Never Stop, Never Settle

  The day was Wednesday March 1, 2017 and I hurried my way across Vanderbilt’s campus just in time to sneak into Neely Auditorium. Tim Miller (internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller) was getting ready to perform acts from his new one-man show followed by a question and answer with the audience to further allow…

Posted by prestoct on May 1, 2017 in Analysis Essay, America, ArtsEmerson, David Dower, Empathy, Progress, Sympathy, Tim Miller

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Yes, Gnit Now!

As I strolled into Neely Auditorium on a Thursday evening, the first thing I noticed was the transformed space. I was no longer in my secondary classroom for Intro to Theatre 1010, I was no longer walking into a room with black walls and empty seats, I was walking into a magnificent presentation. And in…

Posted by prestoct on April 9, 2017 in Analysis Essay, Emily Bishop, Gnit, Peer Gynt, State of America, Will Eno

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The Last One You’d Expect

As someone who has grown up surrounded by athletics, currently works in athletics, and hopes to work in athletics the rest of my life, you could say that going out to the theatre to see a musical is not one of my main hobbies. However, because it was a class requirement, I borrowed my friend’s…

Posted by prestoct on February 24, 2017 in Production Review, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Kevin Massey, Tennessee Performing Arts Center

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Those Damn Yankees Did it Again

On January 20, 2017, in Blaire School of Music’s Ingram Hall, nearly every seat was filled with audience members anxiously anticipating Vanderbilt Off-Broadway’s performance of Damn Yankees. The buzz floating around Vanderbilt’s campus was that the production was a hilarious rendition of the original 1955 Broadway show. Not to say I wasn’t looking forward to…

Posted by prestoct on February 17, 2017 in Production Review, Choreography, Connection, Damn Yankees, Megan Ward, Michael Maerlender, Musical Number, Vanderbilt Off-Broadway

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Kanye West Saint Pablo Tour

“9:14, Saturday, September 24” an audience member’s phone reads as he looks down to check the time. He nearly drops his phone from his moist palm; sweaty with anticipation for the moment he has been waiting his whole life for. Arguably the most famous artist on the planet, and his all time favorite artist was…

Posted by prestoct on November 6, 2016 in Blog posts

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