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Fordham Professor Michael Kimmel Combines William Shakespeare and Jeff Buckley in “The Last Goodbye”

Fordham Professor Michael Kimmel Combines William Shakespeare and Jeff Buckley in “The Last Goodbye”

Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s adjunct theater professor Kimmel has been hard at work on adapting “The Last Goodbye,” a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” using the music of Jeff Buckley. “The Last Goodbye” was last seen at Williamstown Theater Festival in 2010, and will open the Old Globe Theater 2013-2014 season in San Diego this fall, replacing the pre-Broadway tryout of “The Honeymooners.”

After “Into the Woods,” Interest over Fordham’s Musical Future Focuses

After “Into the Woods,” Interest over Fordham’s Musical Future Focuses

On April 22, Fordham College at Lincoln Center hosted its first musical since 1997. “Into the Woods” played its one-night engagement to an almost full house, and despite a bare-bones budget, was widely regarded as a success. Why Fordham hasn’t staged many musicals before? Dean of FCLC Rev. Robert R. Grimes announced the in-progress creation of a committee of faculties that will work on a new concentration: musical theatre.

Get Published, No Experience Necessary

Get Published, No Experience Necessary

As final exams draw near, easily distracted as the collegiate mind with summer approaching, we have all asked ourselves what to do this summer. Here’s an idea: why not write a book?

Abi Stafford: A Day in the Life of a Ballerina Collegian

Why would a successful ballerina for the New York City Ballet (NYCB) need a Fordham undergraduate degree?

From Orientation Leader to Broadway Producer

From Orientation Leader to Broadway Producer

John Johnson, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’02, is one of the lucky ones; he’s got his dream job.

Bette Midler Comes Back to Broadway With Solo-Show “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers”

Bette Midler Comes Back to Broadway With Solo-Show “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers”

Bette Midler triumphantly returns to Broadway after thirty years as Hollywood’s fabulous super-agent Sue Mengers, in John Logan’s sizzling new one-character play, “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers,” which opened on Wednesday at the Booth Theater.

Observer Coverage at the Premiere of ‘A Case of You’ at the Tribeca Film Festival

Observer Coverage at the Premiere of ‘A Case of You’ at the Tribeca Film Festival

The Observer headed down to this year's Tribeca Film Festival to get the scoop on the festival's premier romantic comedy [...]

Fordham Professor Takes On Jackie O, Nominated for Lucille Lortel Award

Fordham Professor Takes On Jackie O, Nominated for Lucille Lortel Award

On April 3 Fordham Lincoln Center professor Tina Benko was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show for the Women’s Project Theater’s production of “Jackie,” which ran from February 24 to March 31.

Students Offer Poems ‘On-The-Spot’ For Charity Funds

Students Offer Poems ‘On-The-Spot’ For Charity Funds

During a “Prose, Poetry and Flash Fiction” class conversation on how to make time up for her class, Professor Elizabeth Frost and her students came up with a very original idea.

Spring Celebration: Cherry Blossom Festival at Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Spring Celebration: Cherry Blossom Festival at Brooklyn Botanical Garden

The Sakura Matsuri Festival is not only the perfect way celebrate the long-awaited spring, but also a way to learn more about Japanese heritage through a wide variety of interactive events.