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Despite the somber tone of the evening, Cleary said that the vigil aimed to conclude Sexual Assault Awareness Month on a positive note...

Author: By Alice E. M. Underwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vigil Empowers Sexual Assault Victims | 4/30/2010 | See Source »

...show’s score, though used sparingly, enhances the production’s chilling tone. In Katurian’s confession scene, a spooky, romping rock riff injects the play with electric energy. At other times, the faint, haunting sounds of a children’s choir waft over Katurian narrating his horrid tales or characters recounting painful memories...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Pillowman' Anything But Fluffy | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...There’s a really big aesthetic shift between act one and act two, and I wanted to delve into the classic fairy book style to a more stark and darker tone. That’s what I see in the second act when everything gets destroyed—there’s a darker aesthetic,” she says...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Into the Woods | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...style. Employing an uplifting chord progression in a refreshing major key, Wainwright warbles, “The dream has come and gone / The earth lumbers on / The dream is back in space / Back where it came from.” Striking a fantastic, wistful, and yet powerful tone, Wainwright here describes a kind of loss that avoids the lure of saccharine self-pity. His imagery, of an earth “lumbering on” and of galactic dreams, is sweet and clear without being cloying. After a brief and discordant piano part, Wainwright ends the song by belting...

Author: By Alexander E. Traub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rufus Wainwright | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...comfort of one’s own room. Cudi’s fast-paced beats did not translate well into conscripted, event-tent performance and, although the blinding light show impressively lit up the now-dark Yard, Cudi’s unenergetic body movement and overly-casual tone failed to ignite the show...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston and Alex C. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Day or Nite, Yardfest Does Not Entertain | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

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