Articles By: Alyssa Feller

UCF Theatre Presents From Sun to Sun

On Friday, January 22, 2010, I had the opportunity to see the University of Central Florida’s Theatre Department present From Sun to Sun: A Day in a Railroad Camp, an adaption by N.Y. Nathiri and Thomas Wilson of the concert originally by Zora Neale Hurson. The production was presented as part of...
January 24th, 2010 | Editorials, Theatre | Read More

Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky Speaks at UCF

This Wednesday, November 4, Nikki Blonsky, star of the movie Hairspray, came to the UCF Pegasus Ballroom to speak of her experiences with the movie and her life before and after filming. Blonsky spoke about her life before getting the part of Tracy Turnblad. She began by saying that she loved singing...
November 5th, 2009 | Entertainment | Read More

Pirates Invade UCF Conservatory Theatre

This week, the UCF Theatre Department opened its first musical of the season, The Pirates of the Penzance, on its main stage theatre. I had the opportunity to see it this Friday, October 23. Pirates is an older musical, first being performed in 1879. It is about a young man who, in his twenty-first...
October 25th, 2009 | Theatre | Read More

UCF Emergency Sirens to Be Tested Saturday Afternoon

A warning to students: Saturday afternoon the UCF police department will be testing their emergency campus sirens. The four sirens placed around the campus are one of the primary methods the police could use to warn students and faculty of emergencies that may occur around the area. The UCF police have...
October 16th, 2009 | News | Read More

Fiddler on the Roof Stuns Orlando

On Saturday, October 3, I went to the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre to see Topol in Fiddler on the Roof. The show is about Tevye, a poor Jewish dairy farmer who lives in a small Russian village where tradition is strictly enforced.  When three of Tevye’s daughters choose to marry against tradition,...
October 7th, 2009 | Culture, News, Theatre | Read More

Armed Intruder No Longer at USF Campus

UPDATE: According to reports, at 4:23PM a message was sent out saying that the lock down was over and students could continue with normal activities. No injuries have been reported. — The University of South Florida (USF) website has been updated this afternoon to inform students that there has...
October 5th, 2009 | Crime, Safety | Read More

Fiddler on the Roof Comes to Orlando

The Broadway classic Fiddler on the Roof is coming to the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Downtown Orlando from September 29 to October 4.  The musical, which was created in 1964 by writer Joseph Stein and director/choreographer Jerome Robbins, won numerous awards when it first opened, including...
September 24th, 2009 | Culture, Theatre | Read More

UCF Waits for “Wizarding World of Harry Potter”

On May 31, 2007, Universal Studios Orlando announced that they planned to open the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Islands of Adventure. To many people’s surprise, they were not talking about a new ride or show, but an entire “island” dedicated to the very popular book and movie series...
September 8th, 2009 | Entertainment | Read More
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