by Anne Paquin | Mar 29, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In this semester’s tenth installment of Lumination News, Nick Glende and Savanna Schubert are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Joe Sanderson brings you up to speed with sports, Brianna Langley fills you in on the week’s top world news headlines, Kelly Dean gives the scoop on all things entertainment and Nicolette Carney delivers your weather forecast. This week’s newscast features a look at the new fountain construction on campus, interviews with students taking part in the new dance minor in the theatre department, an in-depth look into the Race Card Project, information about the big Baja Race coming up and insight into the passing of legendary Lipscomb Academy head football coach Glenn McCadams. We also take a closer look at how Jesus is viewed in different cultures, campus ministry’s Resurrection Week, an update on the fire that consumed Dr. Thomas’s home over spring break, the newest home for the Dove Awards, how seniors are coping after their final spring break and a reminder to register for classes next fall, as well as our weekly Nashville Spotlight and Tweets of the Week. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
by Nicci Carney | Mar 9, 2013 | News Slider
Friday, March 8, Shamblin Theater hosted the opening night for Blackbird Theater’s production of Amadeus. The Peter Shaffer play, later adapted into the Academy Award-winning film, tells the story of the tumultuous life and death of Mozart from the perspective of his long time rival Salieri. Feeling he was cheated by God because he was not blessed with the gift Mozart had, the play shows the mental and spiritual battle Salieri fought. The Amadeus production at Lipscomb gives Blackbird Theater founders Wes Driver and Greg Greene an opportunity to work at their Alma Mater, as well as work with current Lipscomb students. The idea began with Lipscomb Theater department chair Mike Fernandez and his encouragement for the duo to create the theater production company and be artist-in-residence. Driver is the artistic director, and Greene serves as the managing director. The hope of Driver and Green is to inspire, yet challenge, the minds of the audience. “The type of theater we hope to produce is transformative. We want to produce productions that will initially challenge people but ultimately inspires them,” Driver said. For Greene, the expectation for the show is, “to transform the people’s thinking and give them an opportunity to reflect on the big issues in life. Having conversations after the show and the responses from social media is what makes a show successful.” The production is one of the many performances from the Nashville Symphony and Orchestra throughout the months of March and April. Mozart in the Music City will be a period of all things Mozart. This includes the production of Amadeus, the Orchestra performing The Magic Flute and the Symphony holding a piano concerto. Student tickets are...
by Cory Woodroof | Sep 21, 2012 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s theater department will feature Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters” in the Flatt Amphitheatre this coming weekend. The play is directed by adjunct theater professor Robyn Berg. The show began Sept. 21 and will be performed again Sept. 27-29 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for faculty and $5 for students, and can be purchased at at the Lipscomb University Box Office (615-966-7075), www.lipscomb.edu/theater or at TicketsNashville.com....
by Rachel Billingsley | Sep 12, 2012 | Opinion
Set in 1945, as soldiers return from the war in the Pacific, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s “Much Ado About Nothing” both does justice to the author’s sharp wit and spins the classic in a fitting way. This particular rendition of “Much Ado About Nothing” is a musical rather than a play, but the songs fit in well with the written material. Lipscomb graduate Sawyer Wallace participated in the musical playing the part of Conrad, one of Don John’s most loyal associates. He was just as ridiculous as all of the other characters. Perhaps one of the most hilarious moments in the play is a scene in which the character Benedict is hiding in the garden. He goes out into the audience and jumps from benches to blankets to the ground. In the performance I saw, he even landed in an elderly gent’s lap and crawled through the orchestra pit. It’s an altogether pleasant surprise. The change in scenery and setting – the trademark of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival – is refreshing, and the characters are just as hilarious as those in Shakespeare’s original play. Admission to the performance is free, but donations are accepted in order to fund future productions by the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. But time is running out. The play began Aug. 16 and concludes this coming Sunday. Performances are at Centennial Park at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, with pre-show entertainment starting at...
by Emily Snell | Mar 2, 2012 | News Slider
As opening night for Singarama approaches next weekend, student groups are striving to amaze the audiences with a showcase of their talent, staging and story lines. Singarama is Lipscomb’s annual event that brings social club members and their friends together for a performance competition. This annual tradition has been one of Lipscomb’s main events for nearly half of a century. Joe Muchmore, a senior biology major from Boulder, Colo., has been in Singarama the past two years and will be a host again for this year’s production. He said participants are really feeling the “crunch” of doing the show prior to spring break instead of after, as its been in previous years. “It’s definitely a little more stressful trying to get everything together,” he said. “Just trying to get the lyrics memorized and learn the songs in such a short amount of time… it’s harder to get it ready for the final performance. In the past years, the two weeks up to the show we had everything pretty much ready and were just rehearsing, whereas now we’re still trying to learn how to do everything.” Muchmore said hosts and hostesses are currently focusing on “being confident with the harmonies, so that when the show comes, we can hit it strong and not be iffy. I think that’s really crucial for a good sound.” He said the cast is feeling nervous excitement about the performances. “Right now, it’s definitely stressed more than excited, but it’s a stressed excited,” Muchmore said. “It’s because we’re a week away, and we haven’t even worked everything out yet. We’ve got a lot of work...
