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The Musical,\u0022 the Broadway revival of \u0022Funny Girl\u0022 and the song-and-dance show \u0022Some Like It Hot!\u0022\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe season will\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-03-06T16:24:27-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/06\/2024-4:24pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"\u201cThis season is a spectacular mix of new hits, beautiful performances, Tempe premieres and the return of two of our all-time favorite shows,\u201d said Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, ASU vice president of cultural affairs and executive director of ASU Gammage. \u201cThe lineup has something for everyone!\u0026quot;","teaser":"ASU Gammage has announced its lineup of shows for the 2024\u201325 Desert Financial Broadway Across America Arizona season.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-03\/2425_season_press_dates.jpeg?itok=v_Ziob0U","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240306-university-news-202425-broadway-season-coming-asu-gammage","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-03\/2425_season_press_dates.jpeg?itok=v_Ziob0U","image_alt":"ASU Gammage Broadway Season graphic","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Gammage","interests":"Theater|Arts and Entertainment","audiences":"Community|Friend\/Fan","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"University news"}},{"node":{"nid":"99245","title":"ASU shows high school students how they can stay connected to the arts","body":"Nearly 200 high school students immersed themselves in the arts during Herberger Institute Day on Arizona State University\u0027s\u0026nbsp;the Tempe campus on Wednesday.\n\nThe annual day of workshops and performances by students and faculty in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts was open to the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-02-22T14:03:24-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/22\/2024-2:03pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The annual day of workshops and performances by students and faculty in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts was opened to the entire campus this year, and three local high schools sent students to get a glimpse of what arts in college can be like.","teaser":"Nearly 200 high school students immersed themselves in the arts during Herberger Institute Day on Arizona State University\u0027s\u0026nbsp;the Tempe campus on Wednesday.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-02\/20240221_herberger_institute_day_544.jpeg?itok=pwrXr1g_","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240223-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-shows-high-school-students-how-they-can-stay-connected","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-02\/20240221_herberger_institute_day_544.jpeg?itok=pwrXr1g_","image_alt":"Lineup of students playing snare drums outside","image_caption":"Cullen Beckley (second from right), a freshman student at Chandler High School, plays a Brazilian snare drum during Herberger Institute Day on Feb. 21 on the Tempe campus. 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The School of Music, Dance and Theatre brings the classic whodunit \u201cClue\u201d to the Tempe campus starting Feb. 16.\n\n\u201cExpect a good time,\u201d said Nya\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-02-14T13:01:37-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/14\/2024-1:01pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"You\u2019ve seen the movie. You\u2019ve played the board game. Now it\u2019s time to see the play, at Arizona State University. The School of Music, Dance and Theatre brings the classic whodunit \u201cClue\u201d to the Tempe campus starting Feb. 16.","teaser":"By Abigail Wilt\nASU student writer","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-02\/untitled-125.png?h=cbcee0ad\u0026amp;itok=qdoyGqbJ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240214-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-theatre-brings-funfilled-comic-mystery-stage-clue","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-02\/untitled-125.png?h=cbcee0ad\u0026amp;itok=qdoyGqbJ","image_alt":"Six characters sit at a dining table with a butler to the left ","image_caption":"Photo by Abigail Wilt","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Music, Dance and Theatre|Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts","interests":"Theater|Arts and Entertainment","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community|Students","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Arts, humanities and education"}},{"node":{"nid":"99006","title":"Actor finds inspiration in Shakespeare\u0027s tormented characters","body":"The actor and director Adjoa Andoh grew up as a Black child in an almost wholly white village in the rural south of England.\n\nThat sense of \u201cotherness\u201d inspired some of the greatest successes in her acclaimed career \u2014 co-directing a production of Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cRichard II\u201d with a cast entirely of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-01-30T14:26:08-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/30\/2024-2:26pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"\u201cAn Evening with Adjoa Andoh\u201d was the keynote event for \u201cRising: A RaceB4Race Symposium,\u201d which invited scholars to ASU Jan. 26-27 to explore issues of race in premodern literature, history and culture. 