Jonathan Kirkland is a junior Communications major and Theatre minor from Martin. Kirkland’s interest in theater began when his parents let him watch The Phantom of the Opera. He auditioned for plays in elementary school and participated in small church plays. His love for theater really took flight after he watched West Side Story. “I… Continue reading Creative Corner
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UTM Arts Inservice
The UTM Department of Visual and Theatre Arts will host its third-annual in-service workshops from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m on Saturday, Sept. 29 in the Fine Arts building. The workshops, designed for K-12 teachers of art, dance and theatre, has 60 spaces available. The seats are on a first-come, first-served basis and the event… Continue reading UTM Arts Inservice
Creative Corner
Madison Lee is starring as Abigail in Vanguard Theatre’s production this fall of The Crucible. Lee, 19, is a sophomore Theater major from La Vergne. Lee began acting in when she was just five. She said that she wouldn’t be happy doing anything other than theater. Theater has become a part of who she is and… Continue reading Creative Corner
The real ‘Quiet Place’ is the theater you see it in
The year is 2020, and the world is a hushed game of cat and mouse between humanity, and a mysterious apex predator that hunts through echolocation. The year is 2018, and you feel yourself getting annoyed when patrons breathe too hard in a movie theater during A Quiet Place. From the opening credits of the film,… Continue reading The real ‘Quiet Place’ is the theater you see it in
Audience hoodwinked by The Greatest Showman
Americans seeking a great circus film are still left with their hopes as high as the trapeze under the big top and their wants unfulfilled after seeing The Greatest Showman. Starring Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron, this holiday’s musical release may have only done casting right by the trained eye. For a family holiday pic… Continue reading Audience hoodwinked by The Greatest Showman
Summer movie selections that aren’t remakes, reboots or part 12 of a series
It’s no secret that the last couple of years have shown a huge resurgence of sequels and prequels. 2016 ushered in a remake of the ’80s cult classic Ghostbusters, live-action versions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and The Jungle Book and the 10th Star Wars movie. It seems like every day there is a new film… Continue reading Summer movie selections that aren’t remakes, reboots or part 12 of a series