Kean University presents one of Broadway’s biggest hits, Hairspray!

“It is a musical about acceptance of race, of sexuality, of physical proportion and beauty, of educational achievement,” Holly Logue Director of Hairspray said. New York City is consistently having outstanding Broadway shows, but in the downside is that viewers can spend as much as 100 up to 400 dollars on tickets alone. This year Kean decided to do something […]

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The Gamester’ was a lucky gamble

By Sonia Aguije Love and lady luck are the main contenders in Freyda Thomas’s “The Gamester’. Based on ‘Le Jouer’, play by Jean Fancois Regnard and directed by Dennis Turney, a professor at Kean. The University department of theater presented ‘The Gamester’ and it played a lucky hand in this production. It ran at Wilkins Theater, November 30 through December […]

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One of cinema’s finest talents takes a bow

With his upcoming television project, “Behind the Candelabra” and current release, “Side Effects,” audiences are receiving their final glimpses into the filmography of Steven Soderbergh. Originally cited by Roger Ebert as “the poster boy of the Sundance generation,” he has remained one of cinema’s most interesting figures within current Hollywood, which makes his impending retirement all the more curious. Born on January 14th, 1963, […]

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The mid-season finale of “The Walking Dead” leaves audience wanting more

By Sonia Aquije   The mid-series finale of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” left its audience with a suspenseful cliff hanger. The series plot grew in complexity with both the foreshadowing of the group’s fate and the reunion between Daryl and Merle. Fans tuned in on Sunday, Dec. 2 for a mid-season finale that would be anything but disappointing. According to Lesley […]

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“Red” by Taylor Swift

By Darian Maduruh   Now, as a twenty-something African American dude from urban New Jersey, I’m sure I’m not the target demographic for Taylor Swift’s music. I mean, let’s be honest: the 22-year-old multi-Grammy winner (including an “Album of the Year” win in 2010 for her second album, “Fearless”) mainly appeals to teenage girls or women who still act like […]

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