spring concert on Sunday at 3pm, featuring performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” and “Five Mystical Songs,” and Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem.  One day only; it’s sure to be a beautiful event.  Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall; tickets $5 for students, events eligible.
Apr 19, 2012

Weekend Arts Roundup: Prefrosh Edition!

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426094_3396618119042_1377398408_33321687_1880442258_nIt’s a chock-full weekend for arts events, with something for everyone!  Opportunities for procrastination abound (I mean, what? Who’s procrastinating?):
  • Naacho’s tenth-anniversary show, Yaadein, is sure to be a terrific watch, featuring everything from classical Indian dance to Bollywood and street dancing.  Tickets for the Saturday shows are already entirely sold out, so act fast!  Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 6pm and 9pm in the Frist Film and Performance Theatre (on the third floor).  Events eligible.
  • Princeton’s biannual ArtWalk offers a great chance to browse Princeton’s finest visual arts venues for free.  With exciting events, free food, and beautiful art, what do you have to lose?  You can stop by any of the ArtWalk’s ten venues between 5-8pm on Thursday night: click here for a handy venue map if you’re venturing off campus.
  • One of the most exciting ArtWalk events is right here on campus: the Princeton Opera Company will be presenting a night of arias and duets performed by undergrads at the University Art Museum from 5-8pm.  Stop by for a bit to wander through the galleries, enjoy the refreshments, and soak in the beautiful music!
  • For an exciting taste of the professional theater world, stop by the staged workshop of Class of ’99 alum Marlo Hunter’s new musical Island Song. The production features five Princeton undergraduates, who have been helping Hunter work on the play as she prepares for its upcoming professional run.  Presented by the Princeton University Players (PUP): Saturday at 1:30 and 4:30pm in the Whitman Theater.  All tickets $5, available at the door.
  • Hilarious slapstick comedy abounds in the Center for Jewish Life’s annual play, Larry Shue’s The Nerd, directed by Charlotte Weisberg ’13.  Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm in Wilson Black Box (take the elevator down to the basement from Wilcox lobby!).  Student tickets $8, $10 general admission.
  • 430040_1653987394178_1104488333_nIf you missed Dead Man’s Cell Phone at Theatre Intime last weekend, there are still four more chances to see it!  Definitely one of the best student-directed plays I’ve seen during my three years at Princeton.  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm in Theatre Intime, with a 2pm matinee on Saturday. Student tickets $8, in Frist or at the door; events eligible.
  • PUP has multiple tricks up its sleeve this weekend: opening today is Elizabeth Swanson ’12′s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. It’s a fascinating play, and one that is currently enjoying a Manhattan run as part of New York City Center’s Encores! Series–take advantage of the chance to see it performed closer to home!  Its terrific cast and seasoned director sound like they’ll make for an excellent combination.  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm in Whitman Theatre; student tickets $8, in Frist or at the door.
Mar 1, 2012

Weekend Arts Roundup: Opera, Dance, Drama, and More

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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

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Katherine Ortmeyer, Uchechi Kalu and Matt Spencer Seely in Craig Wright's "The Pavilion" at Theatre Intime. (Photo by Taylor Mallory)

Katherine Ortmeyer, Uchechi Kalu and Matt Spencer Seely in Craig Wright's "The Pavilion" at Theatre Intime. (Photo by Taylor Mallory)

We’ve got a great weekend of campus arts events–perfect procrastination techniques to employ before the end-of-semester push (and, let’s be honest, holiday shopping) takes over our brains.

  • There’s theater galore this weekend, starting tonight with Craig Wright’s The Pavilion, a high-school-reunion story unlike any you’ve seen before, directed by Emma Watt ’13 at Theatre Intime. Thurs-Saturday at 8pm, this weekend and next. Also, the show clocks in at just under 90 minutes–a perfectly-sized study break. Tickets $8 at Theatre Intime.  To see the trailer (artistic design for this show is through the roof), click here.
  • Also up tonight is Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, directed by Molly O’Neill ’14 with the Princeton Shakespeare Company in the Wilson Blackbox. Thurs-Saturday at 8pm, this weekend and next. Tickets $8 at Frist; events eligible.
  • Starting tomorrow, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a senior thesis project directed by Julia Keimach ’12 with the Program in Theater, is sure to be a terrific bet: a great cast, beautiful costumes, and a fresh new take on a classic text (not to mention that our own UPC co-prez SKG makes his Princeton theater debut as Polonius!). December 2-3 at 8:15 PM, December 4 at 2 PM, December 7 – 9 at 8 PM, and December 10 at 1 PM. Free and open to the public; Berlind Rehearsal Room at McCarter Theater Center.
  • A light moment with the cast of "Hamlet" (those drama queens...)

    A light moment with the cast of "Hamlet" (those drama queens...)

