In a petition much more eloquent than anything I can write, several professors at the University of Illinois have requested that the campus be recognized as a sanctuary for undocumented members of the community. Citing …
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Hate wins
This man is filled with hate.
“Rules are for servants, reason is not for commanders,” sings Emperor Nero
Last night, I attended a preview of the first opera in Lyric @ Illinois’ season, and I was unsurprisingly impressed. I am, admittedly, an opera fan, and am thrilled that C-U has a venue to …
Local author contributes to Tarantino tome
Conversations on Quentin Tarantino is a new collection of interviews with people who have known the distinctive director professionally and personally, from his early childhood through his most recent forays into the modern Western. I’m …
Poppea, or “How to get away with” “Scandal”
The amount of sex and intrigue in the first opera at Krannert is nearly equal to a thrilling TV series, so Rebecca gets the dirt from visionary director Madeline Sayet about re-creating Poppea.
ISM brings a Spring Awakening to this unseasonable fall
Illini Student Musicals is opening their fall show, Spring Awakening, tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. The modern adaptation of a turn-of-the (previous) century German play features folk music written by Duncan Sheik interspersed with alt.rock rife …
At the Station, Birds is more brains, fewer feathers
Rebecca chats with the cast of The Birds, opening tomorrow at the Station theatre, and lets them assuage her fears.
No lights, no action, but some unexpected singing
There were a lot of surprises but hardly any answers when Rebecca went to see Mr. Burns, a post-electric play.
The Station Theatre’s “dark night” tradition gets scary-real
The Celebration Company at the Station Theatre has a semi-regular tradition of putting on a “Dark Night” performance in October. While “Dark Night” does seem to imply horror, it really just means that it’s an …
The women behind the women behind the men
Strong, yet overlooked women, get to tell their stories during First Lady Suite.