Hairspray

My Place The seats are filled, my mic is on, let’s do this! Stepping into the light I open my mouth to let the music flow out. I see it bounce off the walls while I belt out the notes. This is the my favorite place in the world, it has been since I was a little girl. This is the place where I learned that the stage was the place for me. Imagine a little girl who knows nothing about musical theater. Her aunt takes her to see a musical one brisk fall evening. The air is crisp and cool and the…

Imagine waking up in a panic, with ten minutes to get ready; without having time to straighten, curl or blow dry your hair. Take a deep breath, because there is a solution for you; fishtail braiding. You can catch someone rocking the fishtail braid anywhere from the red carpet to a soccer game. The popular trend of the fishtail braid is so simple and easy to do on your own, but can completely transform your look from drab to fab. It's hard to believe that such a trendy braid can be completed…

It is a common misconception that our nation is destroying the planet Earth, but in actuality we are destroying the human race. Humanity is creating an environment that is unadaptable for our species. The Earth provides us with our essential needs; water, air, and food. As humans expunge the environment by polluting and improperly disposing waste, we are disabling the Earth from providing our basic needs, therefore killing ourselves. In the end the planet Earth will still exist, however if we…

Did you ever have a friend growing up that made it his or her ultimate goal to gross you out? Wether it be by cracking their fingers, telling jokes, or tortures through smelly socks, it is guaranteed that you did not appreciate when your your friend teased you about such matters. Most people as they get older they mature and grow out of this kind of humor. What if I told you there was a man that never grew up. A man that became a director to channel his talent into what he considers an art form.…

1960’s Fashion “Clothes are just not that important. They’re not status symbols any longer. They’re for fun.” (Gernreich). Some generations thought this while others thought “If you can’t be better than your competition, just dress better.” (Wintour). Fashion is important to us no matter what side we stand on. Throughout the century, fashion has been influenced by many things, such as cultural changes. Fashion during the 1960s was affected by many historical, political, and social events. There…

There are numerous theories that center around media effects on youth. Each theory explains the intentions of the authors and the audience perception of the media. The first theory that was purposed in the 1920 's by Frankfort School of social research, they found that the Nazi propaganda were censoring the media to show only viewpoints that were beneficial to inf the media to show only those was the media effect theory(MET). MET was first purposed by Frankfort school of social researchers in…

Animal testing is known as “The use of non-human animals in research and development projects, especially for purpose of determining the safety of substances such as foods and drugs (Dictonary.com)” It is said that there are millions of vertebrae animals used in the testing such as mice, rats, birds, monkeys, dogs, cats and farm animals. Majority of the animals used in testing are either put to sleep or killed to experiment on. Last year I had some experience of my own to see this for my own…

The smell of hairspray, hair wax, and burning hair at 4:30 AM isn’t pleasant to most people but to me, it’s one of my favorite things to wake-up to. We had already made it through semi-finals and now we are in about to preform in finals. Only 8 teams make it to finals, and currently, we are in 7th. Smearing on foundation, patting on the blush, and bronzer, layering on the sparkly eyeshadow. Oh, and who could forget about the intensely bright red lipstick? We basically looked like clowns up…

His bright blue hair(freshly dyed), a tongue piercing, and his left ear pierced with a simple purple diamond stud makes Chris Shore stand out in the SAP office. Chris, a petite, 20 year-old man sits at the front desk attentively. Shore works in the SAP(Student Assistance Program) office assisting any student, staff member, and alike that walks through the front door. Chris assists a student that comes in asking about child care paperwork. He gets up and looks for the paperwork briskly--making…

bring new life to a familiar shows, but also because of their choice to produce these large, typically grand musicals on a small, more intimate stage. This has been done with great success in the past years, with musicals such as Into the Woods, Hairspray, and Les Miserables. Guys and Dolls certainly fits the criteria of a classical musical, and it also fits well with the quality and mission of the theatre as a…