Published: October 02, 2008
This September, after 12 years at Broadway’s Nederlander Theater, Jonathan Larson’s musical landmark “Rent” took its final bow. This show, which is based on “La...
Published: April 9, 2009
On the occasion of their 25th anniversary, the Academy of American Poets presented a starry tribute to the art of poetry. The brand new Alice Tully Hall was home to the Seventh...
Published: March 12, 2009
If you open the Arts section of any New York paper these days, you will find that the non-musical fare consists mostly of tragicomic Chekhov, Shakespeare’s murderous monarchs...
Published: February 26, 2009
During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created, under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Theatre, Art, Music and Writers Projects,...
Published: February 12, 2009
MARIKA ROBAK, Arts & Culture Co-Editor
Most Deserving-Yet-Unnoticed:
1. Martin McDonagh for Best
Original Screenplay, “In Bruges”
As a fan of McDonagh’s...
Published: December 29, 2009
It takes an extraordinary talent to be able to put words into the mouths of both Big Bird and John Wilkes Booth. But in his long career, John Weidman has done just that....
Published: October 30, 2008
When Daniel Radcliffe first enters onto the stage and begins singing bizarre ad jingles to a confused, wary Richard Griffiths, it becomes very clear that we are not at Hogwarts...
Published: October 2, 2008
What do Harrison Ford, Steve Martin and Alex Trebek have in common? All of them were philosophy majors. Many undergraduates around the country are following this same...
Published: August 28, 2008
The Martians have invaded Fordham College at Lincoln Center! Or, at least, FCLC has been invaded by theatre students and graduates going back to the class of ’98...
Published: August 28, 2008
The upcoming theatre season in New York will include a 50th anniversary revival of “West Side Story,” the opening of a new musical by Stephen Sondheim, and the Broadway...
Published: Febrary 14, 2008
Season after season, landmark musicals are revived on Broadway, and nearly every time they are slammed for seeming like clones of the originals. These shows (think “A...
Published: Febrary 14, 2008
Rob Parry, a 21-year-old Fordham senior, came to New York as an acting student, but soon decided that the written word was his true calling. Now, Parry is currently...
Published: January 31, 2008
On Jan. 22, after what appeared to be an accidental overdose of sleeping pills, Heath Ledger was found dead in his rented SoHo apartment. He had most recently been in Todd...
Published: November 8, 2007
“I thought he was just in love with learning and winning and I was sort of bummed out because I wondered if there was a special thing going on between him and Prof. McGonagall.”
-Ivana...
Published: November 8, 2007
In October, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) professor of Spanish and comparative literature Arnaldo Cruz-Malave published his third book, “Queer Latino Testimonio,...
Published: October 25, 2007
More than 50 years ago, on the Upper West Side, in the neighborhood that would later be home to Fordham College at Lincoln Center, gangs of Puerto Ricans and...
Published: October 11, 2007
Four times a year, the stage in Pope Auditorium becomes a showcase for Fordham’s acting talent. The cozier and far more intimate Black and White Box Theaters, however,...
Published: August 30, 2007
Sounds
The Hold Steady at Prospect Park
For this free show, part of the “Celebrate Brooklyn” concert series, donations were not necessary but suggested, as was the...
Published: August 30, 2007
If you had been at this year’s Obie Awards, at which the best work in off-Broadway theater is honored, you would have seen the Best Director Award go to Fordham’s new...
