Live Performances
SING! 2013: Top Fives and Other Highlights
BEST ACTORS 1. Roger Lee (as the 8th Sin) Roger Lee controlled the stage during Senior SING! with competent acting, believable reactions, and consistent emotions that made his character extremely sympathetic. What set Roger apart from SING!’s other actors, however, was his humility. He did not attempt to dominate the stage or use loudness to [...]
Soph-Frosh SING!: Not Your Usual Suspects
Jinkies! This year, Soph-Frosh SING! hopped on the Mystery Machine to thwart the naysayers who’ve repeatedly deemed Soph-Frosh productions mediocre. While errors from past showcases continued to plague them, the sophomores and freshmen have begun to crack the mystery behind a trailing, third-place Soph-Frosh performance. With impressive acting, solid numbers, and a theme transcending trite [...]
Senior SING!: The Best “Sin(g)” Of All
They promised us one hell of a show, and that’s exactly what they delivered. This year’s Senior SING! ventured deep into uncharted land with a refreshingly original underworld theme. With a script (written by Timmy Levin, Joshua Bogatin, Josh Bloom, Ivy Wanta, and Eugenie Thompson) interlaced with cleverly executed jibes at Stuyvesant and spiced with [...]
Junior SING!: Juniors Find Treasure Under The Sea
Junior SING! really wants you to know that it was not a Disney movie. In fact, every time the first bars of “Under the Sea” rose from the band pit, exasperated cast members yelled down, “No, we are not doing that!” On the contrary, this year’s juniors created a comical and entertaining take on Disney’s [...]
SING! 2013 Scoreboard
Friday Soph-Frosh Juniors Seniors Overall Impression 39 48 54 Script 34 47 51 Acting 40 47 52 Dance 41 50 50 Band/Orchestra 40 56 53 Vocal / Musical Elements 45 48 44 Set 39 52 60 Technical Aspects 35 53 51 Costumes 39 51 52 Total 352 452 467 Saturday Soph-Frosh Juniors Seniors Overall [...]
Stuy Squad A Disappointment
Stuy Squad is an event typically preceded by massive amounts of hype. Maybe that’s the reason why this year’s Stuy Squad was lackluster. Even a high-quality performance might not have lived up to the hype, but this year’s show, with many poorly coordinated performances, fell especially short, save for a few groups. All three girls [...]
The TED Experience: Mohawks, Bananagrams, and Google Glass
The Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) Conference, best known for its TED Talks video series, hosted its annual TEDYouth Conference on Saturday, November 17, in Manhattan’s Times Center. It was live streamed online for free in conjunction with the TEDxYouth program, so viewers all over the world could enjoy the show. The only things they [...]
When Peter Pan Learned To Fly
The story of Peter Pan and his adventures in Neverland has always been close to the hearts of many generations of both children and adults, linked through the common desire for eternal youth and the age-old dream of flying. Peter Pan represents something fundamental and spirited: the brave boy, forever young and innocent, flying through [...]
Playwright Stacey Engels Visits Stuyvesant
Two voices ricochet back and forth across the room, one a childish soprano, the other a rich alto. The audience is hushed, actively listening to the uninterrupted flow of the two contrasting women having an intense girl-to-girl chat. It is the reading of Stacey Engels’ play in progress. On November22nd, Engels paid a visit to [...]
Back With a BIGBANG
Yellow fanlights erupt, creating a sea of stars in the sudden dark. But when the curtain falls, shrieks shatter the heavy silence. At the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, fans braved the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy for the concert showcasing Korean megastar group BIGBANG on Thursday, November 8 and Friday, November 9. The group [...]
