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The Monitor

The Student News Site of Marymount Manhattan College

The Monitor

The Student News Site of Marymount Manhattan College

The Monitor

MMCs Lanes Miller: Entering the Theater Industry as a Non-Binary Performer

MMC’s Lanes Miller: Entering the Theater Industry as a Non-Binary Performer

Kylee Simpson, Guest Writer May 15, 2023

This interview has been edited for length and continuity purposes.    Lanes Miller ran to their spot as places was called. They stood backstage, still in disbelief that this was really happening....

Dancers At Work: Highlighting Student Choreographers

Dancers At Work: Highlighting Student Choreographers

Francesca Crumpton, Staff Writer May 3, 2023

On April 21st and 22nd, the Marymount Manhattan College dance department showcased its talents with nine impressive performances in the Dancers At Work Program B. These students worked to choreograph,...

Libby Parker: The Broadway Dietitian Making a Difference

Libby Parker: The Broadway Dietitian Making a Difference

Kayla Platania, Guest Writer April 17, 2023

“Can we go back?” Libby asked her mother as they left the theatre. They had just seen a professional dinner theatre production of 42nd Street and Libby’s 5 year old heart instantly fell in love....

How Shakespeare in the Park helped a young actor beat the odds

How Shakespeare in the Park helped a young actor beat the odds

Malik Legendre, Guest Writer October 27, 2022

Dessaline Hayden was an 18-year-old college freshman when he received the biggest phone call of his life. He was sitting in his crammed dorm room, exhausted from a long day of classes when he got the call...

MMCs Theatre Department Introduces Intimacy Education

MMC’s Theatre Department Introduces Intimacy Education

Gabrielle Fiorella, Editor-in-Chief May 12, 2021

Since September 2019, The MMC Intimacy Education program has been implemented within the Theatre Department, spearheaded by Professor Emeritus in Theatre Arts and Coordinator for Movement of Actors, Haila...

MMC Directing Projects

MMC Directing Projects

Michael Dunlap, Guest Writer December 16, 2019

Each semester, Marymount Manhattan College puts on what is known as the directing projects. This semester’s directing projects ran the weekend of the 6th - 8th of December. The directing projects...

“The Band’s Visit” Takes Its Final Bow

Meg Masseron, Features Editor April 6, 2019

Ten-time Tony award winning musical The Band’s Visit has set its closing date for April 7 after just a year-and-a-half long run. Fans and theatre critics alike have praised the show for its diverse cast...

Anne of Green Gables: Part I Review

Meg Masseron, Features Editor February 25, 2019

Last month, the off-Broadway company Royal Family Productions debuted the first installment of a new two-part, one-woman play based on the classic story of Anne of Green Gables. From the size of the theatre...

Broadway Flea Market Brings Change One Playbill At A Time

Broadway Flea Market Brings Change One Playbill At A Time

Meg Masseron, Features Editor October 29, 2018

For the past 32 years, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs (BCEFA) has put together a massive event known as the Broadway Flea Market every autumn. The Broadway Flea Market provides theatre fans opportunities...

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