Arts + Entertainment
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Flying High
Oh, the drama. A would be king takes to a stage dressed in the pageantry of ancient Rome to greet his throngs of loyal followers....
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Visiting Hours
In David Mamet's play Squirrels, the character Arthur describes the act of storytelling as going ''From nothing to nothing.... 'Nothing.' Rising action. Climax. Falling action....
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Witty Repartee
The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in...
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Torture Garden
The first thing to note about The Catalyst Theater Company's production of George Orwell's 1984 is that it does not feel like high school. I...
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Blurred Visages
If you think being a gay Republican is a tough dichotomy to reconcile, try being a gay Muslim. In concept, the idea of being gay...
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Soundwaves
Rihanna WHAT'S SUMMER WITHOUT RIHANNA?... Another summer has come and gone, and Rihanna once again showed her strength as a summer songstress. But for the...
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Sticky Fingers
Contemplation of the Post-Industrial Family surely ranks as one of the most indispensable themes of the modern playwright. What writer worth their salt can resist...
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Offending the Masses
Hamlet 2 is blasphemy, pure and simple. And it's not just the musical number ''Rock Me Sexy Jesus'' that's going to have people apoplectic; Shakespeare...
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Soundwaves
YOKO ONO'S PEACE DANCE... In a world coming increasingly unmoored, pleas for peace may seem naïve, but they're also very necessary. Just as she did...
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Jazz Singer
Robin McKelle Remember ''Abracadabra''? The Steve Miller Band's '80s hit was good cheesy pop, but it was less magic trick than novelty act. If you...
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Teen Tunes
As if high school wasn't hard enough. Imagine a private, Catholic boarding school where two teenage boys fall in love in that familiar ''opposites attract''...
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Getting a Woody
Imagine a summer of love and romance in Barcelona. There would be late nights filled with good wine, soft music and a sexy artist who...
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Laugh Attack
Humor is subjective. What strikes me as funny may not be funny to you. There are, however, plenty of crossover areas that make us all...
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Soundwaves
BURNING UP HER BIRTHDAY CAKE... How many times in one year can gay bars celebrate Madonna? In fairness, it's not every year the Sticky and...
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Faraway Lands
''I'm from a land called secret Estonia, nobody knows where it's at,'' Kerli Koiv raps repeatedly on ''Creepshow,'' a blistering track off her new debut...
