New Troupe Collective Motion Readies Show, “Miss You Later”
In a school full of dance troupes and collectives, two juniors, Samantha Melvin and Ruby Barry, wish to break the ...
Arts & Culture
“The Hunger Games” Brings Novel to Big Screen with Brutality and Grace
At the very beginning of “The Hunger Games,” the audience is presented with a quotation from a treaty, drafted by ...
Look What I Did: Getting Ready to Break a Leg
As you might have read in my first article, I directed a Second Stage show this semester. All my effort ...
Arts From Abroad: Even the French Enjoy their Movie Raunch with “Les Infidèles”
Paris is a city of high culture—avant garde theatre, intellectual independent films, art galleries, the Louvre, haute couture, the ballet. ...
I Would Do Anything For Love: In Defense of Meat Loaf
Nostalgia is a powerful thing—here’s looking at you, Scott Stapp—but it takes a seriously wistful son-of-a-bitch to remember the good ...
No Age Storms Eclectic Thursday Night
Scalia’s coming. You and your bleeding-heart buddies are mad as hell, and you’re not going to take it anymore. It’s ...
Professor’s Playlist: Barry Chernoff
Professor Barry Chernoff: Chair of Environmental Studies, Director of College of the Environment, freshwater fish expert, virtuosic guitarist, righteous dude. ...
Lower Dens Hit Wesleyan, Talk Upcoming Album
Baltimore-based indie-rock hot shots Lower Dens made their Middletown debut this weekend at Eclectic, much to Wes students’ delight. But ...
Idiot Box: “Archer” Makes Us Love Espionage and Douchebaggery Through Animation
I want you to imagine something for me. Ready? What if James Bond and “Arrested Development” had a baby... and ...
“How I Learned to Drive” Review
This past weekend Second Stage sponsored a production of Paula Vogel’s 1997-Pulitzer-Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive,” directed by ...