Another week, another arts roundup! As we mentioned in
last week's column, we've been faced with an embarrassment of riches on campus between now and Thanksgiving break. Follow our advice...and see it all!
- Thursday, November 17, 8pm:Fuente Ovejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation, produced by the Department of Theater at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre, takes the classic Lope de Vega play and stages it within the context of the La Baracca Theatre Troupe in 1930s Spain; it’s a beautiful production full of great performances. Friday-Saturday Nov. 10-11, Thursday-Saturday November 17-19, 8pm; student tickets $10, events eligible. For a terrific concert, check out alt-folk legend Crooked Still’s one-night-only show at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, part of the Music Department’s Making Tunes concert series. 8pm; click here for ticket information.
- Friday, November 18, 8pm: The Footnotes Jam,A Gentleman’s Game, is sure to be a great night of a cappella: 8pm Friday in Richardson Auditorium, student tickets $8, events eligible.
- Saturday, November 19 matinee, 2pm: This weekend's your last chance to see Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at Theatre Intime. A play that combines Czech Communism, British rock music, ancient Greek poetry, and epic love stories...how can you resist? Thursday-Saturday at 8pm with a 2pm matinee on Saturday; student tickets $8, events eligible. The November 18th 8pm performance will include a talk-back after the show with the Music Department's Simon Morrison, who has an extensive background in Slavic history and music (and who's basically the coolest thing since sliced bread).
- Saturday, November 19, 8pm: The Triangle Club’s 2011 show, Doomsdays of Our Lives, centers on the apocalypse…and with a Ke$ha-inspired cockroach number, a killer drag kickline (the teaser: Mayan virgins about to be sacrificed), and more high hilarity, it’s not to be missed. Tickets always sell out, so buy yours now! Friday-Saturday at 8pm; student tickets $10, events eligible.
- Sunday, November 20, 3pm: The University Chamber Choir, an offshoot of Glee Club, will present "The Unspoken Word," a concert of Catholic music written in secret under 17th-century Protestant regimes in England and the Netherlands. Fascinating liturgical music, gorgeous voices--and free!
