Brighton Beach Memoirs provides the theater-hungry student with something that is often missing from the Princeton stage — a good ol’ family drama.
The phrase “Love it or hate it, but you can’t ignore it” has been used to death, but it remains a perfectly apt description for the senior thesis production “The House of Blue Leaves.”
At the southeastern corner of campus, inside the football stadium, students gather in the afternoons to push the limits of their minds and bodies 32 feet off the ground. The Outdoor Action climbing wall, the only on-campus climbing option, is open for two hours every day except for Sunday.
A sit-down with Sam Borchard '11 of the Princeton Slacklining Club.
The term “Cinderallas” was popularized in the 1980 film, “Caddyshack,” a comedy starring Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield. But nowadays, it always seems to pop up the most during March Madness. Every year’s round of tournaments has its so-called “Cinderellas”: the teams that few people expect to go particularly far in the tournament until they come out in full force to pull off the upsets.
What attracts one person to another? This question is explored by Princeton Chinese Theater’s passionate performance, “Love in a Fallen City.” This play, directed by Yifeng Wang ’11 and Peiwen Xu ’13, will be performed in the Frist Film/Performance Theatre on March 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. and on March 26 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Chinese with English subtitles.
“Now, when I snap my fingers, you will open your eyes, and you will be a chicken.” When most people think of hypnosis, they think of people embarrassing themselves in front of an audience under the influence of a man in a tuxedo. Though this may be the most exciting image of hypnosis, it is not the most important or most common use of hypnosis, according to Axel Shum ’12, president of Princeton Hypnosis. As strange as hypnosis might seem, Shum explained that it is much more common than most people realize: “A lot of doctors will use hypnosis techniques but don’t necessarily call it hypnosis ... the techniques that a hypnotist uses overlap with meditation.” These techniques are taught at the Princeton Hypnosis meetings every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in East Pyne 39.
Choreographer, dancer, director, actor, third-degree black belt and Princeton University English major; Jeffrey Kuperman ’12 is all of these things. But even more impressively, he has found himself utilizing all of these skills in his own unique niche: the short dance film. Kuperman often choreographs for, dances in, directs and creates these films. His past projects include the ominous “One Arm and a Leg,” the dream-like “Blind Date” and the dark “Film Noir.” Street catches up with Kuperman as he describes his filmmaking process and his most recent project directing the short film, “In a Moment.”
In the second show of their season, Princeton University Players tackle a weighty Broadway classic, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” which opened last weekend and runs through this Saturday in the Frist Film/Performance Theatre.
Sure, I like movies. After all, I did see “The King’s Speech.” But as much as I wanted to see Colin Firth win at the Academy Awards last Sunday (you my boy, C-Firth!), I didn't tune in to the event for his celebratory acceptance speech. The truth is, I watched for the fashion.
Every Monday at 7 p.m., an audience ponders the alluring images and sounds that saturate the Rocky-Mathey Theatre as the projector hums.