By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Imagine a horror movie, but as a play. Now imagine it better. Imagine it subtler, more complex in its plot, and with just as many chills but without the clearly-fake blood. Imagine walking in to see a cauldron, expecting witches, and getting mysteries that you want to know the answer…
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A Different Sort of Scary
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Some theater makes you think and question things. Some theater makes you scared. Some makes you laugh. Few pieces manage to do all of these, but “It’s Chill,” written by Isabelle Barbier and directed by Michael Malanga for this year’s New York International Fringe Festival, accomplishes the feat. Its simple…
This Review Doesn’t Matter
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Right from its “personality quiz” marketing stunt, it’s clear that “You Don’t Matter,” Paul Morris’ latest play, is setting itself up to make a crater-sized impact. The quiz, which has a handful of questions claiming to gauge whether or not you “matter,” is an obvious stunt – for each question,…
School Survival Tips with DREAMERS’ Nick Wold
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor It’s that time of year again, with the summer drawing to a close and the days getting shorter and shorter with each sunset. But fret not: a new year of academia brings new hope, and better yet, the debut album from psych-indie trio DREAMERS. The boys are back with an…
Give Death A Good Laugh: “New Canula”
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor “New Canula” sums itself up as “an original unromantic feel good dramedy;” a two-man show with two men who were destined to be cowboys but somehow ended up as the furthest things from it – a suicidal accountant and a low-level engineer-turned-bank-robber. The piece is written by Gary Cremeans II,…
It Only Takes One – If the One is Emily Carding
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor There can be nothing that tickles the playful, spiteful spirit more than a one-woman production of a Shakespeare show. For plays that were originally done with casts entirely of men, it is supremely satisfying to switch the trend as far around as possible and do away with all the extraneous…
Pleasure, Perversion and Pretense: “Dementia Americana”
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor With “Hamilton” having just won a sweep of Tony Awards, the world is primed and ready for more top-notch plays based off of true historical figures, and “Dementia Americana’s” writers Louis Aquiler and Chris D’Amato produced the perfect script for director Paul Mancini to take advantage of. The Synapse Theater…
Red Dresses, Blue Nights, and Absurd Theater
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Consider, for a moment, a few favorite old adages: it’s the thought that counts, but actions speak louder than words. They’re bit contradictory when paired together, as you surely see. It’s this sense of contradiction and cliche that accompanies Jenna Langbaum’s production “The Night of Blue and Salt,” on now…
Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Privacy in “Mrs. Schrodinger’s Cat”
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Writer and director Tasha Nicole Partee set herself a high bar when she named her latest play “Mrs. Schrodinger’s Cat.” Invoking the name of one of the most iconic thought experiments of quantum physics immediately catches the eye and prepares the audience to ask more than a few questions. Her…
Corbu’s “Crayon Soul” Touches Ours
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor After ages of hard work, Brooklyn-based dreampop band Corbu have finally released their debut album “Crayon Soul.” The group initially drew acclaim with singles back in 2014 that showcased frontman Jonathan Graves’ talent for sampling bits of audio from movies – whooshes, slams, bits of laughter – and making entire…
Citizen Zero: “That’s pop culture. We’re rock and roll.”
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Detroit may not be known as a big music scene, but there’s certainly big music coming out of it. Rock outfit Citizen Zero are poised to release their second full-length (and first album in about five years) this Friday the 12th. Titled “State of Mind,” the band has been teasing…
Questions Worth Asking (and Listening To): Who’s In Charge
By Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor Two years after their most recent release, Asheville, North Carolina’s The Get Right Band have returned with a new full-length. “Who’s In Charge?” picks up the fun right where the funk-rock trio left off, in the midst of swung rhythms and undeniably apt lyrics. The collection begins with the title…
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