ON CAMPUS
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches
Thurs Apr 2-Sat Apr 4, 8:00 PM – 2 hours – Arts/Performance
Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio, Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau St.
Tony Kushner’s sweeping, Pulitzer prize-winning opus is on show this weekend at the Lewis Centre, split across a number of performances to deal with its extraordinary length: Part one on Thursday night, part two on Friday night, and then the entire show on Saturday split into afternoon and evening performances. Whew. Expect: nudity, sex and rude words. Don’t expect: Al Pacino or Meryl Streep. But remember, “Angels in America” was a play long before it was a record-breaking TV movie, so this is a chance to see Kushner’s work as it was originally intended. Fun fact: Kushner wrote part of the play while teaching playwriting at Princeton! Other fun fact: This show is also playing next weekend! Now, that’s pretty much all the fun I can think of - come to think of it, everything else to do with “Angels in America” is the polar opposite of fun, but that’s no reason not to go.
The Tragedy of King Lear
Thurs Apr 2-Sat Apr 4, 8:00 PM – 2 hours – Arts/Performance
Theatre Intime
Helpfully billed as a “tragedy” for those few who thought King Lear was a fluffy romantic comedy, Shakespeare’s classic play comes roaring onto the Princeton stage this weekend. Well, roaring might be too energetic a word – maybe hobbling with a walking stick would be better. After all, this is Shakespeare’s extraordinary meditation on old age, recounting the story a man who has alienated his friends and family and lost touch with the world. In typical Shakespearean style, a fool is there to make sense of all the malarkey.
Princeton Senate Debate: Unimpressed with Obama's Administration
Thursday, Apr 2, 9:00 PM – 1 hour
Whig Hall Senate Chamber
“UNIMPRESSED” is by far the biggest word on the poster for this event, so if that’s the first thing you think of when you see Obama’s sexy face, then Whig Hall is the place for you. Economic policy got your blood boiling? Foreign diplomacy got you fuming? Longing for Bush’s capable hand back at the tiller? Then come push the resolution against our 44th president’s time in office thus far. Conversely, if Obama makes you feel all warm and cuddly inside, then you’d better turn up to tear the “un” away from that word. Apparently, all opinions are welcome. We’re also told that “refreshments will be served.” Now you’re going.
Fashion Speaks
Friday, Apr 3, 9:00 PM – 2 hours – Other
Dillon Gym
Have you been wondering what all those black-and-white posters with cellos were about? Well, here’s the answer – this weekend is the Princeton fashion show! Sexy people strut their stuff in various states of undress in that most sensual and flattering of locations, Dillon Gym. Proceeds this year go to Autism Speaks and the Eden Institute, a non-profit organization based in Princeton that helps children and adults with autism.
Amos Lee
Friday, Apr 3, 8:00 PM – 2 hours – Arts/Performance
Matthews Theater- McCarter Theatre Center
If folk-soul sounds like an invented genre to you – I’ve certainly never heard of it before – then you should join me in hitting up McCarter tomorrow night for a performance by Amos Lee. Lee lists Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers as primary influences, so his subsequent mention of folksters like John Prine and Dave Van Ronk can seem like something of a non sequitur. The songs on his MySpace page are surprisingly compelling though, sounding a little bit like John Mayer if John Mayer wasn’t crap. If you’re still not convinced, Lee’s signed to Blue Note, one of the greatest jazz labels of all time, and he looks a little bit like Joaquin Phoenix. Not sure if that’s a good thing when you’re a musician these days, but hey – at least he’s not a rapper.
OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE
MRSTKRFT
Friday April 3, 8:00 PM
Webster Hall, NYC, NY
Everyone’s favorite vowel-hating electro group will be blasting audience members to oblivion at New York’s legendary Webster Hall Club this weekend. If Justice and Daft Punk are just too commercial for you, then MSTRKRFT should be the perfect fit – they’re also from a French-speaking country, and they’re also skinny and awkward-looking. Actually, I just remembered they collaborated with John Legend on their brand new album, “Fist of God.” So…yeah, they ain’t really got indie cred no more. Still, if you, like me, think John Legend is the bee’s knees, then you’ll forgive them.
Kenny Loggins
Thursday April 2, 8:00 PM
Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
Loose! Footloose! Kick off my Sunday shoes!
Paper: Pressed, Stained, Slashed, Folded
Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY
March 11 - June 22 2009
As you might have guessed from its name, this is an exhibition about nothing other than…paper! Prints, books, drawings, slashed paper, punctured paper, folded paper, sculpted paper, aquatinted paper, paper with food in it…it’s all going to be there. A must-see for budding paper-enthusiasts, the exhibition promises to explore “the delicacy and mutability of paper as a substance and a subject.” Deep.
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