While many students were relaxing in sunny locales and enjoying time off for Spring Break, seventeen of our dance students participated in the American College Dance Association South-Central Conference at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
The late Stephen Sondheim’s "A Little Night Music" argues for the importance of loving well, which resonates even more soundly after his passing in November. After the brilliant composer’s death, the theatre world has been reflecting on his legacy. Sondheim’s body of work is massive, earning 6 Tony Awards for best Musical Score, 5 for Best Musical, a Pulitzer Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, and more. All of his works are fascinating, but "A Little Night Music" is one of his best.
Troy Scarborough, a second year PHD student at Texas Tech, relies on his theatre background, what he believes to be required training for the next generation of theater makers, in his role as a graduate student representative on the season selection committee.
Generally, I shy away from interjecting myself into these School of Theatre and Dance alumni spotlight articles. However, if I am going to write about Toni Cobb Brock (BA, 1977), I don’t think I will be able to resist. Known by most as a gifted and prolific casting director for film and television, to me she is something much more.