The College Department of Theatre and Dance hosted award-winning composer Charles Strouse on Wed. Oct. 29. Mr. Strouse sat down with Charles Richter, director of theatre here at the College, and answered questions about his legendary past. Strouse graduated from the Eastman School of Music at the age of eighteen, at which point, he lived as a piano player in New York City.
In this election season, we have read a lot about political affiliations and relationships. Is love deep enough to cross political boundaries? Will you be eternally unhappy if you are committed to someone not committed to your candidate of choice? In honor of the recent election, we decided to share our conflicting opinions on mixed political relationships.
Select Muhlenberg dance majors are busy weaving a visual tapestry of motion to touch audiences with original choreography and unique perspectives. Each Fall, the Muhlenberg Dance Association and the Dance Department produce Moving Stories. This concert gives junior and senior dancers the opportunity showcase their own creative material on Baker Stage.
The classic Hitchcock plot of strangers on a train gets an engrossing revival in Trans-Siberian. Writer/director Brad Anderson gives us an artful and shifty take on human strengths and weakness; his film delivers the pleasure of a conventional tale well told, with clever twists and complex characters.
"I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go." Any sports-movie buff recognizes the words spoken by fictional high school basketball star Jimmy Chitwood in the movie Hoosiers. And last Sunday, students of the college got to speak with the man behind the script - filmmaker Angelo Pizzo.