Laughing in Throng
Ava Cotlowitz Staff Writer On Friday night the last Throng Show of the semester took place in Lunt Basement. Cement walls painted dark indigo surrounded rows of black fold up chairs that led to a platform stage backed by a black linen cloth. Various etchings and graffiti scattered the walls and criss-crossing pipes lined the...
Gotye at Tower Theatre
By Lauren Gill Staff Writer Belgian-born, Australian-bred Gotye (real name Wouter de Backer) confirmed that he is much more than a one-hit wonder with his electric sold-out show Friday night at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby. First to perform that evening was Gotye’s opening-act Kimbra, a doll-like Kiwi dressed in a ruffly blue prom-dress-gone-bad....
Cyrano at the Arden Theatre: A Performance with Panache
By Ashley Reid Staff Writer Exploding with panache only begins to describe “Cyrano”, the recent play about the French poet and master swordsman in 1640 Paris who falls in love with the already-spoken-for Roxane, which is performing at the Arden Theatre Co. in Old City, Philadelphia from March 8 through April 15. The play began with the character...
Let’s talk about “Kevin”
By Michelle Chung Arts Editor *SPOILERS AHEAD* “We Need to Talk About Kevin” raises more difficult questions than it answers. Based on the novel of the same name, “Kevin” tells the story of Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) before and after her 15-year-old son Kevin (Ezra Miller) massacres students and faculty of his high school. This...