Chris Peterson, who created the popular blog in 2014, said in an email that he is impressed with how UM’s program is improving. “It’s one of the very best in the Southeast,” he said.
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‘Pirates of Penzance’ opens Thursday at Ring Theatre
Don’t miss the University of Miami theater department’s spring musical, “Pirates of Penzance,” beginning April 19.
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Student Artist Spotlight: Kelsey Blackstone
A sophomore theater arts major provides a snapshot of the creative, chaotic world of theater in the first weekly Student Artist Spotlight.
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‘Little Women’ sends powerful message about gender roles
The curtains opened in the Cosford Cinema for the first performance of the CaneStage Theatre Company production, “Little Women,” on Dec. 7. CaneStage is a theater club under the umbrella of Hurricane Productions. Unlike the Ring Theatre, the club’s cast, director, actors and live band are all students and have organized the play themselves. “Little…
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‘Evita’ kicks off the Actors’ Playhouse 30th Anniversary season
The theater showed not only a traditional English language run of the Tony Award-winning musical, but will also be performing a Spanish language run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 17.
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Gender fluidity takes center stage for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Ring Theatre
Catch “Romeo and Juliet” at the Ring Theatre before Nov. 18. Students can get in free on “Totally Tuesday,” Nov. 14.
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Theater becomes part of the UM Law School curriculum
The UM Law Health Rights Clinic is revolutionizing the way students and interns learn to practice law by taking an old theater concept called Forum Theatre and applying it to the modern classroom setting. Some undergraduate students may be familiar with the idea from a similar program used during Orientation events, called “Theatre in Action:…
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“Pippin” closes a spectacular run despite hurricane delays
After a difficult and stormy start to the fall semester, the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre ended the run of its first show of the season, the musical “Pippin” by Stephen Schwartz and Roger Hirson, to a great success. “Pippin” played from Oct. 5 to Oct. 14 at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. As the hard…
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Biographical musical ‘On Your Feet!’ delights UM students
The story of power couple Gloria and Emilio Estefan, “On Your Feet!” premiered Oct. 6 at the Arsht center to a sold-out audience, including 25 residents of UM’s Mahoney-Pearson Residential College. Now captivating locals after its premier at the Adrienne Arsht Center, the show chronicles the Cuban-born Miami artists’ rise to fame. Mahoney-Pearson residents were…
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Arts departments shuffle around dates, resources to accommodate after Irma
For two and a half weeks the University of Miami has been on a hiatus. Every class, extracurricular activity and event scheduled during that time was canceled. This forced every department to rethink its agenda to accommodate the break and new academic calendar. For UM’s theater department, the 20 days off school meant students could…
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Pippin rehearsals get postponed
In light of Hurricane Irma and all University of Miami campuses shutting down starting Sept. 5, clubs and organizations had to postpone their meetings and rehearsals. On a campus of nearly 16,000 students and 270 clubs and organizations, moving this many plans was no easy feat. When it came to postponing rehearsals for the Ring…
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Weekend Watch: ‘Death & Harry Houdini,’ Canes Carnival 2017, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sick Puppies Comedy Charity Show, Japanese Spring Festival 2017
“Death & Harry Houdini” Using dialogue and music, “Death & Harry Houdini” wills the famous magician back to life at the Arsht Center. Starting with his family life and ending with his final magic trick that stunned audiences, the play is known for selling out every time it comes to stage and for its breathtaking…