STAFF WRITER,
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ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Girl and boy meet. Girl and boy hate each other. Girl and boy fall in love, despite their initial first impressions. You’ve seen the plot of “First Date” before. Chances are you’ve seen it way too often. Playwright Austin Winsberg didn’t come up with anything new. That doesn’t mean “First Date” isn’t worth seeing though.
Theo Katzman played The Studio at Webster Hall to a full house on Saturday Oct. 5. The show wrapped up his “Why Not” Tour in New York City after touring around the Northeast and Midwest through most of September.
Some graduates leave the University and never look back while others seem to linger around until they realize they have to leave. Rapper Slick Chops seems to have found the happy medium between the two. The 2013 graduate is currently recording his next album and interning in New York, but he remains connected to The Music Alliance, a club dedicated to giving those interested in the music industry professional opportunities.
Fall means sweaters, pumpkin-flavored everything and, most importantly, new television shows. Last year, a good number of shows were picked up, leaving us with a smaller number of pilots this year. Still this fall brings us many comedies, a couple dramas and one Avengers spin off.
Around midnight on July 13, my Tumblr and Twitter started blowing up with rumors that “Glee” star Cory Monteith died. Everyone from Justin Bieber to Britney Spears has been rumored dead on the internet at some point, so these things aren’t taken all that seriously anymore.
Every year, the University’s professional theatre, Shadow Lawn Stage, performs a show in the summer. This year, they produced “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” but it wasn’t just professional actors involved in the production. Multiple University students and alumni earned parts in the play, helping them boost their resume and gain experience in a professional setting.
Maybe you don’t think of the University as a place to foster the education of the next superstar of the rap world, but you might be wrong. Junior Andrew Boxman has been rapping for well over a decade, and hopes to be able to make a living off it one day.
Fall Out Boy has returned to save rock and roll. I’m not quite sure they saved the genre, but they certainly helped it.
Maybe you’ve heard about The Music Alliance (TMA). They’ve been giving out free CDs in the Dining Hall, and they’ve been putting on concerts at Brighton Bar. The Music Alliance is a new club designed to give students who want to work in the music industry some experience.
Author Mary Gaitskill visited Wilson Auditorium on March 12 to give a reading and speak about her writing process.