The Yale Herald Online
Volume XXI, Number 7 - Friday, March 1, 1996
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT




REVIEWS

Fantastic fantasy buoys thought-provoking frosh shows
The "Big Questions:" Why do I fear what I fear? Who are the people around me? What is my relationship to my past? How do I relate to the world around me? Who am I? These age-old questions are often pondered by every type of artist, but rarely are the presented with as little regard for their seriousness as in this year's tow Dramat Freshman Plays...

Children's Theater charms with the truth of a 'silver fish'
In its latest production, the Yale Children's Theater does for young audiences what Disney has done in its most recent animations: given the kids a healthy dose of music, laughter, and morality.

Cute, fun, British...the latest fad in opera?
When I think opera, I think high drama, deaths that last several minutes (if not hours), murder and mayhem chock-full of bravado, all carried off by people who were born to perform. I think German gluttony and Italian fury. I don not think British anything.

'Beaux' Stratagem' is a delectable melange of old and new
Take one part Yale School of Drama, one part George Farquhar, and one part Everett Quinton. Shake vigorously, sit back, and enjoy the show!

Tom Schiller expounds on 'SNL,' the '70s, and the art of short film
Tom Schiller, writer and director of short subject films, came to Yale on Wednesday to screen some of his work and to speak about "The Art of the Short Film."

'Sight Unseen': blurry, but still worth seeing
Jonathan Waxman, the main character of Donald Margulies; Sight Unseen, has some major issues to sort out in his life...


RECORDS

Nick Cave's bloody 'Ballads' are murder on the senses

Don't tell me now - Halo Benders falter with second effort


Project NIM's catchy 'Tower' stands tall


Compelling 'Inner Room' a labor of devotional love


STATIC!!!

Eric Bogosian performance at University Theater

Senior Art Exhibits

Bikini Kill coming to Morse Dining Hall


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