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Serena Zacharias | Monday, April 9, 2018
Duncan Sheik is a recording artist and a theater composer, and according to him, a performer by accident. While he initially found success in the ‘90s as a pop singer, he has since made a name for himself in the world of musical theater, winning eight Tonys in his career and a Grammy for “Best Musical
Erin Grimes | Thursday, January 25, 2018
Saint Mary’s College will host “Extraordinary Women: A Musical Cabaret,” from April 5-7, stage director and associate professor of theater Mark Abram-Copenhaver said. “On Friday and Saturday, there will be an early and late show, with times to be decided,” he said. Abram-Copenhaver said the musical follows a musical revue style, revolving around a theme with songs
Gina Twardosz | Monday, August 28, 2017
Saint Mary’s has expanded its list of minors to make way for the start of something new: a musical theatre minor. Specialist in costume design Melissa Bialko said in an email that she proposed the idea for the minor — which requires 17 credit hours — to her colleagues after years of polling students and alumnae.
Maura Monahan | Monday, November 2, 2015
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies hosted keynote speaker Mary-Kay Gamel as part of its graduate student conference “Classics and/in Performance” in McKenna Hall last Friday morning. Her lecture, titled “Greek Drama: A Musical Theatre,” explored the integrality of music to ancient Greek dramas and stressed the desirability, both for authenticity and for generating meaning, of incorporating
Alexandra Lowery | Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” makes a name for itself in the musical theatre world as a notoriously difficult production to perfect. Its score and accompanying singing parts are difficult, special effects play a key role in the plot and the ending is not exactly what you’d call a “happily ever after.” The Pasquerilla East