    No matter how stressed-out you are by classes, nothing peps you up for the holiday season quite like beautiful Christmas music: the University Glee Club and Chamber Choir’s concert of Readings and Carols this Friday is sure to hit the spot. 8pm Friday in Richardson Auditorium, $5 students, events eligible.

  • Big-band jazz reinterpretations of Radiohead, you say? Just one of the many draws at the University Concert Jazz Ensemble’s collaboration concert with the jazz programs from Columbia University this Saturday: 8pm December 3 in Richardson Auditorium, student tickets $5. Events eligible.
Dec 1, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: Theater, Jazz, and Choral Music Galore

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315642_2144702616931_1227210983_33271968_581668594_nAnother week, another arts roundup!  As we mentioned in last week’s column, we’ve been faced with an embarrassment of riches on campus between now and Thanksgiving break. Follow our advice…and see it all!

  • Thursday, November 17, 8pm:Fuente Ovejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation, produced by the Department of Theater at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre, takes the classic Lope de Vega play and stages it within the context of the La Baracca Theatre Troupe in 1930s Spain; it’s a beautiful production full of great performances. Friday-Saturday Nov. 10-11, Thursday-Saturday November 17-19, 8pm; student tickets $10, events eligible. For a terrific concert, check out alt-folk legend Crooked Still’s one-night-only show at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, part of the Music Department’s Making Tunes concert series. 8pm; click here for ticket information.
  • Friday, November 18, 8pm: The Footnotes Jam,A Gentleman’s Game, is sure to be a great night of a cappella: 8pm Friday in Richardson Auditorium, student tickets $8, events eligible.
  • Saturday, November 19 matinee, 2pm: This weekend’s your last chance to see Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll at Theatre Intime. A play that combines Czech Communism, British rock music, ancient Greek poetry, and epic love stories…how can you resist? Thursday-Saturday at 8pm with a 2pm matinee on Saturday; student tickets $8, events eligible.  The November 18th 8pm performance will include a talk-back after the show with the Music Department’s Simon Morrison, who has an extensive background in Slavic history and music (and who’s basically the coolest thing since sliced bread).
  • Saturday, November 19, 8pm: The Triangle Club’s 2011 show, Doomsdays of Our Lives, centers on the apocalypse…and with a Ke$ha-inspired cockroach number, a killer drag kickline (the teaser: Mayan virgins about to be sacrificed), and more high hilarity, it’s not to be missed. Tickets always sell out, so buy yours now! Friday-Saturday at 8pm; student tickets $10, events eligible.
  • Sunday, November 20, 3pm: The University Chamber Choir, an offshoot of Glee Club, will present “The Unspoken Word,” a concert of Catholic music written in secret under 17th-century Protestant regimes in England and the Netherlands.  Fascinating liturgical music, gorgeous voices–and free!
Nov 17, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: See-It-All Edition, Part II

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382044_2269905390733_1341540238_32222342_340565205_nThis weekend and next always have the year’s largest number of arts events on campus…and here at The Ink, we want to help you to enjoy every bit of it! We’ve made a fancy-pants version of how to see it all between now and Thanksgiving break:

  • Thursday, November 10: I might be slightly biased in this play’s favor (full disclosure: I’m the director), but Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll at Theatre Intime is shaping up to be a wonderful show. Spanning 20 years of the underground rock movement in Communist Czechoslovakia, from the 1968 Prague Spring to the 1989 Velvet Revolution, it’s a fascinating play–and the cast is top-notch.  Thursday-Saturday at 8pm this weekend and next, with a talkback on November 18th with Simon Morrison, the Music Department’s preeminent Slavic music scholar.  Student tickets $8, events eligible.
  • Friday, November 11: The Princeton Glee Club’s Yale vs. Princeton Football Concert is always a great annual event chock full of beautiful music: Friday at 8pm in Richardson Auditorium, $5 student tickets, events eligible.374633_10150357682173661_653008660_8286638_2073660683_n
  • Saturday matinee, November 12: Shaved heads, Baptist revivals, gore galore, bestiality…hooked yet? The Princeton University Players’ Bat Boy at Matthews Acting Studio, a dark musical comedy directed by Claire Greene ’13, has all that and more.  This weekend only, Thursday-Saturday at 8pm with a 2pm Saturday matinee. Tickets $8, events eligible.
  • Saturday night, November 12: We’ve got two great a cappella options for Saturday night: first, The Nassoons’ Annual Yale Jam with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, is always a blast (8pm Saturday in Richardson Auditorium, student tickets $8). If gorgeous female voices are more your thing (and you’re looking for a great concert that’s also kind on your wallet), the Tigressions Thirtieth Reunion Concert is also a great bet: it’s free at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at 7:30pm on Saturday.

