True, a degree in English won’t teach you to build a bridge, treat leukemia or bring down a Dementor. But the idea is that you could go on to pursue such things in an effective and compassionate way with a foundation based in the Big Ideas and a well-crafted set of directions.
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AASU goes commedia!
‘In traditional commedia, some of the more buffoonish characters — such as the Pantalone and the Harlequin — were all masked. And the others were heavily made up. So it was almost like a mask, but not quite.’
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COLLEGE ISSUE: Food for thought
In the last five years, more and more universities across the country have adopted the practice of assigning incoming college freshmen the same book. Common Read programs serve several noble […]
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Forever friends
First things first: Gilda Radner and Alan Zweibel were never an “item.” He was a writer for Saturday Night Live, she was one of the show’s breakout comic stars during […]
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From chair to stage
The subtitle for The Drowsy Chaperone is A Musical Within a Comedy. That’s pretty self–explanatory – once you know what you’re getting into, you can sit back and let it […]
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A room without a view
Although he’s best known for the Pulitzer–nominated A Walk in the Woods, Lee Blessing is one of the most prolific playwrights of the last three decades. Three of his shows […]
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‘Like it’ or not
“All the world’s a stage,” says the character Jaques in Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It, “and all the men and women merely players.” Immortal lines from an immortal Elizabethan […]
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Newsbriefs
Dog Days A group of dog lovers is circulating a petition requesting that the City consider converting the Nathaniel Greene Park on Bull Street between 56th St. and Columbus Avenue […]
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The Worldwide Read
More than a decade ago, the story of Waddie Welcome galvanized a community around the cause of helping an elderly disabled man live out his final years the way he […]
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Curtain time
Six months after the latest round of funereal predictions for Savannah’s theater community, things are alive, well – and delightfully vigorous. Two new shows debut this week – one a […]
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Adventures in playwriting
More than 250 submissions were received for Armstrong Atlantic State University’s 2010 Coastal Empire New Play Festival. Just three will be performed by the Masquers company this weekend. “It’s a […]
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‘You can’t download the live show experience’
A fishing boat off the coast of Alaska is a long way from where one might expect to find a skinny kid from Alabama whose pondering a career in rap […]