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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Death of the Nile: Failure to set sail

Death of the Nile: Failure to set sail

Alyssa Dixon March 5, 2022

Book-to-movie adaptations are famously a mixed bag. The most recent adaptation to hit the big screen is the Kenneth Branagh take at Agatha Christie’s classic 1937 novel Death on the Nile. This Hercule...

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UT Open Mic Night Sparks Student Interest in Stand-Up, Spoken Word & Performance

April 22, 2019

On March 12, the third story hallway of the Texas Union building was filled with the unmistakable aroma of coffee of Luck Lab Coffee Company as soft blue light and acoustic guitar filtered down the hall. It’s Open Mic Night at the Brewgoise.

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Reoccurring Narratives: Exploring Gentrification and Colonization Through Art

October 24, 2018

Theatre students at the University of Texas at Austin recently collaborated on a performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” taking a fresh approach that addressed the issue of gentrification and its consequences.

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The Mikado: Reclaimed – The Redefinition of a Narrative

February 29, 2016

Racism sparked the creation of “The Mikado: Reclaimed.” The production is an adaptation of “The Mikado,” the ninth operatic work of theatrical duo Gilbert and Sullivan. 

Remember the Alamo…Drafthouse

December 5, 2012

By Ahsika Sanders In 1997, Austin welcomed a new and innovative theater idea that Entertainment Weekly would later name "the best theater in the world.” Alamo Drafthouse theaters are quaint and unconventional...