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11 posts tagged "musical theatre"

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Notre Dame’s FTT department adapts ‘Cyrano’

Claire Reid | Thursday, February 24, 2022

Described as a “swashbuckling love story with a modern musical twist” on the promotional poster, the Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) department’s original musical “Cyrano” has a little bit of everything including sword fights, romance and positive representation. The musical is an adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play “Cyrano de Bergerac” which tells the story

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PEMCo adapts musical ‘Something Rotten’ to comply with COVID-19 guidelines

Claire Reid | Friday, April 9, 2021

This semester, the cast and crew of the Pasquerilla East Music Company (PEMCo) have adapted their latest musical “Something Rotten” to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.  The showtimes include April 9 at 8 p.m. and April 10 at 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the Washington Hall Mainstage. While in-person tickets sold out quickly since only

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FTT’s ‘Stupid Humans’ brings student-written work to the stage

Mariah Rush | Thursday, February 21, 2019

This Thursday, FTT’s production of “Stupid Humans,” a pop-musical written by and starring junior Jorge “Jay” Rivera-Herrans, will open up to a sold-out crowd. The musical itself is based around a common problem students at Notre Dame will face — it revolves around the main character grappling with the choice of following his dreams and

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Student artists to perform with Kristin Chenoweth at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Nora McGreevy | Thursday, September 20, 2018

Tomorrow, audience members at Kristin Chenoweth’s sold-out show at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, “An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth,” will expect a performance full of Chenoweth’s characteristic charm and impressive vocals. What might surprise some ticket-holders is that eight student artists will also accompany Chenoweth for a few songs, in a rare opportunity for the

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Kristin Chenoweth to perform sold-out show at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Kristin Chenoweth is not afraid to get candid. In a series of short clips on her website, for instance, she — along with, presumably, her marketing team — has posted a series of sweet, short glimpses into her life on tour, including her “Life Hacks” series. In one video, Chenoweth calls out her unicorn slippers

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Notre Dame introduces musical theatre minor

Serena Zacharias | Wednesday, September 5, 2018

In an effort to encourage students of varied interests to express themselves through the arts, the departments of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) and Music are working together to launch a new minor in musical theatre this fall, said Matt Hawkins, assistant professor and head of the minor. “There’s always been an interest and an

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Interview with ‘Spring Awakening’ composer Duncan Sheik

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

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Saint Mary’s theater department prepares to present spring 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

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Saint Mary’s introduces new musical theatre minor

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.

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Speaker explores music in ancient Greek dramas

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

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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