From the beginning of Chris Distefano’s show, he seemed to immediately click with the audience. Between his impressions of millennial culture and the ease with which he talked about his private life, it was clear there was a certain “inside joke” quality to the way he presented his humor, making me feel like I was…
The minute that members of Georgetown University Dance Company (GUDC) take their places for rehearsal; they are no longer students. An intense focus grips their gaze as they immediately command the energy and focus of the entire room. Whether two or 20 dancers share the floor, no space seems too large nor any movement too…
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) needs a fresh start. When we are reintroduced to the Suicide Squad antiheroine, she has just been dumped by her “puddin,” the Joker. Cocktail-drunk and heartbroken, she hijacks a truck and drives it straight into the industrial plant where, in a vat of unnamed chemicals, ‘Harley Quinn’—not Dr. Harleen Quinzel, Ph.D.,…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching mob movies, it’s that you never snitch on the mafia. Killing people, stealing, selling drugs, infringing on other mobsters’ territories, or sleeping with their wives can all be forgiven, but talking to the police is a mortal sin; do it and you’re a dead man walking. This…
It’s production week for Black Movements Dance Theatre (BMDT)’s upcoming Spring Dance Concert: Legends, Leaders, Warriors and Other Great Souls. Dancers dressed in all black are spread across the floor stretching. BMDT’s Artistic Director Alfreda Davis comes to the front of the studio and announces, “These coming weeks, you’ll only be able to do five…
Indie-pop darlings Fitz and The Tantrums will bring their bright, funky alternative sound to The Anthem on Friday, February 14th. The group’s current run promoting their latest record, All The Feels, is taking them around the world in a little under three months, but don’t expect a lack of energy. With a catalog including bangers…
Best Picture by Abby Webster Who Will Win: 1917 Who Should Win: Parasite For a brief moment in 2017, we lived in a world where the Academy made good decisions. Last year’s Gr**n B**k Best Picture win, and this year’s tremendously bad hot take from an anonymous Academy voter that foreign films should only be nominated in their…
The sound of distant voices singing “I Dreamed a Dream” floated around the first floor of Reiss. Behind the large doors of Reiss 112, eight Chimes singers stood in a semicircle around their soloist, Phil Holt (COL ’20), with “4 days until the show” written on the wall behind them. Suddenly, the singers reached the…
Rex Orange County will bring his brassy and alternative sound to The Anthem on Wednesday, February 12th. After over two years, Rex Orange County finally released his third studio album Pony in October of 2019. Filled with the smooth, vibrant music Rex is known for, Pony was extremely well received by fans. On his tour…
“There’s an ancient saying that you have three faces: the first one you broadcast to the world, the second you show to those closest to you, and the last one you never show to anyone,” Halsey narrates in the Spotify introduction to her latest album, Manic (2020). “The first one is Halsey. The second is…