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Students pitched “Subject to Change” in May 2018 and are set to air their finished product this May. The show will follow fictional friends as they navigate college life. It will incorporate original pop-rock musical numbers.

Students to create first ICTV musical show

By Ashley Stalnecker • January 29, 2019

Comedic writing, combined with relatable content, adds a lighthearted tone to ICTV’s first musical TV show, “Subject to Change,” which will tackle issues relevant to the daily lives of college students. ICTV...

Kathleen Mulligan, associate professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, and Maggie-Kate Coleman ’03 worked together on a production of “The Gift of the Magi.” The two has not met before they were hired to work on the production.

Holiday production unites theater professor and alum

By Kara Bowen, Staff Writer • December 12, 2017
“I had never met her before,” Mulligan said. “Some of my colleagues are friends with her, and they said, ‘Oh, you’re going to love her.’"
From left, sophomore Joshua Isaac, freshman Nick Ryan, and sophomore Lucas Hickman act in “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" that was held at the college in Fall 2017. Isaac is one of the founders of the new theater group on campus, Theatrists Theatrics.

WATCH: Student production of ‘South Park’ movie premieres in Whalen

By Aidan Lentz, Staff Writer • November 1, 2017
"I’ve always been developing a vision for how you would do this. I never knew if I was able to pull it off.”
"Wonderful Town" follows two sisters who move from Ohio to New York City to pursue their artistic dreams. The play runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 11.

Leonard Bernstein musical comedy travels to Main Stage

By Kara Bowen, Staff Writer • October 24, 2017
"I think this is one of those musicals and one of those pieces of art in general that anyone can go in and escape from their own lives"
Former student Emily Bautista, to the left in a solid blue dress, and the current cast of "Miss Saigon" during opening night curtain call. The play takes place during the Vietnam War era.

Q&A: Former theater student makes her debut on Broadway

By Olivia Riggio, Staff Writer • October 11, 2017
I was kind of planning on transitioning to communications. When I got “Saigon,” that’s when I left school and that’s what got me back into theater.
"Beauty and the Beast" is a live-action remake of the 1991 animated Disney classic. The film stars Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the titular Beast.

Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ enchants the next generation

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • March 22, 2017
"Beauty and the Best" provides an exciting, nostalgic and joyous experience for all moviegoers.
Review: Chazelle's 'La La Land' sings the same old tune

Review: Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’ sings the same old tune

By Mary Ford, Managing Editor • January 20, 2017
Hollywood may like "La La Land," but it doesn’t need it, not nearly as much as it needs new voices, new faces, new stories and new talent.
Shanti Kumar, a sophomore at Cornell University, plays Catherine in the Melodramatics Theatre Company production of "Pippin." The musical is produced by a combined cast and crew of students from both Ithaca College and Cornell University.

Ithaca College joins with Cornell University for play

By Ashley Wolf and Steven Pirani • November 5, 2014
The Melodramatics Theatre Company will produce "Pippin" with a combined Ithaca College and Cornell University cast and crew Nov. 6–8.

Students struggle to fund musical-comedy thesis film

By Josh Vitchkoski, Contributing Writer • October 8, 2014
"The Art of Adjustment," a thesis film co-produced and directed by seniors Nick Stern and Jake Witterschein, is a musical comedy about a man who was sent to prison.
Behind the scenes of Staged, a musical ICTV show, with director Julie Sullivan.

Staging success: Student develops musical TV show

By Erica Palumbo, Senior Writer • March 5, 2014
Junior Julie Sullivan has created a musical TV show for ICTV, the first the station has produced.
From left, freshmen Kalyn Altmeyer and Jordan Dunn-Pilz rehearse for "Gaybraham Lincoln" on Nov. 17. Senior Jared Corwin wrote the play, with original music by senior Jake Minter.

Presidential scandal: Student-written musical plays off history by putting a twist on the life of Lincoln

By Nina Varilla, Staff Writer • November 22, 2013
Seniors Jared Corwin, Ella Carr and Jake Minter produced an original musical, "Gaybraham Lincoln," which surrounds Abraham Lincoln's secret affair with John Wilkes Booth.

A week in photos — March 28, 2013

By Ithacan Staff • March 28, 2013
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