To prepare for the theatre and dance department’s fall production, “CrossRoads,” the cast went the distance … literally.
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Google tunes in to music streaming
If you’re using a music subscription service these days, it’s hard not to feel like a pirate. Spotify and Rdio offer access to tens of millions of songs — everything from Alabama Shakes to Zulu Winter — for the cost of a Chipotle meal per month.
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Meet the men behind the blue
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net The Blue Man Group broke its silence April 8. In a rare treat, Cal Poly students were able to interact with the Blue Man Group unmasked and outside of character. Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department, in conjunction with Expressive Technology Studios, hosted Blue Man Group performers Russell Rinker and Shane Andries […]
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‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ brings childhood out of the woodwork
Hannah Croft hannahcroft.md@gmail.com Childhood friends Frog and Toad are getting ready to emerge from hibernation, with the help of Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department. For the next two weeks, Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre will turn forested for Tony Award-nominated “A Year with Frog and Toad.” The musical is based on the children’s books […]
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“Hair”-raising Broadway show to rock PAC
Aryn Sanderson arts@mustangdaily.net Does a futile war, a disappointed younger generation and an outrageous anti-establishment movement sound a little too familiar? “Hair” — a groovy musical jam-packed with sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll — will hit the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center tonight. “We have found a much younger audience coming to see this […]
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The big red dog comes to the green and gold
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net A piece of many childhoods is coming to the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) in the form of a musical performance of Scholastic’s Clifford the Big Red Dog LIVE! It will be presented Wednesday at 6 p.m. as an alternative to the typical Halloween evening. “Our aim in this is to […]
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Play gives voice to formerly incarcerated people
Allison Montroy allisonmontroy.md@gmail.com A policeman stands menacingly on the linoleum floor. In front of him a woman sits in a plastic white chair. The woman looks down. He demands to know if she committed the murder. Everything around them is silent. To their right lies a stack of cots and blankets, to their left a […]
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“Taking Leave” raises Alzheimer’s awareness
The play focuses on Pryne, a retired professor, and his three daughter’s who have to decide whether or not to send him to a home for the elderly.