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FABSCRAP at MMC: Sustainability in the Costume Shop

FABSCRAP at MMC: Sustainability in the Costume Shop

Joanna Insco, Digital Managing Editor November 7, 2024

Snipping, cutting, shaping, designing—fabric scraps inevitably clutter the floor of the MMC costume shop. MMC offers a Costume Design minor that allows students to build costumes for both Dance and Theatre...

The Metamorphosis of the Students of MMC Under the Eve of Northern Lights

The Metamorphosis of the Students of MMC Under the Eve of Northern Lights

Neelima KS, Copy Editor October 13, 2024

On the eve of 10th October, as the rest of New York was showered in rays of northern lights,  the Theresa Lang Theatre of Marymount Manhattan College hosted the play ‘Metamorphosis’ for a houseful...

“Fresh!”, first first-year-only cabaret, has ‘best turnout ever’, MTA President says

“Fresh!”, first first-year-only cabaret, has ‘best turnout ever’, MTA President says

Morgan Stoermer, Features Editor September 26, 2024

With over 150 attendees, 24 MMC first-years performed at the Fresh! Cabaret on Sept. 20 at 9:15 p.m. in the Reggina Perrugi room.  The show consisted of 19 “fresh” songs written within the past...

Spring Repertoire 2024 and A Senior’s Reflections on her final MMC Mainstage

Spring Repertoire 2024 and A Senior’s Reflections on her final MMC Mainstage

Joanna Insco May 5, 2024

With the end of the spring semester fast approaching, Marymount students are putting on their final shows for the school year, and for the seniors, their final ever performances at Marymount. The MMC dance...

Love’s Labour’s Lost: An MMC Theatre take on a Shakespeare Comedy

Love’s Labour’s Lost: An MMC Theatre take on a Shakespeare Comedy

Joanna Insco April 30, 2024

Thursday night saw a nearly-filled Theresa Lang Theater for the opening night of the Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. MMC’s Theatre Production...

In Transit: MMC’s First Acapella Musical

In Transit: MMC’s First Acapella Musical

Sofia Skop February 27, 2024

This past week, Marymount Manhattan College put on a production of the acapella musical In Transit. The musical focuses on the everyday experiences of New Yorkers going from place to place on public transit....

Behind the Song: A Visual Symphony of a Music Producers Day

MariaChiara Ansioso, Guest Writer December 7, 2023

Walking up Harding Ave, in my home state of New Jersey, I feel nostalgic through my now 19-year-old eyes. It was around three years ago when I started coming to the recording studio myself to intern and...

How Lana Del Rey Reinvented the Nostalgic American Aesthetic

How Lana Del Rey Reinvented the Nostalgic American Aesthetic

Francesca Crumpton, Digital Managing Editor October 17, 2023

On October 3rd I experienced one of the best nights of my life, and I met the one and only Lana Del Rey. My roommates and I bought tickets on a whim when she announced her tour, without thinking about...

"Allergic To Being Alive":  Former MMC Student Katie Hutch Tells Her Story Through a Perfectly  Imperfect One Woman Show.

“Allergic To Being Alive”: Former MMC Student Katie Hutch Tells Her Story Through a Perfectly Imperfect One Woman Show.

Kayla Platania, Guest Writer September 23, 2023

For some people, living just comes naturally. It sounds silly at first, but being able to simply exist without serious complications is an immense privilege that a majority of people don’t realize they...

MTs Got The Beat: A Rundown of MMC’s Production of Head Over Heels

MTs Got The Beat: A Rundown of MMC’s Production of Head Over Heels

Brady Evans, Staff Writer March 13, 2023

MMC’s Musical Theatre program impresses audiences yet again with their mainstage production of Head Over Heels.   Head Over Heels was directed and choreographed by Bethany Christine Elkin...

MMC Drag Performers Guilty of Serving at this Year’s CAB Drag Show!

MMC Drag Performers Guilty of Serving at this Year’s CAB Drag Show!

Kayla Platania, Guest Writer February 22, 2023

On Friday, February 17th, the Campus Activities Board threw their annual drag show with this year’s theme: Written In The Stars. The show, which took place in the Great Hall dance studio, welcomed the...

An Evening in Queens

An Evening in Queens

Elise Uhlar, Guest Writer February 9, 2023

It’s February Third, a blustery evening. You’re somewhere in Queens where the buildings are inconspicuous and the people are filled with a sense of knowing that presently, you can’t seem to grasp....

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