LIGHT Dawns!
By Julie Hennrikus Generally, I am not a fan of projections in theater. I have seen too many used badly, more in the “look Ma, we’ve got toys” than the…
It’s Magic Time: Light Up the Sky
By Tyler York Chills. I got chills while watching the final dress rehearsal of LIGHT UP THE SKY last night in the Paramount Theatre. We are talking goose bump, hair…
Stardate: Light Up The Sky Load Out
Hello Dahlings. It’s almost time to Light Up The Sky!! This weekend, our intrepid Wardrobe Supervisor Mallory Frers and her crew, took all the costumes and loaded them into the…
LIGHT UP THE SKY: Stage Manager’s Tech Blog
By Alexander Brodkin How does a show come together? When the audience takes their seats this Thursday in the Paramount and the curtain rises they will see countless hours of…
The Parallel Nightmare
by Gabriel Graetz, dramaturg Nick Sulfaro, who plays George Spelvin in The Actor’s Nightmare, found this fascinating passage in the autobiographical introduction to Christopher Durang Explains It All For You….
Art is Thriving in Mass.
By Tyler York Emerson was recently visited by Rocco Landesman, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Rocco is on a nationwide tour for an NEA initiative called…
The Student’s POV: Alexandra Hsie
by Alexandra Hsie Bud, Not Buddy is flowing smoothly and we’re working hard through the play. We have a real live jazz band and one of the actors learned the…
State of the Season – Oct 15
By Tyler York LIGHT UP THE SKY opens in less than a week! Can you believe it? The Paramount is clearly one very busy place during this final push to…
Circle Mirror Transformation
By Lindsay Eberly I am currently working on Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker at the Huntington Theatre Company. It will be familiar to Emerson students because our very own…