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Nov 10, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: See-It-All Edition!

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194706_2156284110133_1337370346_32164878_1349783074_oTime to venture forth from your midterms-induced insanity and hit the campus’s best arts events tonight! We’ve got music and theater aplenty–prime distractions from paper-writing and other assorted craziness.

  • Think on the bright side: your paper might be hellish, but at least your sociopathic wife isn’t making you kill your boss in cold blood! No one does schadenfreude better than Shakespeare, and Allie Kollaski ’13′s production of Macbeth has been getting wonderful word-of-mouth feedback over the past couple of days (just be sure to call it “The Scottish Play” if you decide to go…midterms week definitely isn’t time to tempt the Fates).  Today’s the last day: 2pm and 8pm performances in Whitman Theater, tickets $8, student events eligible.
  • Nothing soothes a stressed soul like classical music–and nothing energizes said stressed soul like a crazy marimba concerto, as Kevin Laskey ’12 will exemplify tonight at the Princeton University Orchestra’s first concert of the season.  Featuring the music of Sibelius and Verdi, along with the afore-mentioned Rosauro Marimba Concerto, it’s a great night of music–and, at under 2 hours total, it clocks in as a perfectly-sized study break.  8pm Saturday at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall; $8 for students, but free with Passport to the Arts (it uses one of the random arts passes that don’t work for ANY other student events except for those in Richardson, so it’s definitely worth it).
  • If you’re an a cappella lover, tonight’s Co-Ed A Cappella Jam is just what the doctor ordered for midterms jitters. Featuring music from the Katzenjammers, Shere Khan, and Roaring 20, it’s bound to be a very fun event–and all of the proceeds go to Education Through Music, a terrific arts non-profit that serves students in New York and the San Francisco Bay area.  10pm Saturday in Theatre Intime; tickets $7 for students, $10 general.

Keep calm and carry on, everyone!

Oct 22, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: Midterms Procrastination Edition!

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monkeys-hdr_lrgTwo weeks in (doesn’t it feel longer?) and campus arts events are up and running! As the semester goes into full swing, this batch of events is the perfect antidote to daunting workloads and overtired brains:

  • Theatre Intime, Princeton’s oldest entirely student-run theater company, starts its 2011-2012 season with Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers, directed by sophomore Eric Traub.  Part comic coming-of-age story and part family drama, this Pulitzer-Prize-winning play is one of Simon’s best, and features an all-star student cast. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm in Theatre Intime: tickets $8, Student Events Eligible.
  • The Department of Music’s Making Tunes concert series, which features a range of international musicians who blend traditional and improvisatory folk music traditions, continues its second week with Appalachian fiddle player Bruce Molsky.  The Tunes series’ first concert was completely sold out, so buying ahead is a smart move: tickets are available at Frist or via phone at 609-258-9220, and the event is Student Events Eligible.  Thursday at 8pm in Taplin Auditorium at Fine Hall.
  • 319614_2211111437472_1238070354_32620346_719421329_nIf you’re hoping to glimpse the next Amy Poehler or Ed Helms, don’t miss The UCB Touring Company’s one-night improv comedy show at McCarter Theatre, sponsored by Quipfire! improv troupe.  Friday at 11pm; free admission, but get there early to get a good seat! It’s sure to fill up fast.
  • Princeton’s Program in Theater opens its season with The Monkeys Are Coming!, a Russian avant-garde drama directed by senior Gabe Crouse as part of his senior thesis.  First published in 1923, the play appears here in a brand-new translation by several professors in Princeton’s Slavic Department.  It’s a genre-bending (and brain-bending) performance–and its 50-minute length makes it perfect for a pre-Street study break.  Friday and Saturday at 8pm in Matthews Acting Studio at the Lewis Center for the Arts (185 Nassau Street); student tickets $10, Student Events Eligible.
  • Speaking of theses, seniors Eddie Skolnick and Jeff Hodes will present an All-Mozart Senior Thesis Recital for the Music Department’s Performance Program on Saturday at 8pm in Taplin Auditorium.  Skolnick will play and conduct Mozart’s Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra and his Violin Concerto No. 3; Hodes will perform and conduct Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto; and both musicians will be backed by a fifteen-person student chamber orchestra.  Free admission, with a reception to follow.
Sep 29, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: Intime, Improv, and More

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Stephen-Sondheim-HI-RES-Photo-by-Jerry-JacksonWelcome back to The Ink‘s Weekend Arts Roundup! For ’15ers (and newbies to The Ink), the Arts Roundup is an insiders’ guide to all arts events that happen in Princeton (both on and off campus) each weekend.  We’ll give you locations, times, helpful links, ticket prices, event descriptions and hype…everything you need to get out there and take advantage of all the great arts opportunities that Princeton has to offer!

