Letter to the Editor: Darkness without you
A few weeks ago, I remember reading Hyejin’s “Getting Through #2016” and feeling a tremendous sense of relief.
A few weeks ago, I remember reading Hyejin’s “Getting Through #2016” and feeling a tremendous sense of relief.
Originally based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., a bustling beach city just outside of Los Angeles, Riley “noclip” Thomasson ’15 has spent his past three years at Princeton juggling electrical engineering and EDM.
The preview article on the Grind Arts Company’s production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” focused on the young group's desire to push boundaries with its talented cast and its new vision for collegiate theater. However, a commenter on the article doubted the production’s ability to really break the rules of theater —is having your production in a unique location enough to count as risky? “It doesn't seem to be really out there —it doesn't break the rules of theater the way that some ateliers and theater department shows do or like some recent off- and off-off-Broadway plays (it gets done at high schools as the year's big musical).” Another commenter, on the other hand, supported the project right away: “Risk-taking is what the arts on this campus craves,” he said. These two comments show the gamble of announcing the cutting-edge nature of "Sweeney Todd." After marketing the production as one to “push boundaries” and create a “reimagined” "Sweeney Todd," Grind Arts Company’s production had to embody the bold statements of its promotion and deliver on its promise of risk.