musical

All Student Theatre’s “Next to Normal” aims to make WashU reconsider our “normal”

With their spring musical, “Next to Normal,” All Student Theatre (AST) intends to use the power of storytelling to start more conversations about mental health on campus and to make audiences question what “normal” really means. 

| Staff Writer

‘The Book of Mormon’ hits St. Louis

The touring production of “The Book of Mormon” rolled into the Fox Theater on Tuesday, April 9. This modern musical masterpiece, which has run on Broadway since 2005, was a […]

| Staff Writer

Professors perform in WashU’s second Faculty Music Showcase

Professors in the WashU music department held their second Faculty Music Showcase at the 560 Music Center, exhibiting a range of musical talents and techniques. The Faculty Music Showcase was initiated last February, allowing professors in the department to come together each semester and perform pieces of their choice. 

| Contributing Writer

Into the Woods: A Reckoning With Moral Ambiguity

Inspired by the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm, Washington University’s Performing Arts Department’s-rendition of the musical “Into the Woods” is a winding narrative of desire and discontentment.

| Contributing Writer

Broadway in Hollywood: ‘In the Heights’ and the renaissance of the blockbuster musical

“In The Heights” is not the first movie of its kind in recent years, and it does not look like it will be the last. The past decade has seen a resurgence of movie-musicals.

Lydia McKelvie | Staff Writer

‘Cats’ (2019): The gift that should not have been given

This film will go down in history as the multi-million dollar cinematic phenomenon that no one wanted to see, but probably saw anyway.

| Senior Cadenza Editor

Friendships and relationships give life purpose in upcoming PAD show ‘Company’

He’s a noncommittal socialite of a man, surrounded by friends and usually the center of attention at a party. He’s off and on with three different girls, but all of his closest friends are in long-term relationships…Well, in this case, marriage. Sound sort of familiar?

| Culture Editor

‘The Sound of Music Live!’ attracts viewers but falls flat under the weight of poor acting, lack of cast chemistry

NBC’s much-hyped foray into the long-gone “event television” days finally went live with “The Sound of Music Live!” Thursday night, but the adaptation of the 1959 classic turned out to be nothing more than a couple of hours full of awkwardness.

Kimberley Henrickson | Contributing Writer

Remembering Finn: ‘Glee’’s tribute to Cory Monteith

On July 31, 2013, Cory Monteith died in his Vancouver hotel room at age 31 as a result of mixing alcohol and heroin.

| Contributing Writer

Theater Review: ‘Cabaret’

The Performing Arts Department’s production of “Cabaret,” an eccentric musical set in a raunchy nightclub in 1930s Berlin, was successfully stirring in its first round of performances at the Edison Theatre last weekend.

Danielle Leventhal | Theater Critic

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