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...what he describes as a "lethal dose of musical theater" while acting in shows at his New York City grade school (the short Puerto Rican sixth-grader played Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie). He started writing In the Heights when he was living in the Latino house at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., incorporating the hip-hop that he had grown up listening to as well as the Latin styles of favorite artists like Rubén Blades, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Juan Luis Guerra. "I wanted to write music that told stories as well as those songwriters tell stories...
...piano at the same time.RR: So, what’s this I hear about some show coming up?KB: The big show is called “IGP Laugh Riot Festival X: The Enchanted Forest.†We have a bunch of troupes coming, troupes from Wesleyan, Emerson, Dartmouth, and we’re just gonna do a ton of improv.RR: Alright. What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever said?KB: In a scene? I was doing a scene where I was kind of this suave skier, and so, I’d taken...
French playwright Georges Feydeau originally titled his play “A qui ma femme?,†which translator and Wesleyan University Professor Norman R. Shapiro modified into the more evocative title of the Adams production. In rollicking hyperbole, “Take Her, She’s Yours!,†directed by Emerson College Professor Sunil Swaroop and produced by David A. Seley, demonstrated how the doldrums of married life can lead to a disastrous array of affairs...
...first time having sex: off-beat, irrhythmic, leads to disappointment. The study’s ultimate conclusion: “45:33†lacks structure and is arguably Murphy’s most unfocused, jitter-inducing work to date. CAMIL officials estimate that approximately nine female Wesleyan students have mounted and rode school elliptical machines to the tune of “45:33†in the time it takes to read this article. The Crimson can only hope that they’re all okay. —Staff reviewer Ruben L. Davis can be reached...
...depends on the program,†she said, “I think that it does affect master’s students definitely more than the Ph.D. students.†CORRECTION: The Nov. 6 news article "College Cut Loans As Tuition Source" incorrectly stated that Wesleyan College expanded its financial aid package for families with incomes below $40,000. In fact, that change was made by Wesleyan University...