"We spend our lives looking for the perfect partner with whom we can 'tie the knot,' and when we think we've found them, we spend the rest of our lives examining the frayed ends." So began the program for CoísCéím's production of Knots at Kasser Theater.
Pippin is the kind of musical that is relatable to every audience member no matter what generation they came from. Junior theater studies major Anthony Gusevich, who directed the show, took a leap by choosing to set Pippin in an urban kingdom with a rock flair (as opposed to the original setting of the Middle Ages) and made it appealing to today's generation by incorporating the themes of war, sex, drugs, power and love - things we are so often bombarded with in the mass media.
In the pouring rain on Friday night, when the smart were huddled inside under their blankets, we found ourselves running through puddles on our way to Memorial Auditorium clutching a ticket in our hand. That ticket was for Dance Collage, a presentation of the finest dancers and choreography MSU's Dance Program has to offer.
Simon Pegg has made his bread and butter playing slacker after slacker in British television and film. From his work on the excellent British series Spaced, to his role as a lethargic zombie killer in Shaun of the Dead, he's gotten pretty good at the role.
Penelope is, in its simplest form, a fairy tale: it's entertaining, it has magic, and it teaches a lesson about bravery and the strength of the human will. The movie opens with a backstory about Penelope's life, how five generations prior to her birth, an aristocrat named Ralph Wilhern impregnated a servant girl before marrying another aristocrat.
A new game by developer Level-5 has quickly swept the nation's population of Nintendo DS owners. With the success of games like Brain Age, which force the gamer to exercise his or her mind (what a concept!), it would make sense that a game like Professor Layton and the Curious Village would compel that variety of gamer to buy it.
With hard-hitting guitar riffs and breakdowns, Indianapolis natives Gwen Stacy hit the Christian rock scene with a driving force. Their debut album, The Life I Know (released by Ferret Records), shows the makings of a band that will be lasting long on the scene.
In Coffee at Luke's, 15 writers are given the opportunity to be full-fledged nerds. Each of them has selected a theme from their favorite show, Gilmore Girls, and discuss it at length in essay form. The writers are novelists, journalists, humorists and even professors.
If you've never had the opportunity to listen to 90.3 WMSC-FM on Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m., you are missing a real treat. Mark Bloustein, host of "On the Town," a radio talk show, invites some of Montclair's talented jazz performers into the studio for interviews and truly dazzling performances.
If anyone else out there is sick and tired of the same old crap that is being put out and just wants to hear some good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll, wait no more. This winter, rock band Airbourne came into the music world like a bat out of hell with their debut album Runnin' Wild, and the name says it all.
For the average viewer, it all started with a cowboy in jeans and a plaid yellow shirt. One pull of his string and we all had snakes in our boots. This summer, the saga will continue with an adorable, E.T.-looking robot who will find love in the middle of a barren, abandoned planet Earth.