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The Observer
Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer
Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

“Love Never Dies” comes to Cleveland

Victoria Radcliffe, Staff Reporter • February 2, 2018

From Jan. 9 to 28, “Love Never Dies,” the sequel to the popular musical, “The Phantom of the Opera,” was put on at Playhouse Square, marking the first time the production has toured in America....

MaDaCol features student choreographers

Sophia Yakumithis, Staff Reporter • December 8, 2017

On the weekend of Nov. 30, the Department of Dance presented the Fall Mather Dance Collective (MaDaCol), a series of performances by a group of over 50 dancers. The program premiered works by second-year...

Despite its raunchy dialogue, “In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)“ emotionally resonated with a very engaged audience.

Vibrators may cause hysterical laughter

Max McPheeters, Staff Reporter • December 1, 2017

For two weekends during November, the Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater put on the Tony-nominated show “In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play)” by Sarah Ruhl. The play ran from...

“Medea” almost unrecognizable

Madison Avolio, Arts & Entertainment Designer • November 17, 2017

When sitting down to watch a rendition of a famous Greek tragedy such as “Medea”, surprises are typically unheard of. The audience knows the plot before the entertainment even begins. Medea, the titular...

The Dance Department's "Vistas" concert made use of the Microsoft Hololens in its finale.

Footwork in two realities

Smruthi Maganti, Arts & Entertainment Editor • November 17, 2017

The Case Western Reserve University community had the opportunity to see a landmark performance for two weekends this November. In the finale of “Vistas”, the dance department’s fall concert, audiences...

“Into the Woods” takes the stage

Isabel Torres-Padin, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2017

The CWRU Footlighters is Case Western Reserve University’s very own student-run musical theater group. Every semester, they put on a musicalーusually in Carlton Commonsーwhich is a fully staged...

Two-man show wows in the Black Box

Two-man show wows in the Black Box

Victoria Radcliffe, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2017

This past week, fourth-year student Brett DiCello and second-year student Tony Monczewski, both theater and biomedical engineering majors, brought two artists to life in the Eldred Black Box with Players’...

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