The Drag Queen Scene Brought to You by the Most Famous “Big Titted, Honky Soul Momma” in NYC By Mike Madden Asst. Arts and Culture Editor Published: April 13, 2011 I hadn’t been in Sweetie’s closet of a dressing room for more than two minutes and she was already the drag queen aunt I’d never had. Sweetie just finished hosting [...]
By James Miller Staff Writer Published: March 30, 2011 After an abominable winter filled with reports about injured actors at the unstable “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” a more uplifting type of menace has appeared on Broadway to signal a bright spring. That show is “The Book of Mormon,” the musical comedy written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators [...]
By Nicholas Milanes Contributing Writer Published: March 30, 2011 As Fordham’s students search their pockets for that last dollar of Burrito Box money, its actors search the annals of Bertolt Brecht for economic morality. “The Good Person of Szechwan,” originally written in German during the playwright’s exile in the United States and set in China, now takes the guise of [...]
By James Miller Staff Writer Published: March 2, 2011 Fordham Theatre’s Mainstage season of strong women continues with “Bulrusher,” Eisa Davis’ involving, if underwritten, drama. The play takes a while to satisfactorily establish its story, but the production, directed by Dawn Akemi Saito, works around that problem with some sturdy performances and an arresting physical design. After being found among [...]
Ron Marasco, FCLC ’83, Swaps Teaching Duties With Director of Fordham Theatre Program Matthew Maguire By Katie Lockhart Staff Writer Published: November 18, 2010 Fordham University’s theatre department recently added a new faculty member to its roster, but only for one week. Ron Marasco, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’83 and professor of theatre at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) [...]
SNL Alums Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz Return to Their Roots for Sunday Night Improv By Mike Madden Contributing Writer Published: September 22, 2010 It’s a familiar place; the dark, damp space with its multi-stained brown chairs and exposed, overhead piping reminds me of a suburban basement. Wood paneling, like the background of a Ron Jeremy flick, would fit in [...]
Junior Theatre Major Talks About His Upcoming Role As Hamlet In The Next Mainstage Production By David Gonzalez Staff Writer Published: April 22, 2010 Given the nature of acting, perhaps it should not be a surprise that Mark Maciejewski, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’11, was not at all like the titular character that he is set to play. [...]
By JIMMY SHERIDAN Contributing Writer Published: April 1, 2010 Four-time Emmy Award winner Valerie Harper opened on Broadway on March 14 in the new comedy “Looped” playing legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead. Harper won three consecutive Emmy Awards as Best Supporting Actress for playing Rhoda Morgenstern, best friend and neighbor to Mary Richards, on the 1970s television classic “Mary Tyler Moore.” [...]
By Mike Madden Staff Writer Published February 18, 2010 rench author Francois Rabelais once said that “we long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.” That’s certainly evident in Fordham’s mainstage production of Maria Irene Fornes’s play “Sarita,” which tells the story of one woman’s difficult journey confronting the ups and downs of a demanding life that [...]
In Bill T. Jones’ Broadway Show about Fela Kuti, Music and Dance Combine to Highlight the Influence of the Nigerian Musician By Monique John Staff Writer Published February 4, 2010 Step inside the Eugene O’Neill Theatre and it will take you on a funky, psychedelic ride you could never have anticipated. The time is the summer of 1978. The place is [...]
