Shrek is the socially awkward ogre that most people have come to know and love from the popular film franchise of the same name. Just like an onion, Shrek has many layers; one of these being his ability to sing. Shrek the Musical is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film […]
Arts & Entertainment
Fall in Love with The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer is a musical comedy about well, a wedding singer, playing at the PSU Silver Center. Robbie Hart (Alex Hunton) is the title character, who gets dumped by his fiancée at the altar. As Robbie sings his way through the depressing aftermath of his breakup, he may […]
WPCR Spotlight: Kyle Rainville & Joshua Butler
The hosts of WPCR’s weekly show, Maniacs on the Radio, jam out in the station’s newly renovated office every Friday night from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Kyle Rainville and Joshua Butler don’t decide on playlists ahead of time. Armed with a computer and iPod, they play whatever they feel like, […]
Costumes with Daneé Grillo
Daneé Grillo is the Costume Shop Manager and Resident Costume Designer at Plymouth State University. Originally from Beacon Falls CT, she received her BA from Keene State College with a concentration in costuming and scenic design. Grillo worked as a scenic designer at Peacock Players in Nashua, NH before settling […]
Banned Books Week
Book banning has been practiced for many years across the globe. In the United States, state and local governments have banned such well-known titles as The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, Howl, and To Kill a Mockingbird. More often than not, this is due […]
Puppy Love: Sylvia Comes to the Silver Center
Sylvia, a comedic play about a middle-aged man and his dog, plays this weekend in PSU’s Studio Theatre. The show is hilarious (Sylvia, a stray dog, is played by the human being Jackie Goodrich), but also touching. From man’s best friend, the characters and the audience learn quite a bit […]
Connecting Objects and Art
Where can someone find a fog machine, a tree trunk, a boulder, a doctoral dissertation, and an opera ticket, all in the same place? This isn’t some weird outdoor office space. It’s the 2015 Faculty Art Exhibit: Objects that Inspire, at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery. Since its opening in […]
The Silver Center For The Arts 2015 Fall Preview
The three performance venues in PSU’s lovely Silver Center for the Arts are booked with a number of performances this fall to entertain, surprise, and inspire. A lineup of guest artists are scheduled as part of the Silver Series, including the return of hypnotist Michael C. Anthony on Oct. 3 […]
Jurassic World: The Park is Open
Jurassic World is a revitalization of the franchise, as well as the logical conclusion to the first book and film. Taking place 22 years after the original film, John Hammond’s dream is finally realized in the form of a fully-fledged theme park open to the public, a la Disney […]
Meet the Dance Team
The dancers clustered in one corner of the studio, ready for the last across-the-floor part of auditions. After pirouettes, battements, and grand jetes, the dance captains informed those auditioning of their last exercise: show off what you do best. One at a time, across the floor they went. Some showed […]