Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Section
AB Band Marches Down to Florida
by Jackie Surdan | January 2010
A few days into winter break, members of the AB Marching Band packed their t-shirts and shorts and headed through the snow to Logan Airport. The Budget truck was loaded up with our instruments, and we were on our way to Orlando, Florida to march in the nationally televised Citrus Bowl Parade.
After the planes landed, [...]
PC Presents Kiss Me Kate
by Tarana Bhatia | January 2010
Acton Boxborough’s Proscenium Circus proudly presents Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate as its winter musical. Under the direction of the outstanding Ms. Potter, the show will enchant audiences with its highly acclaimed cast and music.
A stark contrast to last year’s dark, Nazi period musical, Cabaret, Kiss Me Kate promises to be a light romantic comedy [...]
The Sing-Off Breathes Life into NBC Lineup
by Sindhu Bharadwaj | January 2010
For music lovers, the period between the Glee finale and the commencement of American Idol’s ninth season looked like it would be a dry spell for music on television. Then NBC made their contribution to the musical TV show genre with The Sing-Off. Hosted by Nick Lachey, and judged by Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman and [...]
PC’s Our Town Captivates Audience
by Michelle Surdan | December 2009
As students clad in neon orange and plaid clothes walked through the halls throughout October, everyone understood what the colors represented. Preparations for Proscenium Circus’s fall play were in progress. Auditions had taken place and the cast list was set. From that point on, rehearsals were five days a week as actors and crew worked [...]
That’s Entertainment: Cabaret Night 2009
by Neha Sundaram | December 2009
Clearly, Acton-Boxborough students have talent, and what better way to showcase those abilities than through a cabaret? Cabaret, a long-standing tradition in the AB community, is an opportunity for the singers, songwriters, bands, and choruses at ABRHS to perform in front of a live audience. This year’s show marked the event’s fifteenth anniversary and included [...]
Acton Hosts Chinese Music Night
by Kenneth Zhou | December 2009
I first heard about the 2009 Acton Chinese Music Night on Facebook. I know many people are oblivious to upcoming events until they see the red-and-white calendar icon marked “31” on their Facebook homepage. Enticed by the ideas that I only had to travel ten minutes from my house to attend the event, and that [...]
AB Band Impresses at MICCA
by Jackie Surdan | December 2009
The Acton-Boxborough band competed in the MICCA (Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association) marching band competition throughout October. After rigorous work at band camp, hours of rehearsal every Tuesday night throughout the fall, and performances at every football game, the band took the field to perform their show, comprising three pieces composed by Aaron Copland. [...]
FOX’s Glee: Music to Our Ears
by Melissa Wang | December 2009
You probably thought I would begin this article with a sentence about how a certain new television show has brought glee into the lives of many across the country, did you not? I will spare the cliché, since the hit show Glee is far from a cliché itself: it is a refreshing new program that [...]
Television’s Decade: Ten Years of Greatness
by C.J. Lack | December 2009
For one reason or another, the 2000s have produced more great television programs than all other decades combined. With 2009 coming to a close, I feel as though we should look back at some of the best of the best.
The Wire (HBO; TV-MA; 2002 – 2008)
You know all those procedural shows like CSI, NCIS, and [...]
PC’s Latest Production: Our Town
by Sindhu Bharadwaj | October 2009
This fall, AB’s Proscenium Circus will be presenting Thornton Wilder’s stage classic, Our Town. The critically-acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning showcases a glimpse of the lives of ordinary people in a small New England town during the early twentieth century. Our Town, the first production this year, promises to be one of the most unique and engaging [...]
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