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Triangle takes musical comedy off life support with 112th student-written revue 'This Side of Parody'

Triangle takes musical comedy off life support with 112th student-written revue 'This Side of Parody'

Is musical comedy dead? The curtain will lift on McCarter's stage this weekend for Triangle's newest show, presenting a stage littered with tombstones and black-shrouded mourners wailing the death of musical comedy.

NEWS | 11/13/2002

Get ready to rumble: Sharks, Jets meet on modern stage in Princeton University Players' 'West Side Story'

It's 5:30 on a Friday afternoon and a group of students are gathered in the Forbes Black Box. Dressed in loose pants and t-shirts, they stretch out and then move on to a series of push ups and sit ups.No, this isn't a University athletic group; this is the cast of "West Side Story," the latest production of the Princeton University Players, which will run at Richardson Auditorium this weekend.The musical, composed by Leonard Bernstein and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is directed by Daeil Cha '03, and choreographed by Cha and Linda Madueme '03.Based on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," "West Side Story" is the story of the intense rivalry between two gangs on New York's West Side ? the "American" Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks.

NEWS | 11/13/2002

Characters expose varying levels of institutionalism in 'Hothouse'

Anyone who has taken an introductory course in American literature knows that, as a society, we have a severe mistrust of institutions.

NEWS | 11/13/2002

Alumni develop 'Ratchet & Clank' for PlayStation 2, ensuring sleepless nights ahead for video game enthusiasts

"Oh yeah. Go ahead, blow it up." After reading those words from the back cover of "Ratchet & Clank," Sony's newest game for PlayStation 2, I thought I was in for the proverbial testosterone-infused video game.

NEWS | 11/13/2002

Unbridled 'Passions': NBC's unabashed daytime soap lures in younger audiences

Each day for the last three years, Tabitha Lenox has wracked her brain trying find a plan that will successfully destroy her 18-year-old next door neighbor Charity Standish.So far, electrocuting her, drowning her, trapping her in hell and freezing her in a block of ice have proved vain efforts.This tale may sounds a little far-fetched, but there are many more where that came from.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Wheter toning it down or hyping it up, Porter '04 brings energy to Princeton's stages

"Wednesday nights are pretty hard," says Steve Porter '04, a member of the Tigertones and one of BodyHype's newest.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Up-and-coming women leaders read about those who came before

She rose to political power through marriage, and ended up First Lady of the United States. No one would dispute that she was smart, assertive and energetic.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Judges make and break American dreams at recent 'Idol' auditions

Want to be an American Idol? The thousands who recently flocked to auditions most certainly did. Vying for a spot on "American Idol II," the second season of the mega-hit television show, they hoped to get their shot at a recording contract.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Convoluted 'Punch Drunk Love' leaves unpleasant hangover

A man in a blue suit sits at a lone desk in the corner of a warehouse. He is on the phone and, from what we can hear of his conversation, it seems as if he's talking to someone in the public relations department of a large corporation.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Fall fashion puts new spin on simplicity, reviving classic colors with a twist

Burn up the catwalk (or McCosh walk!) and strut your stuff in some of this season's hottest looks.

NEWS | 11/06/2002

Don't touch that dial! It's WPRB live from the basement of Holder

Tucked into a little corner of the basement of Holder Hall is the broadcasting center of Princeton's radio station, WPRB.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Avant garde filmmaker Child revels in creating 'off space' on camera

All is quiet in the Jimmy Stewart Theater Tuesday afternoon, October 15. Experimental filmmaker and poet Abigail Child, here on campus to screen and discuss her work, has just spoken about the importance of sound in her films.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Nassau Sushi Company on a roll with Japaneese, Korean cuisine

Nassau Bagel and Sushi Company 179 Nassau Street (609) 497-3275 Hours: Mon. - Sat. 11 a.m.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Iglesia '04 defies operatic tradition in summer work, future plans

With it corridor of strewn clothes, a motley mantelpiece collection of empty glass bottles, and the erratic drift of semi-clad roommates through the doors, the colorful abode of Dan Iglesia '04 in Little Hall is clearly no bleak and bare writer's garret.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Sartre's claustrophobic play probes human character under pressure

Theater~Intime most often tempers the serious with mirth and merriment of some kind, but their current production, "Men Without Shadows" brings unabashed existentialism to the stage.

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Grammy-winning Reverend delivers spiritual message in common language of jazz

Where can you go to hear a Grammy award winning jazz percussionist who's performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Bolshoi Ballet, Luciano Pavarotti, and Barbara Streisand?

NEWS | 10/16/2002

Comedy Central film dishes out Yale-style chicken with side of porn

"Porn 'n Chicken." Rarely does a film's title alone highlight so much of what makes it great to be young in America ? easy access to fast food and cheap thrills.

NEWS | 10/09/2002

Flying solo, Ben Folds finds own key in latest album

"...And don't forget to give me back my black tee shirt!"Many of us have, no doubt, belted out these words at the top of our lungs on some solo road trip, or perhaps in the shower when we think nobody's listening.

NEWS | 10/09/2002

Actress takes four-year hiatus from silver screen to study, make plans for future performance career

For four years, Amanda Czerniawski led a double life.To this day, many of Czerniawski's friends and family members still don't know that she spent four intense years as a film and television actor.

NEWS | 10/09/2002

Band takes its performance seriously, but is willing to poke fun at itself

"Okay, one-two-three, four!" With a swift slice of his hands through the air, Dave Driscoll is ready to start, but only a few alert trumpeters follow his cue."Now ? everybody!" grins the student conductor of the Princeton University Band, practicing with his musicians assembled deep in the basement of the Woolworth music building for their weekly Tuesday night rehearsal."They don't pay attention to me," says Driscoll '04, a saxophonist when he isn't conducting the group, "I'll be up there telling them 'play faster,' 'play slower' ? but they just play it however they want."Do they heed him during performances?"Enough," he quips.Watching a recent rehearsal makes it clear that these orange-and-black-plaid-clad purveyors of "music, marching, mirth and merriment" are certainly not all play and no work.

NEWS | 10/09/2002

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