By Kaitlin MacRae
In an amazing display of talent, the hit Broadway musical Rent came to life in the Yvonne Theater last weekend, opening to rave reviews.
Directed by Assistant Professor Miriam Mills, the accomplished cast of Rent delivered a powerful and moving performance, instilling in its audiences the importance of love and friendship. A poignant take [...]

By Katherine Johnson
True love knows no boundaries, especially when one person has the ability to jump through time to visit the one he loves, as is the case in The Time Traveler’s Wife.
In the movie, based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger, Claire Abshire (Rachel McAdams, The Notebook) is a young girl who is swept [...]

By Allie Ward
“How can you measure the life of a woman or a man?”
That’s the pivotal question in the rock opera Rent, a gritty yet heartwarming story of a group of people in New York City’s East Village wrestling with poverty, disease, success and love.
With music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, the musical is based [...]

By Kaitlin MacRae
At first glance, comedian Greg Giraldo may come off as the type of guy who could throw a few punches. But a few minutes into conversation, his talent and obvious gift for comedy become evident, and the nice guy he is shines through.
Giraldo performed for a packed BLC Theater last Friday, Nov. 6, [...]

By Heather Fiore
Before most of us were born, the first G.I. Joe action figures exploded into toy stores. Over 40 years and countless toys later, the G.I. Joe franchise revives itself in the new movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Inspired by Hasbro’s most famous line of action figures, the movie follows the lives of [...]

By Kaitlin MacRae
“Neither can live while the other survives.” This is the fate that Harry Potter must come to terms with in the sixth installment of the epic series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) now faces his greatest challenge: helping the aging and injured Professor Dumbledore locate and destroy Lord Voldemort’s remaining [...]

By Matthew Walters-Bowens
Music, like the aesthetic adoration of flowers, really is a universal language, and its beauty easily crosses cultural barriers.
This feeling contributed to the choice of title for the Westminster Choir’s recently released CD, Flower of Beauty. The first CD that solely presents the choir since it has been under Miller’s direction, the disc’s [...]

By Charles Cartagena
Orphan, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, takes audiences on a thought-provoking, suspenseful and emotional journey into the lives of a feuding American couple coping with the loss of their third child.
The film sets the audience up for a disappointing, overly gory, cartoonish and stock horror slasher with an off-putting opening dream sequence: Kate (Vera [...]

By Katherine Johnson
His life may be more than “unfabulous” now, but actor Markus Flanagan knows what it’s like to worry about landing auditions, as he addressed Rider’s fine and performing arts majors last week.
“Everything layers up,” Flanagan said. “All the criticism, all the directors and casting agents can layer up and get in the way [...]

By Heather Fiore
When Adam Sandler comes to mind, it’s hard to imagine anything but comedy. Well, viewers will be surprised — and they’ll laugh so hard they may shed a few tears — when watching the new movie he stars in.
Funny People, directed by Judd Apatow, stays true to its comedic plot but cleverly mixes [...]