Dancers exhibit talent in spring show
So, why doesn’t Brandeis have a football team? There’s probably a proper answer for that, but hey, who needs a varsity football team when you have the Adagio Dance Company?
Interview Column: Rafi Diamond '18
This week, justArts spoke with Rafi Diamond ’18, who directed the open-cast musical “Guys and Dolls.” justArts: How was your experience directing a show for the first time? Rafi Diamond: It was a lot of work —more work than I could possibly put into words.
Israeli dance group holds annual performance
B’yachad, Brandeis’ Israeli folk dance troupe, held its annual show in Levin Ballroom on Thursday.
HTG’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ wows audience
The lights in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater go off. The sound of the orchestra playing “A Bushel and a Peck” resonates throughout the theater.
Stand-up comedian sparks laughs among audience
Watch any popular animated television show marketed to adults and, odds are, you’ve heard the vocal stylings of H.
Play reflects on themes of childhood
A Grateful Dead poster and a slew of polaroids decorate the wall. Sounds like an average student’s dorm room, right?
Piece explores womanhood and violence
In a sparsely packed Harlan Chapel on Friday, four female students — Sarah Duffet ’17, LaQuasia Cherry ’17, Sarah Waldron ’16 and Yaznil Baez ’16 — walk onto the stage.
Interview Column: Clayre Benzadon
This week, justArts spoke with Clayre Benzadon ’17, who has been organizing a series of poetry coffeehouses in Cholmondeley’s coffeehouse. justArts: How did you become interested in poetry? Clayre Benzadon: I started seriously writing when I took a creative writing class in high school, and it was a very difficult class.
BET’s ‘The Wiz’ easily impresses
Brandeis Ensemble Theater’s production of “The Wiz” rocked the Shapiro Campus Center Theater this weekend with a lively performance full of dancing, singing and a whole lot of energy.
Students share feminist experiences in the annual “Vagina Monologues”
“Va-gi-na.” With the curtains closed, the opening speech from the 2016 production of “The Vagina Monologues” addressed the issues with this particular word.
Painted models act their hearts out
Levin Ballroom was jam-packed last Tuesday night with students anxiously awaiting the start of the 16th annual Liquid Latex show.
UTC reduces number of shows next year
On Monday, March 14, The Undergraduate Theater Collective voted unanimously in favor of a short-term measure that will change the number of theater performances that the collective will put on next year.
Interview Column: Lilly Hecht '18
This week, justArts spoke with Lilly Hecht ’18, director of the Tympanium Euphorium production “The Last Five Years.” justArts: How did you choose to direct this show? Lilly Hecht: It was proposed, and I had been listening to it all summer before it was proposed, so I had been obsessed with it for a while.
Clubs earn laughs in “Comedy Bunch”
On Friday night, the Golding Auditorium was packed with excited students, waiting for Brandeis’ five comedy groups to make an entrance.
“Last Five Years” tells timeless story
Tympanium Euphorium’s production of “The Last Five Years” was not a conventional musical. Written by regarded composer Jason Robert Brown, this show depicts a relationship that progresses over the course of five years from two different perspectives.
Interview Column: Carly Chernomorets and Ben Astrachan
This week, justArts spoke with Carly Chernomorets and Ben Astrachan, director and assistant director of the Brandeis Players production “Dog Sees God.” justArts: How did you come across the opportunity to direct the show? Carly Chernomorets: I think that Brandeis is starting to do a really good job of expanding its horizons and talking about underrepresented issues in the community, and I think that the show “Dog Sees God” kind of continues that trend, because we don’t see a ton of narrative of bullying or violence in response to bullying, especially at the college level. I think it’s something that’s talked about a lot with younger people, but then they like to pretend that it just doesn’t exist after that.
Lydian String Quartet performs in Slosberg
On Sunday evening, the Lydian String Quartet performed in Slosberg Recital Hall, along with assorted guests, for a performance titled “Gabriel Fauré: A Chamber Music Retrospective,” as part of Fauré Festival Weekend.
K-nite celebrates Korean Culture
Anyone walking past Levin Ballroom on Saturday night would have been staggered by what they would have seen.
Parodic play touches on dark topics
As the curtains open, the stage is revealed to be embellished with some very familiar set pieces.
Interview Column: Jacqui Parker
This week, JustArts spoke with Jacqui Parker, the director of Brandeis Theater Arts’ “Intimate Apparel,” which was staged in the Laurie Theater of Spingold and ran from March 3 through 6. justArts: How did you come across this opportunity to direct “Intimate Apparel?” Jacqui Parker: I was contacted by [Prof.] Robert Walsh (THA), one of the professors here, and he asked me if I wanted to do “Intimate Apparel.” I have read the play, I had been offered the play years ago as an actor, and then again as a director, but I was doing other projects and couldn’t do it, and so when he called, I just said, “Absolutely!” JA: What are some of the underlying themes of “Intimate Apparel”? What’s the gist of what the show is about? JP: So, if you think of it as — when you walk in there, you’ll see there are beds, almost in every room, and the metaphor, I guess, would be social intercourse — how people interact with each other, and I see it as being about longing. Longing and loneliness, and at the same time, it’s courageous, and it’s brave.
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