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(04/07/05 5:00am)
Alex Timbers hardly stands out among the Hopkins undergrads loitering in the Mattin Center. A blend of Josh Groban and Ashton Kutcher, this 26-year-old is barely out of college himself. However, Timbers, who is directing the Barnstormers' spring musical, Bat Boy, has already managed to distinguish himself in the theater world as one of the preeminent new directors on the New York theater scene.
(10/21/04 5:00am)
The Barnstormers' Freshmen One-Acts are an annual delight for theater groupies and News-Letter critics because they represent the first opportunity to scope out new talent at Hopkins. Featuring an entirely freshmen cast starring in six short plays, the One-Acts are often a reliable predictor of the quality that can be expected from the rest of the Barnstormers' productions for the year.
(09/29/04 5:00am)
At age 58, local legend John Waters has an uncanny ability to channel his inner adolescent -- or maybe he just never grew up. Either way, his most recent film, A Dirty Shame, represents a return to his earlier Pink Flamingo days that is sure to please his fans and thoroughly repulse everyone else.
(09/09/04 5:00am)
One of the featured artists at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), Gerald Hawkes, says that the difference between AVAM and most museums is the difference between an l and a d. "Most museums are founded on "Readity' -- housing things you can look up in books ... AVAM is based on "Reality' -- the art made by people out of their real lives, their real dreams and visions."
(09/09/04 5:00am)
Anarchy appeared to rule in the JHU Barnstormers' fast-paced, high-level comedy last weekend, but closer consideration reveals the organized chaos of a well-crafted production. Director Noah Stanzione, the cast and the crew collaborated to produce a nearly flawless comedic gem.
(01/29/04 5:00am)
In Something's Gotta Give, Jack Nicholson plays a sixty-two year old hot-shot playboy Harry Langer, with his own production company and a wide array of twenty-year-old girlfriends. While spending a weekend in the Hamptons with his current fling Marin (Amanda Peet), he stumbles into the arms of her playwright mother Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), and is forced to decide between his run-around lifestyle and a woman his own age who he might actually be capable of loving.
(10/16/03 5:00am)
Well, at least we can't accuse Universal Pictures of false advertising. Intolerable Cruelty pretty much lives up to its title, subjecting moviegoers to the cruel experience of paying $8.50 to see an intolerable film.
(10/09/03 5:00am)
Holy unexpectedly entertaining evening, Batman! I've suffered through my share of Witness flops in the past; while the acting has always been palatable, the student-written plays have, in general, been either too dull or too bizarre to hold my attention (with the notable exception of Adam Ruben's comedic gems, but more about that later). This past weekend, however, I was treated to a pleasant surprise. Student playwrights, directors, actors and crew members collaborated to produce what was by the far the best Witness event in quite some time.
(09/04/03 5:00am)
"Bad and Baderer" pretty much sums up this summer's movie fare, save a few successes that caught us by surprise. In the stale movie environment that produced rubbish like the Jen and Ben debacle Gigli, it wasn't just the expected failures, ^ la Dumb and Dumberer, that met with box office demise.
(05/02/03 5:00am)
Summer 2003 is shaping up to be the Summer of Sequels. A lot of your old favorites are returning to the big screen so they can hopelessly mutilate and forever destroy your appreciation for the original films, but if you're like me, you'll be watching them nonetheless. A few of them might actually be decent, and there are a few clever originals coming your way, as well. Here's your sneak preview.
(05/02/03 5:00am)
Compiling lists is a time-honored tradition in the world of arts and entertainment, with every filmmaker, author, actor and musician striving to be the best while pursuing artistic expression. Everyone wants to be recognized for his or her achievements. Hell, we are a nation of individuals competing for that coveted spot of adoration. The past school year has witnessed the arrival of a flurry of films, television programs and album releases. Furthermore, the theatrical performances on campus must not be overlooked, with nearly a production every week. Wading through the murky river is a daunting task, but we are brave.
(04/24/03 5:00am)
Meet Fitehouse. Together since 1998, the four members of the Baltimore-based rock/pop quartet -- Ellis Baylor (drums, joined 1999), Joshua Cohen (guitar), Gabe Gilligan (vocals) and Edward Plant (bass) -- released their first full-length album this April.
(04/17/03 5:00am)
The Johns Hopkins Film Festival makes its triumphant return for its fifth season tonight, featuring over 30 films in just four days.
(11/17/02 5:00am)
Phillips seafood
(11/17/02 5:00am)
Towson Diner
(11/14/02 5:00am)
Anyone who knows me knows that I love Harry Potter. I've read all four of J.K. Rowling's books, devouring the fourth 700-page monster in one 24-hour period. I rushed to the theater to see the film adaptation of the novel that started it all, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Needless to say I was more than a little excited to be living in Gildersleeve last year, which sounded like it belonged in the whimsical halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
(10/31/02 5:00am)
Looks like that purple Teletubby, Tinky-Winky, is finally off the hook. In an interview on 60 Minutes, Reverend Jerry Falwell indicated that his attention was no longer on closet homosexual aliens, nor the various liberal groups that he tried to blame for the Sept. 11 attacks, when he announced that Muhammad, the founder of the Islamic faith, was "a terrorist."
(10/24/02 5:00am)
I always thought it would be fun to be an actor-type. I know a few personally and they tend to be pretty zany people. Read the cast bios in a Barnstormers' program sometime; there's no denying that the actors and production staff got more than their fair share of creativity.
(09/12/02 5:00am)
A year ago yesterday, a group of terrorists turned our world upside down. Since that fateful morning, Americans have struggled to cement their national identity and find common ground in the face of incomprehensible violence. The arts community has not been immune to this renewed patriotism. Many musicians released patriotic singles for compilation albums; the Boss himself returned with The Rising, his own response to the attacks. Patriotic movies like Sum of All Fears (which, incidentally, blew Baltimore to smithereens) thrived in the box office. Tom Brokaw went In Search of America, and every major television station hosted 9/11 specials.
(09/12/02 5:00am)
Did you know that Maryland can lay claim to one of the most famous lyricists in American history? Though he may be considered a sort of one-hit-wonder, this man's work has been performed by such diverse musicians as N'Sync, Faith Hill, Metallica, Whitney Houston and Jimi Hendrix. His music is played year after year and entire stadiums of people often sing along.