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As the musical began and the main character woke up and sang the opening song “Good Morning Baltimore,” I instantly fell in love with the musical Hairspray. Taken place in Baltimore, Hairspray addresses injustices in America during 1960’s: racism and discrimination against overweight. Tracy, the main character played by Marissa Perry, is obsessed with the afternoon dance show called “The Corny Collins Show.” When Tracy finds out that one of the show stars is leaving the show, she decides to audition for that open spot. Even with her amazing dance skills, Tracy faced a challenge because of her physical appearance- overweight. Once she became a member of the show, Tracy also wanted integration which angered some of the show members. In the end, however, the show gets integrated and a boy ends up liking Tracy. [Read more →]

South Asian Dance Off
By Diane Jacob
NEW YORK

“Jaye, Jaye, Jaye, Jaye He!” These words echoed throughout the Ramapo High School auditorium as hundreds stood up to salute the Indian flag. This is the first year that there has been a tri-state South Asian dance competition, celebrating South Asian culture. Nearly 400 people attended “South Asian Dance Off,” a talent competition divided into three dance categories – classical, folk and film. A total of ten dance groups competed, five in each category except for classical, where there were five solo performances. Anirban and Maninder Singh, the MCs for the night, provided lots of laughs and helped bridge the long gaps between performances due to technical difficulties. [Read more →]

When the average theatergoer thinks of theater comedy, the first image that probably comes to mind is the classic bright, cheery musicals and plays, with enough overglitzed musical numbers and sarcastic one-liners to make a joke book out of. But what do you think would happen if, instead of a regular run-of-the-mill comedy, you took an East Asian martial arts action movie, combined it with slapstick comedy, and infused it with a whole lot of attitude? Well, you’d probably get “Jump”! [Read more →]

On June 27^th 2008, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened their Louise Bourgeois Exhibition. The exhibit is set up around the whole rotunda, which is the spiral walkway from the 6^th “floor” to the ground floor. With the type of posters that are advertised in the subways and on the streets, you can’t tell exactly what type of artwork is going to be shown. With no expectations, I went to go see Louise Bourgeois. [Read more →]

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