May 4, 2011 | Theatre,
“Susurrus” Playwright David Leddy: What’s this guy up to?
David Leddy wants you to hear voices. It’s not that he’s trying to make you crazy. He just wants some of your ear bud time. At this point, you’re probably...
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April 26, 2011 | Theatre,
Metamorphosis
As ArtsEmerson student employees and Theatre Education graduate students at Emerson College, Kristy Mandour and Alyssa Mulligan jointly taught an extracurricular theatre course at Citizen Schools in Roslindale this past...
Read MoreApril 4, 2011 | Theatre,
“Anything can happen. I’m proof of it.”
Part three of a three-part series on Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham By Alyssa Mulligan Since his acting resume is over 200 roles long, Emerson College students and faculty were...
Read MoreApril 3, 2011 | Theatre,
“I am more than Amadeus.”
Part two of a three-part series on Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham By Alyssa Mulligan Some may say that the pinnacle of actor F. Murray Abraham’s career was when he...
Read MoreMarch 30, 2011 | Theatre,
Merchant of Venice: It’s All About the Ducats
By Jason Rabin What happens when commerce dominates the soul of a society? Shakespeare had some thoughts. It’s a central subject of his The Merchant of Venice, a comedy of...
Read MoreMarch 29, 2011 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
The Power of Live Theatre
It’s a thrill for any theatre-goer to witness a transcendent performance; one that takes your breath away, is burnished on your brain forever, and is anchored not in technique and...
Read MoreMarch 29, 2011 | Theatre,
The Tale behind The Merchant of Venice?
A patron recently brought to our attention a story printed in Jacob R. Marcus’ The Jew in the Medieval World that illuminates one of Shakespeare’s possible sources for The Merchant...
Read MoreMarch 23, 2011 | Theatre,
“Shylock is me.”
Part one of a three-part series on Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham By Alyssa Mulligan Sitting in the Semel Theatre on Emerson’s campus with fellow students and faculty, I anxiously...
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