‘Guys and Dolls’ opening a success
February 10, 2011 • By Maddie Stevens, Jordan White and Sylvio Martins
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The NDP Players winter production of “Guys and Dolls” was rated to be one of the best NDP musicals to date, according to students who attended the musical. The show ran Feb. 4 through Feb. 13, with sold-out evening performances both weekends. The show featured two casts, a “purple”... Read more »
Free popcorn offered for ‘Guys and Dolls’
February 2, 2011 • By Jack Doughtery
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Free popcorn is a perk the NDP Players is offering anyone who brings a popcorn publicity bag to one of the performances when the winter musical “Guys and Dolls” is staged this weekend and next. To publicize the show, Mrs. Ellen Versen proposed the idea to send out popcorn bags with the January... Read more »
The best movie of 2010? The answer may surprise you
January 20, 2011 • By Tyler Daswick
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When I was about 8 years old, I dug out my giant box of Legos and built a pirate ship. The best part? The thing actually floated. It floated. The day I plugged up my sink and set that ship a-sailin’ was one of the most exciting moments of my tiny 8-year-old life (is that a bad thing? . . . Nah). The... Read more »
Overrated? Why Batman Begins is better than The Dark Knight
October 29, 2010 • Tyler Daswick
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In the summer of 2008, one of the most successful movies of all time was released in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. So successful, in fact, it became the seventh-highest grossing film of all time and bulldozed in over a billion dollars in revenue. In the wake of its popularity, a lot of people... Read more »
Record cast stages successful play
October 25, 2010 • By Brittany Franco and Jordan White
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The weekend premier of Murder in the Knife Room was another successful hit put on by the NDP Players. The play was a murder-mystery-comedyand featured the biggest cast an NDP production has ever had when 30 actors crossed the stage for the show Oct. 22 and 23 in the NDP cafeteria. “This show definitely... Read more »
Thespians to fill stage with record number this weekend
October 18, 2010 • By Brittany Franco
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A record cast of 30 actors will take the stage when the NDP Players present their fall show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the cafeteria. The thespians’ production of Murder in the Knife Room is billed as a murder mystery parody and is a combination of mystery and comedy. It is the story of... Read more »
Only one left blue in the face after successful talent show
September 25, 2010 • By Amy Medeiros and Maddie Stevens
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The fifth annual Notre Dame Talent Show on Sept. 11 was a hit. Crowd-favorite was Alex Wiltse’s performance of “Friend Like Me” from Disney’s Aladdin. The senior, painted bright blue by classmates Mia Johnson and Halley Koch, belted out a spectacular rendition of the song for his act, complete... Read more »
Three-day Tempe rock concert worth attending next year
September 24, 2010 • By Kate Grover
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“One…two…three…JUMP!” I looked behind me as the crowd exploded, a sea of flailing arms and thrashing bodies. Brent Smith, lead singer of Shinedown, forbade the audience to stand still. “Tonight’s about making memories,” Smith said. “Let’s have this be the best concert of 2010!” I’ll... Read more »
Auditions Monday, Tuesday for October comedy
September 12, 2010 • Brittany Franco
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The NDP Drama Club will present its fall comedy “Murder in the Knife Room” Oct. 22 and 23 in the Andrew L. Eldridge Auditorium. Auditions for the comedy will take place after school Monday, Sept. 13, and Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the cafeteria. Written by Jonathan Rand, the murder mystery is... Read more »
Talent Show to honor 9/11 victims, survivors
September 3, 2010 • By Brittany Franco
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The annual NDP Talent Show, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11, will be a tribute to the 9/11 victims and survivors. Mrs. Bonnie Wilson, drama moderator, said, “When we chose the date for the talent show, we were looking for an empty weekend not close to the gala, and at the calendar meeting, the... Read more »
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