Absurd is a word you don’t hear too much anymore, and when you do, it usually serves to mock an overly critical person. That being the case, I did not know what to expect when I went to see my first...

Although it may sound off-putting, “Urinetown” is actually a musical comedy about a town where private bathrooms do not exist. In order to save on the town’s water consumption, citizens must use...

Four couples at an upscale New York diner party hardly makes for an interesting evening. Add a bullet wound, missing hostess, suicide conspiracy, police and slew of other complications, though, and you...

Behind every stage performance is a sequence of decisions, cooperating to create a specific atmosphere for the audience to enter. Each of these decisions, which often come down to the specific angle of...

Over spring break, I had the incredible experience of going to New York for the first time and seeing my first ever Broadway show: “Pippin.” Now, “Pippin” is amazing for several reasons including...

Possibilities may seem endless when a group of people unite for a celebration. Playwright Harold Pinter explores some of the most unconventional of these possibilities in his play “The Birthday Party,”...

On Dec. 14, 1936, “You Can’t Take it With You” was performed for the first time at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. It would go on to be performed 838 times and win the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,...

Relaying the depth of one’s study and understanding to a potential employer can be a daunting task. Doing all of this in two minutes through a scene from a movie or a song from a musical may seem impossible....

When Jen Stephenson first read lines for UA Opera Theatre’s performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul,” she cried. The emotional 1950s opera, set in the mid-20th century in an unnamed totalitarian...

With the Olympics over, every TV in America tuned in to watch a different kind of athlete vie for a different kind of “gold.” That’s right, the 86th Academy Awards were Sunday, and like the rest...

“I hate the theater. Well, it’s so disappointing, isn’t it?” These are the opening words in Bob Martin’s Tony Award-winning musical “The Drowsy Chaperone,” and unfortunately, they’re beginning...