Spring Awakening ReimaginedDeaf West’s revival of “Spring Awakening” is an unlikely twist on a modern classic with an even more unlikely star. Set in 1890s Germany, “Spring Awakening,” which opened for the first time on Broadway in 2006, documents the life of a group of adolescents in a ...
It’s official — Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) Gilmore will once again be gracing television (and computer) screens nationwide. Fans got official confirmation on Jan. 29 that the “Gilmore Girls” (2000-2007) revival would indeed air on Netflix in four 90-minute installments. ...
On the afternoon of Jan. 14, a bus full of Tufts musicians pulled up to the Goldenes Theater Hotel in Salzburg, Austria. I was exhausted after a seven-hour flight, but there was scarcely time for a nap - the Tufts Symphony Orchestra (TSO)tour of Austria was off to a busy start.Jetlagged and lightheaded, ...
Keeping up with Panic! at the Disco requires fans to exercise a great deal of flexibility in both their musical tastes and in their expectations of the band. Since their debut in 2005 with the vaudevillian alternative rock album “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” and the hit “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” ...
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Check out these events:All About Chocolate: Tufts Culinary Society presents a talk with Dr. Carla Martin on why people love chocolate and the delicious treat's history. Samples will be available at the event. (Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Pearson 106)Battle ...
"Anomalisa” (2015), a tender, searching new film from the mind of writer-director Charlie Kaufman and his collaborator Duke Johnson, might feature stop-motion animation and puppets, but it’s primarily preoccupied with what it means to be human, in the most expansive sense of the word. To ...
Daughter is arguably one of the most successful indie acts of our generation. The band’s debut, “If You Leave” received significant praise when it was released in 2013, and produced three singles including the Spotify favorite "Youth." Daughter’s popularity is due in part to its ...
Lately, it seems that in video games, everything that is old is new again. Publishers are resurrecting the much loved titles in their back catalogs by creating “HD remasters” of the likes of “Final Fantasy VIII” (1997) and “Gear of War” (2006) by re-releasing the games with extra content, ...
“Pendulum” (2015) , the Amalgamates’ latest album, will be well represented in the nominations for this year's Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA), with the album garnering a total of four nominations in the categories of best mixed collegiate album, best mixed collegiate arrangement, ...
Indulgence is the name of the game when it comes to the films of Quentin Tarantino and the director’s latest mystery Western “The Hateful Eight” (2015) is no exception. Like many of Tarantino’s greatest hits, from "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) to "Pulp Fiction" (1994), “The ...
“The Big Short,” (2015) co-written and directed by Adam McKay juggles an impressive number of characters who take on the daunting task of explaining exactly what caused the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression back in 2007-2008. This premise could very easily make for a dry and technical ...
At long last, it is time to say goodbye to the Crawley family. After six seasons featuring plenty of heartbreak, scandal, near-financial ruin and a good deal of snobbery, “Downton Abbey” (2011 - present in the United States) is signing off for good. The show, which wrapped up its U.K. run in December, ...
Chelsea Handler is deservedly one of the most popular comedians working today. She's funny, she's smart and most importantly, she has no tolerance for BS. From airing her beef with Piers Morgan on live TV to the controversial comments she made after ending her partnership with E!, Handler is always able to speak her mind and is unafraid of the consequences. That's why her new four-part documentary series "Chelsea Does" is such a success. The show follows the comedienne as she unapologetically explores issues relevant to contemporary American society, taking on a different subject - marriage, Silicon Valley, drugs, racism - in each episode.
The official submission from France for the Academy Award is "Mustang" (2015), a debut movie by Director Deniz Gamze Özgüven. While representing France in the competition, the film itself is set in Northern Turkey and is in Turkish. An ambitious film that tackles conservatism, sisterhood ...
After a long metamorphosis on Steam early access, the Lovecraftian horrors of this crumbling manor are ready to be unleashed. Ancient entities of darkness have awoken, and countless brave individuals must force them back into the abyss from whence they came. "Darkest Dungeon"(2016) by Red ...
Amidst the deluge of midseason television premieres, Jennifer Lopez’s new NBC police crime drama “Shades of Blue” (2016) seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle. Starring in and producing the show, Lopez is clearly the main draw, but, unfortunately, it is hard at times to praise anything other ...
If there’s one thing Alejandro González Iñárritu’s recent films do not lack, it’s vitality. Whereas “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”’s (2014) relentless pulse propelled the film to success at last year’s Academy Awards, González Iñárritu’s latest release, “The ...
Truth, as the well-worn cliche goes, is often stranger than fiction. In "Making a Murderer"(2015), a new Netflix documentary series that premiered on Dec. 18, 2015, truth and fiction are virtually indistinguishable - in more ways than one. Despite the fact that it recounts true events, the ...
Two days before his death on Jan. 10, David Bowie released “Blackstar” (2016), an experimental rock and jazz album produced by long-time collaborator Tony Visconti. Fans, critics and fellow musicians found the 25th studio album from the legendary English pop and rock star to be a welcome arrival, ...
“Are video games art?” is a question that is being asked with increasing frequency as the medium matures. The debate surrounding the artistic merits of video games is not black and white, but unfortunately often degenerates into simple comparisons between unconventional indie games made by small ...
