âVillain, I have done thy mother!â
A kingdom divided, three daughters estranged, and a madwoman born in the midst of it all â MIT Shakespeare Ensemble presents Queen Lear, a telling story of the titular queenâs tragic downfall after she divides her empire among two of her three daughters.
May I direct your attention to⊠orchestral music
I spent most of the performance fixated on the director, rather than on the actual music.
MTGâs sleepover extravaganza
MIT MTG puts on a performance to remember in their rendition of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat', including pillows, cookies and milk, and rainbow bedtime stories galore!
âMy finished sculpture is born of nothing but a handful of pipe cleaners and my imaginationâ
Pipe cleaners may seem childish to use in art â but to me, they are colorful and comforting, flexible and versatile, and there are no boundaries to what I can create with a few fuzzy sticks.
Happy theater, sad theater, weird theater
MIT Dramashop presents The One Acts, a collection of concise 30-minute plays that hit home hard.
Kaleidoscopic colors, flashy lights, exhilarating moves
The two-hour show is filled with color, spazztastic music and moves, and enough hooting and howling from the fanatical audience to fill up the MIT night scene.
âUrineâ for a good show
In the world of Urinetown, urination isnât a right, but a privilege. Itâs a place without privacy, where you simply cannot ever hope to âpee in peace.â
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
As the lights dim in La Sala on the second floor of the Stud, the spotlight focuses on a quiet scene in fair Verona (crafted by set designer Jakob Weisblat â18), where the age-old tragedy of star-crossed lovers is about to unfold. With their rendition of Shakespeareâs Romeo and Juliet, the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble brings forth the time-worn themes of fate and free will, love and lust, that Shakespeare introduced in theaters centuries ago. The famed tragedy, directed by long-time theater veteran Francine Davis, brings the audience many laughs, tears, and the entire spectrum between the two.
Spectacular cities, visionary artists
Depending on what sort of connoisseur you are, the neoclassical-like Beaux-Arts style of architecture that Despradelle loved would have either satiated your cravings for elegance and decoration, or disgusted the modernized MIT techie inside of you.
Masterminds or brainless?
Mastermindsâ zany plot makes it enjoyable to watch, and viewers will laugh along with the charactersâ absurd antics and irreverent dialogue. However, the storyline dips its toes in clichĂ©s, and the characters are wacky to the point of disbelief.
Hamilton, I donât think weâre in 1776 anymore
Hamlet-on, a production by the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble, was completely written and rehearsed in 24 hours. A mashup of William Shakespeareâs tragedy Hamlet and Lin-Manuel Mirandaâs wildly popular musical Hamilton, the show proves both clever and hilarious.