Arts & Culture
Bold Interpretation of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Inspired by Notes from Original Script
“The Glass Menagerie” is the play that launched Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams’ career and is among the masterworks of the American stage. Drawn from Williams’ life, this moving play explores the illusory nature of dreams and the fragility of…
‘The Good Woman of Setzuan’ Examines True Essence of Goodness
Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In Bertolt Brecht’s comic and complex play, this question is raised by one of his most entertaining characters, Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless, cross-dressing prostitute, who is forced to…
Syracuse University Art Education
This video was submitted by James Haywood Rolling, Jr, Dual Associate Professor, Chair of Art Education in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Education.
Actress Brings One-Woman Monologue to Campus March 25
Playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith will explore issues of community, character and diversity in America, in her monologue, “Snapshots: Portraits of a World in Transition.”
Leibowitz Design Award Recipients Announced
Two communications design seniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design were recognized as recipients of the program’s Paul Leibowitz Award for Communications and Digital Design. Ali Martini ’14 was awarded the first-place prize of $1,000….
Discounted Tickets for Syracuse Stage, SU Drama Shows Available through Pulse
The Pulse Performing Arts Series, supported by SU’s Division of Student Affairs, is offering a limited number of discounted tickets for SU students, faculty and staff to the following shows presented by Syracuse Stage and SU Drama. Tickets are $3…
In Class: RAE 400—VPA Course Offers Insight into The Beatles
If you hear the sounds of the Beatles coming from a College of Visual and Performing Arts classroom, there’s a good chance VPA Professor of Practice David Rezak is involved. His RAE 400 course offers insight into the early days…
‘Chinglish’ Performs Feb. 26-March 16 at Syracuse Stage
“Chinglish” is Tony Award-Winning playwright David Henry Hwang’s hilarious new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunication. It tells the story of an American businessman, Daniel Cavanaugh, who travels to a bustling Chinese province looking to score a lucrative contract in…
Finalists Announced for Urban Rest Stop Design in Syracuse
UPSTATE, a center for design, research and real estate at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, announced the finalists for the Urban Rest Stop Design Competition on Feb. 14.
VPA Students Exhibit Work in ‘Common Language’
Eight undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are exhibiting work in the show “Common Language” through Saturday, Feb. 22, on the first-floor wall of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The students showing…