The show ended with, “it doesn’t last forever, it wasn’t supposed to last forever.” As the actors stood together before their final bow, they looked into the audience and connected with each individual member on one topic: death as a fact of life. “The Shadow Box,” written by Michael Cristofer, featured a small intimate cast of nine individuals split between three different lives. Their lives … Continue reading “The Shadow Box”
This week The Quadrangle is featuring programs at Manhattan College that are offered exclusively as minors. Read part 1 here. Music By: Claire Leaden, Managing Editor/Features Editor The music minor at Manhattan College started in 2004, within a joint-program with Mount St. Vincent College that offered the first “fine arts” minors at MC: music and art history. The colleges severed their partnership in 2006, but today … Continue reading Minors Only (Part 2 of 2)
By, Cara Ledwidge William Shakespeare’s works affect not only the literary world, but also the world of women and gender studies, as seen in a lecture given by guest professor Jean Howard, Ph.D., on the speech of women in his plays. Howard has written many works about women in history and drama, but her talk on Tuesday, Oct. 7 focused on 16th and 17th century … Continue reading Women in Shakespeare: The Complex Culpability of Women’s Speech
Manhattan College’s spring musical, Little Shop of Horrors, is bound to give its audience a good laugh and a stellar performance this weekend. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical. The story follows an unlucky florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the 1960 dark comedy film, The Little Shop … Continue reading Little Shop of Horrors to take Smith Auditorium This Weekend
New musicals are coming to Broadway. No, not the block right outside Manhattan College’s campus, but the street downtown that is otherwise known as the Great White Way. Along with the continuation of longstanding productions such as “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago” and “The Lion King,” two particularly interesting new musicals are expected to debut in 2014. One is called “Holler if Ya Hear … Continue reading Rappers and Rebels on Broadway
