Entertainment
You Give Me Fever
By Broadside Corresponden Sarah Buchanan
The GMU Player’s studio production of Hay Fever was loud and in your face. The play, written by Noel Coward, is a clever comedy featuring a quirky, socially dysfunctional bohemian family of the 1920s.
Judith Bliss, the matriarch and a retired English actress longs to return to the stage, bringing drama into everyday family life and inadvertently creating an interesting situation for a gaggle of unsuspecting and unwitting guests.
Ne-Yo Brings Signature Flow to D.C.
By Broadside Style Writer Kyle Ridley
R&B trailblazer Ne-Yo is kicking off his first headlining tour in style after a double win at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. The multiplatinum selling singer-songwriter took home golden gramophones for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for his number-one hit “Miss Independent” in addition to performing with Jamie Foxx and Smokey Robinson in a tribute to the Four Tops.
Ne-Yo, 29, brings his signature blend of soulful pop to the area next week for back-to-back shows at Washington, D.C.’s DAR Constitution Hall and Baltimore’s Lyric Opera House.
Who Has More Swag: Mason or Howard?
WGMU on-air personalities Matt Loffman and Christian Yingling placed bets on whether George Mason University or Howard University had more "swagger." The competition got heated and ended in a swag-off between two school representatives.
So, who do you think has more swag? Click here to vote.
On-Screen Romance: Best Valentine's Day Movies
By Broadside Writer Ross Bonaime
10. Brokeback Mountain:
This film has become pigeon-holed as “that gay cowboy film.” But at its core, the story is simply about unattainable love and how love can appear in the most unlikely of places.
9. Garden State:
Zack Braff’s 2004 writing and directing debut takes Braff’s character home for his mother’s funeral, but he stays for the quirky Sam, played by Natalie Portman. Sam not only teaches him about the lighter side of life, The Shins and unusual yet happy families, but about what he has been missing most in his life.
Read more to see what movie made number one!
The Fray Sticks to The Same Routine
By Staff Writer Dylan Hares
Alternative pop-rock is a tight group that is easily identifiable. Coldplay, Keane, Augustana, and many other piano-driven, minor-key, mid-tempo groups fall neatly here and are easy to pick out of the modern rock scene which includes punk, alternative and heavy metal.
The Fray has been one of my favorite alternative pop-rock bands for a long time now because of their emotionally charged lyrics and catchy piano riffs.
GMU Players Take Three
By Broadside Correspondent Michelle Renaud
GMU Players is putting on their third studio production of the season, Hay Fever , in the Black Box Theatre on the first floor of the Performing Arts Building.
Written by Noel Coward and directed by Andrew Hawkins, the play is set in Cookham, England in a countryside house.
After the Bowl, the Boss Should Hang Up His Boots
By Style Columnist Andy Minor
You have to chuckle at the Super Bowl's halftime show picks since “Nipplegate” way back in 2004. It seems that until 2004, no nipples had ever been seen, and the shockwave of such a lewd sight sent amoral ripples through our staunchly moral society. I would hate to see what would have happened if that nipple had appeared any earlier—we might not have been able to handle it.
'Mousetrap' Doesn’t Provide Same Thrills
By Staff Writer Kyle Ridley
Oftentimes only a fine line separates a classic production from a dated one. Unfortunately, for Fauquier Community Theatre’s current rendition of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Mousetrap , that line is crossed.
The modest production, playing at the Theatre at Vint Hill through Feb. 15, is a prime example of how the high-tech suspense we have grown used to on a movie screen can numb the excitement of mystery on a theatre stage.
Dance-a-Thon Raises Money for March of Dimes
By Staff Writer Kristen White
Hours of dancing to promote awareness and raise money for the March of Dimes is exactly what Alpha Phi Omega and other members of the George Mason University community have in mind for the First Annual Dance-A-Thon.
To raise more money to hold the Dance-a-Thon, Alpha Phi Omega held a Sounds of Hope concert that featured Naked Steve, Justin and Nora, Zach Lewis and The Greater Good featuring Doc Nix.
“It was an amazing event that raised money and awareness for the cause,” said junior chairman Kate Collins.
A Chocolate Lover's Dream
By Broadside Managing Editor Sherell Williams.
Hundreds of local area residents, Mason students, chocolate connoisseurs, candy makers, and chocolatiers enjoyed a warm two days at the annual Chocolate Lovers Festival in Fairfax, Va. this past weekend.
On Feb. 7, a pancake breakfast, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Fairfax was held at Fire Station #3 where festivalgoers gave $6 donations in order to grab a quick breakfast of regular or chocolate pancakes, sausage, and their choice of orange juice or milk.