The UTM Vanguard Theatre’s production of “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley ran Nov. 5-8, primarily for a livestreamed audience, testing the ability of Visual and Theatre Arts to handle a performance in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Among the cast of this history-making performance here at UTM was Ethan Tester, a Senior… Continue reading UTM theatre acts against Coronavirus with first-ever livestream
Category: Theatre
Vanguard’s “Doubt”: a good watch despite technical limitations
On Nov. 5, the Vanguard Theatre began their four day run of the play “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley with a livestreamed production broadcast on the UTM Department of Visual and Theatre Arts YouTube channel. As the performance was closed to the public due to concerns from COVID-19, I had the opportunity to… Continue reading Vanguard’s “Doubt”: a good watch despite technical limitations
Fine Arts Events
Aug. 25 – Mantilla & Morgan Exhibit Sept. 1 – A Night with Chopin Chan Mi Jean Faculty Piano Recital 7:30 p.m. at Blankenship Recital Hall Sept. 12 – UTM Aviators Marching Invitational Sept. 16 – Andrew Hutchens Guest Saxophone Recital 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 – The Darkness and the Light Faculty Recital 3:00 p.m.… Continue reading Fine Arts Events
Performance at UTM underscores the staying power of Shakespeare
The idea that a 400 year old play could pack theatres, even in the age of film, television and YouTube would usually be laughable. It would if the author were any other than the Bard himself: William Shakespeare. On Feb. 11, the American Shakespeare Center played A Midsummer Night’s Dream for a full crowd at… Continue reading Performance at UTM underscores the staying power of Shakespeare
Putnam County Spelling Bee engages audience
Andrew Lloyd Webber was once quoted as saying, “Musical theatre history is littered with bad reviews for now classic pieces.” That is not to say that Vanguard Theatre’s recent production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is of the same pitch and import as something like the opening day of Phantom of the… Continue reading Putnam County Spelling Bee engages audience
Vanguard Theatre to premiere musical about spelling bee
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Broadway musical comedy will be performed at UTM at 8 p.m., Nov. 7-9, and 3 p.m., Nov. 10, in the Harriet Fulton Theater in the Fine Arts Building. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for students. The UTM departments of music and visual and theatre arts are… Continue reading Vanguard Theatre to premiere musical about spelling bee
A Call for Diversity
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit Hamilton premiered on Broadway on Aug. 6, 2015, smashing all precedents and expectations of the landscape of the musical theatre world. The musical combined Broadway show tunes with hip-hop, rap, R&B and soul, something that many people had not seen in a broadway show up to that point. That year, Hamilton… Continue reading A Call for Diversity
Arthur Miller’s “Crucible” comes to Martin: A Review
UTM’s Vanguard Theatre produced a modernized rendition of Arthur Miller’s classic play, The Crucible, directed by Kevin Shell. The play, a political commentary about the supposed legacy of McCarthyism and the post-WWII Red Scare disguised as a 17th century period-piece, has graced the shelves of high school English classes for generations. Nearly half a decade’s… Continue reading Arthur Miller’s “Crucible” comes to Martin: A Review
Vanguard production opens Feb. 22: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’
Vanguard Theatre at UTM will be showcasing “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by playwright Christopher Durang from Feb. 22-27 at 8 p.m. with a matinee showing on Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. The show follows two siblings, Vanya and Sonia, who live together and have a psychic cleaning woman, Cassandra. Their sister Masha,… Continue reading Vanguard production opens Feb. 22: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’
Six Degrees of Separation is an exceptional performance
The UTM Department of Visual and Theatre Arts performs a play called Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare. Presented by the Vanguard Theatre, the play is performed in the Harriet Fulton theatre in the fine arts building from Nov. 2-5. The cast of UTM’s performance of Six Degrees of Separation is a cast and… Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation is an exceptional performance