Chicago, written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is perhaps the most impressive production to hit Princeton's theater scene this academic year.
Formerly breaking all box office records in London with "the highest opening advance for any play in the entire history of the West End," Terry Johnson's stage adaptation of "The Graduate" is gaining momentum as a great success on Broadway this season.First appearing as the 1967 movie (directed my Mike Nichols and based on the novel by Charles Webb), "The Graduate" succeeded in epitomizing baby boomer angst.
Jen Borghi '02 spends a lot of time these days at her "office" ? Small World Coffee ? working on her senior thesis.Thus far, the thesis, an analysis of the role of the Sibyl in Dante's "Divina Commedia," sprawls over countless notebook pages and Small World napkins.
Dogme 95, according to the group of Danish directors who founded the movement, is "a rescue action."In the spring of 1995, in response to the technological advances which have occurred over the past few decades, these filmmakers signed an agreement known as the "Vow of Chastity." This contract forces the filmmakers to refrain from the use of any relatively advanced technical methods, such as artificial lighting, or any filmmaking device more complex than a household hand-held camera.In addition, all scenes must be shot on location, in actual geographical areas.
Walking into the theater, I couldn't help but notice the stark difference between the set and the audience.
"She was always asking, 'What do you want?' And finally, I answered . . ."At its core, "Stop Kiss" is a bittersweet story of a kiss interrupted.
Bodiless mannequin heads discuss the meaning of human existence. Video screens flash phrases like "White boys drunk in an icebox." Psychics attempt to contact a dead artist's spirit through the "resonances" of one of his works.Sounds like a contemporary take on Surrealism ? or perhaps a comment on the meaning-lessness of post-modern society?But the 2002 Whitney Biennial, which runs from March 7th to May 26th, is not so easily quantifiable.Many of the works are indeed bizarre, unsettling, and even absurdist.
Bodiless mannequin heads discuss the meaning of human existence. Video screens flash phrases like "White boys drunk in an icebox." Psychics attempt to contact a dead artist's spirit through the "resonances" of one of his works.Sounds like a contemporary take on Surrealism ? or perhaps a comment on the meaning-lessness of post-modern society?But the 2002 Whitney Biennial, which runs from March 7th to May 26th, is not so easily quantifiable.Many of the works are indeed bizarre, unsettling, and even absurdist.
"It's a good thing this theater is dark and nobody here is over 18, because I am so embarrassed that I'm actually watching this movie," my companion whispered in my ear as the lights went down on "Sorority Boys."True enough, we were definitely the only two people in the audience with high school degrees, though the movie was rated R.
The Masala Grill, one of the latest additions to the Princeton dining scene, has excellent food, semi-reasonable prices, and a pleasant atmosphere.Dedicated to creating "innovative" Indian cuisine, the menu is centered on traditional Indian recipes coupled with creative spins on old favorites.
"If you ask a child to draw a picture of a cactus, they will draw a saguaro. They just won't have a name for it," says Anna Humphreys '02, co-author of a book about those famous cacti that grow in Arizona, Mexico and some parts of California."I just wanted to go home for the summer," says Humphreys to explain how she ended up writing the book, "Saguaro: The Desert Giant," in the summer after her sophomore year.
Finding decent food in Princeton can be difficult enough without religious dietary restrictions to con-sider; being a Jewish student observing Passover compounds that challenge.Yesterday's sun-down marked the beginning of the holiday celebrating the exodus from Egypt of the Jewish people, who left their homes so quickly that the bread they were baking did not have time to rise.To celebrate and commemorate the event, followers of Judaism forgo all leavened foods for the eight days of Passover.Most foods containing grains, therefore, are not kosher for Passover.
I was skeptical of pop-rock's newest creation, Nickelback, when I first heard their hit "How You Remind Me." I was annoyed when I bought the latest issue of "Guitar One" with Nickelback on the cover, and the cashier told me they were "f?-ing sweet."But when I read that Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger's personal hero is Kirk Hammett, and Nickelback lead guitarist Ryan Peake's personal hero is James Hetfield, my first thought about these wonder boys from Canadaland was confirmed: they really, really suck.Has the world become so vile we can't distinguish the good guys from the bad guys?
An Albee play can go either way. Here's how this weekend's Theatre~Intime production of "The American Dream" and "The Zoo Story" straddles the fine line between realistic subtlety and over-the-top absurdist theater:Edward Albee is a particularly excellent playwright, a satirist who championed an inimitable style to lampoon the idiocy and hubris of American-style success.
The living room set of Nick Ordway '02 and Sarah Curran '02's joint senior thesis production of Harold Pinter's "Old Times" looks like a surgical theater.
For ten years, the theater was my life. Since I first took the stage in the second grade play, I felt right at home.
In the latest Shakespeare production on campus, Romeo sports knee-highs, penny loafers, a plaid skirt, and a button-up blouse.Titled "St.
His wire-rim glasses were more understated and his hair was decidedly thinning. But, as he entered the room and took his place behind the podium wearing a form-fitting black turtleneck, slim black pants and chunky boots, he was eerily familiar.Lecturing on Saturday, March 2nd for the first installment of the 2004 Lecture Series, Judd Winick was new to the Princeton campus, but was hardly a new face for the students.
Forty days without sex ? in any way, shape or form. Sounds like a hilarious twist on the old man vs.
Have you ever wanted to know how to win a maple syrup chugging contest? Probably not, but "Super Troopers," a film about six Vermont State Troopers trying to keep their jobs while pulling crazy stunts on speeders and local police, is the one movie of the year you cannot miss.A sophisticated version of "Police Academy," "Super Troopers" (directed by Jay Chandrasekhar) combines a hilarious plot with sketch comedy as performed by members of the New York-based acting troupe, Broken Lizard.If you have grown weary of the gross-out, teenage slapstick humor in films like "American Pie" and "Slackers," then take a trip back to the golden age of movie laughs in this '80's-style flick.After amusing themselves by playing pranks on marijuana-smoking teenagers and Swiss tourists, the Troopers try to crack a drug smuggling case to prove their policing abilities to the governor of Vermont, played by Lynda Carter (better known as Wonder Woman).A bizarre love affair develops between one of the Troopers, Foster (Paul Soter), and a rival police officer (played by Marisa Coughlin, whose performance has moved up a notch since her co-starring role in "Freddy Got Fingered").But the Troopers' biggest enemy turns out to be one of their own ? a dim-witted radio operator named Farva (Kevin Hefferman).Despite the lighthearted nature of this film, the characters are strongly developed and interact with each other in realistic situations.