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Photo by Charlie Leight\/ASU News","related_story":"","news_units":"Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Arts|Black \/ African American|Theater|Inclusion","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community|Students","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Arts, humanities and education"}},{"node":{"nid":"98944","title":"Food for thought: Theater professor publishes book on culinary performance, activism ","body":"An Arizona State University professor wants to help people think about food in a whole new way.\n\nKristin Hunt, associate professor of theater in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, has published a book that examines the role of food performance\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-01-23T12:25:02-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/23\/2024-12:25pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Kristin Hunt, associate professor of theater in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre, has published a book that examines the role of food performance and how engaging all of the senses can lead to a better understanding of truth.","teaser":"An Arizona State University professor wants to help people think about food in a whole new way.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-01\/food_for_thought.png?itok=f6rUPCih","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240123-arts-humanities-and-education-food-thought-theater-professor-publishes-book-culinary","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Music, Dance and Theatre","contributor-contact-information-name":"Lacy Chaffee","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5550","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-01\/food_for_thought.png?itok=f6rUPCih","image_alt":"Bird\u0026#039;s eye view of a food-filled table with hands passing food around.","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Music, Dance and Theatre|Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts","interests":"Theater|Food and Dining","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community|Students","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Arts, humanities and education"}},{"node":{"nid":"98923","title":"ASU\u2019s Theatre for Youth and Community Collection still in spotlight after all these years","body":"Editor\u2019s note: This is the first of a monthly series spotlighting special collections from ASU Library\u2019s archives throughout 2024.This story is featured in the\u0026nbsp;2024 year in review.As far as performing arts collections go, Arizona State University has been a star attraction for more than four\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-01-19T17:01:26-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/19\/2024-5:01pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In the first of a monthly series spotlighting special archives at ASU Library, we take a look at the the items, stories and people of the Theatre for Youth and Community Collection.","teaser":"Editor\u2019s note: This is the first of a monthly series spotlighting special collections from ASU Library\u2019s archives throughout 2024.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-01\/hero.jpg?itok=cF8f7FxX","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240119-arts-humanities-and-education-asus-theatre-youth-and-community-collection-still-spotlight","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-01\/hero.jpg?itok=cF8f7FxX","image_alt":"Woman handling collection materials in library.","image_caption":"ASU Performing Arts Librarian Caelin Ross unboxes part of the Theatre for Youth and Community Collection, including costume pieces by Irene Corey for \u201cThe Tempest,\u201d in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library in Tempe. The collection dates back to the 16th century and contains international items pertaining to the history of theater for youth and theater education. Photo by Samantha Chow\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Music, Dance and Theatre|Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts|ASU Library","interests":"Theater|Humanities","audiences":"Faculty|Students","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Arts, humanities and education"}},{"node":{"nid":"98861","title":"Dance is music in motion in Dianne McIntyre\u2019s \u0027In the Same Tongue\u0027","body":"Dianne McIntyre has based her decades of experience as a dancer and choreographer on one ideology:\u0026nbsp;Dance is music, moving.\u0026nbsp;\n\nMcIntyre\u2019s contemporary dance piece \u0022In the Same Tongue\u0022 takes this line of thinking and shapes it into an up-close-and-personal experience for those in attendance\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-01-12T15:02:13-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/12\/2024-3:02pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Dianne McIntyre has based her decades of experience as a dancer and choreographer\u00a0on one ideology:\u00a0Dance is music, moving.\u00a0Her contemporary dance piece \u0026quot;In the Same Tongue\u0026quot; will be performed at ASU Gammage on Jan. 27.","teaser":"Dianne McIntyre has based her decades of experience as a dancer and choreographer on one ideology:\u0026nbsp;Dance is music, moving.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-01\/maindianne_mcintyre_in_the_same_tongue_photo_kameron_herndon_courtesy_walker_art_center_minneapolis_2_1.jpeg?h=f492b85d\u0026amp;itok=zBr3_H5t","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240112-dance-music-motion-dianne-mcintyres-same-tongue","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Gammage","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alexis Alabado","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-01\/maindianne_mcintyre_in_the_same_tongue_photo_kameron_herndon_courtesy_walker_art_center_minneapolis_2_1.jpeg?h=f492b85d\u0026amp;itok=zBr3_H5t","image_alt":"Group of dancers pose on stage","image_caption":"The performers of \u0026quot;In the Same Tongue\u0026quot; pose onstage during a rehearsal. 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