Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXII, No. 25
 
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Music/Theater


SCHOLARS AND LOVERS: Thomasina Coverly (Laura Hankin), mathematics prodigy — inquisitive about all matters academic and erotic, studies her lessons, in a publicity shot for Princeton Summer Theater’s season-opening production of Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” playing through June 22 at the Hamilton Murray Theater.

Tom Stoppard’s Verbal, Intellectual, and Erotic Acrobatics Bring “Arcadia” to Life in Princeton Summer Theater Opener

Donald Gilpin

Septimus, what is carnal embrace?” the thirteen-year-old Thomasina Coverly (Laura Hankin) asks her 22-year-old tutor (Daniel Kublick) in the opening lines of Tom Stoppard’s intellectually dazzling Arcadia, currently playing in Princeton Summer Theater’s season opener at Hamilton Murray Theater.

Westminster Community Orchestra Closes Season With Slice of Americana

Nancy Plum

Even though the school year at Westminster Choir College ended several weeks ago, performing arts on and off campus has continued full force after the student body has long gone. The Westminster Community Orchestra has been rehearsing right into the summer, presenting a refreshing “American Salute” Saturday night in Richardson Auditorium. Conductor Ruth Ochs and the ensemble performed four musical slices of Americana, joined in one number by the Westminster Conservatory Children’s Choir.