Last year junior Peter Hanrahan won the A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition with his evocative and surreal drama, Caught in Carnation. This year, through the efforts of the Play Development Lab, a cast of 5 actors and actresses, a director and a crew of talented WU students, not to mention countless rewrites and rehearsals, the [...]
This weekend, Shakespeare’s ever-popular Taming of the Shrew will be performed at the Washington University campus. Whether through a 300-level lit class or a recent rental of 10 Things I Hate About You, most are familiar with the story of boy wins (and tames) girl.
Godspeed You Black Emperor! “Kicking Horse on Brokenhill” GYBE! rely on minimalism and their ability to slowly build to climax, combining three guitars, two basses, French horn, and a string section to compose pieces that almost cry out to be included in the soundtrack for any given major motion picture. Yes, it’s rather weird, but.come [...]
Following up her smash debut release Eve: First Lady of the Ruff Ryders with a new R&B and funk kick, Eve has proved to the sonic world yet again that a woman can deliver the hard-hitting lyrics and rough edge that has so long been the domain of male hip-hop artists. While Eve’s contemporaries have [...]
Web Master Psycho-terror movies and babes in bikinis usually don’t belong together on the same page, but they will appear on the same stage, this Thursday through Sunday. Psycho Beach Party, written by Charles Busch and directed by WU Sophomore Jordana Kritzer, will be presented as the annual spring performance by All Student Theatre this [...]
This Saturday, Washington University is in for a truly classical treat. Cellist Michael Haber and Pianist Seth Carlin will perform together, for one night only, a unique program of Beethoven sonatas in Holmes Lounge.
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