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...matters what you do in the four years.” Alana V. Davis ’06, Marilyn Hylton ’06, Nicole Laws ’06, Kudzai Makomva ’06, Tanya A. Thompson ’06, Jennifer Wynn ’06, and Monica M. Clark ’06, who is also a Crimson editor, were the other recipients of the senior leadership awards. The event, which was attended by 360 students, alums, and community members, has expanded in size in past years according to the organizers. “It?...
...character known as Lucy the Slut is a puppet in the Tony Award--winning musical Avenue Q, which has been playing in the Wynn Las Vegas hotel since last fall. Casino magnate Steve Wynn offered Avenue Q's producers a theater and $5 million up front for an exclusive run in Vegas, in exchange for ditching the usual cross-country tour. "I wanted something completely different," says Wynn. "No hydraulics. No feathers. No fuss. Just simple theatrical...
...match for gloss in Vegas. Wynn canceled Avenue Q's run last month and will replace it with the splashier musical Monty Python's Spamalot in March 2007. For the nearly $2 billion national Broadway theater industry, which watched anxiously as show after show headed for Vegas, Q's failure is both lesson and opportunity. For some shows, maybe Seattle beats Vegas...
Good buzz wasn't enough for Avenue Q. Producer Kevin McCollum says he believed Wynn's up-front backing would take "much of the risk out of the equation for us." For a regular tour, he would have faced traveling expenses of $50,000 a week. But success is measured differently in Vegas. "Body count is as important or more important than your gross potential," says Michael Gill, general manager of Vegas' Mamma Mia! Word of mouth for the off-kilter show (Avenue Q features a gaggle of foulmouthed puppets) wasn't enough to fill its 1,200-seat venue...
...shared experience. “What happens when a person can feel safe in two groups, because of shared common identities within those groups, but you can only achieve that safe space in of those two groups?” Black Students Association (BSA) Vice-President Jennifer N. Wynn ’06 asked. “Is there a way both groups will allow you to marry those two identities without compromising either one?” Attendees of the meeting also discussed the internal politics of organizations. “A lot of times involvement is about choice...