Since the semester’s still in its early stages, we’ve got a number of off-campus options to tempt you with this week.  Stay tuned for later weeks when a cappella, theater, dance, music groups, and more will take the campus by storm!

  • If you think that string music’s just for old-timey Princetonians in smoking jackets, Alasdair Frasier will give you a run for your money: he’s a virtuosic fiddler who takes Scottish traditional and folk music to a wholly new level of musicality.  He’s also super-legit, as his multiple NPR visits highlight. Thursday at 8pm in Taplin Hall; admission is free with TigerTickets ($15 for general admission).  You can call or order them online at 609-258-9220 or www.princeton.edu/utickets.

  • Alasdair Fraser, fiddle & Natalie Haas, cello, will perform in Taplin Auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 22.

    Alasdair Fraser, fiddle & Natalie Haas, cello, will perform in Taplin Auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 22.

  • Experience the Bard’s best in one fell swoop, complete with snarktastic commentary and a Titus-Andronicus-themed cooking show, at the Princeton Shakespeare Company’s one-night-only production of Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), which they perform to packed audiences each May at Reunions. Saturday at 8p and midnight, Whitman Theater; tickets are free at the door, but bound to sell out!
  • Princeton’s improbably playing host to one of the season’s hottest theater tickets: John Doyle’s Ten Cents a Dance, a dark song cycle with a wholly new take on the classic music of Rogers and Hart. Doyle, director of the critically-acclaimed recent Broadway revivals of Sweeney Todd and Company, is one of his generation’s great visionaries; the production, co-produced with Williamstown Theatre Festival, is not to be missed.  Tues-Thurs at 7:30pm, Saturday at 8p; Berlind Theater, McCarter Theatre Center.  Tickets free with a TigerTicket (preloaded on your Prox).
  • Though it’s technically already sold out (the first-come first-serve free tickets were all gone as of Tuesday night), former New York Times theater critic Frank Rich’s public interview with composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim here at McCarter Theater is bound to be a once-in-a-lifetime event for arts lovers.  Monday, September 26, at 8pm in Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center; they’ll be giving will call tickets at the door, so it’s definitely worth stopping by!
Sep 22, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: Sondheim, Shakespeare, Song Cycles, and More

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cv11mainhedT-minus 24 hours until blessed freedom is upon us!  Or at least until we get to take a brief breather, enjoy some relatively normal springtime weather (knock on wood!), and savor all the Lawnparties revelry before buckling down for the final push come Monday.  We’ll have a more extensive Lawnparties breakdown soon (stay tuned!), but until then there are a ton of exciting ways to kick back with the arts this weekend.  You’ve earned it!

  • An oldie but a goodie–Communiversity, Princeton’s annual town-gown spring festival, strikes again on Saturday, and the picture-perfect weather forecast means it’s bound to be a happening scene. With five stages’ worth of music and performance groups, from a cappella to jazz to flamenco dancing, there’s something for everyone.  Come mingle with the townies, eat great food, and savor some time outside the bubble!  Noon to 5pm on Saturday in downtown Princeton (click here for more detailed descriptions of some of the weekend’s events).
  • ppf11-logo340If it’s a cappella you’re craving, look no further than the Lils’s 40th anniversary Jam at 8pm tonight at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, featuring a guest performance from the Nassoons.  Tickets $8 for students. The Jam will also focus on the legacy of women here at Princeton to kick off the weekend’s She Roars festival (which is hosting the likes of Sheryl WuDunn ’88 and Sonia Sotomayor ’76!).  You can read the full lecture schedule here: it’s a star-studded list of events, and many allow walk-in guests!
  • The University’s also hosting its second annual Princeton Poetry Festival this weekend.  Organized by New Yorker poetry editor (and Lewis Center director) Paul Muldoon, the Festival has a killer lineup of readers.  There’s nothing more soothing or exhilarating than having someone read to you–especially when that someone happens to be a poetry legend like Sharon Olds or Mark Doty. Drop in as you wish at Richardson Auditorium, even for a brief while: don’t miss it!  Click here for the full schedule.
  • If pure laughs are more your thing, nothing goes better with the craziness of houseparties than the killer wit of Quipfire!, which will be doing 10pm shows Thursday-Saturday in Theatre Intime. Tickets are $6, and they’re bound to sell out (be ready for some serious drunken revelry!), so buy yours ahead of time in Frist.
  • The newly-formed Princeton Opera Company is presenting Love, Laughter and Libretto, a free concert of opera scenes from Mozart to Bernstein, at 2pm on Saturday in the Rocky Common Room–a perfect break from Communiversity or a compliment to a late brunch.
Apr 28, 2011

Weekend Arts Roundup: Lils, Laughs, Libretti–and Lawnparties!

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