Kate Groschner Contributing Editor

Articles

• Love, Betrayal, Deceit

  I was very intrigued when I first heard Othello, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Ted Pappas, was playing at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Othello is one of those really famous Shakespearean plays (although, to be fair, which one of Shakespeare’s plays isn’t famous?). This one falls in with Macbeth and King Lear and all of the really serious, really awesome Shakespeare plays...

  Pillbox | April 27, 2015
• My Fair Lady puts everyone in a good mood

  Dear reader: I hate musicals. Their corniness, cheesiness, and general pep usually makes me want to run screaming from the theater. But the production of My Fair Lady currently showing in the O’Reilly Theatre, for all its froofy looking posters, is actually kick-ass. Do you like witty jokes? Do you like cleverly cloaked social commentary? Do you like stupidly catchy songs? If you said yes, no, o...

  Pillbox | February 9, 2015
• Stephen Hawking biopic favorite at Oscars despite flaws

  For someone searching for the ever-out-of-reach answer to the meaning of life, The Theory of Everything may prove a stepping stone in the eternal quest. Yet for entertainment it certainly falls flat. Do not go into The Theory of Everything looking for a good story, and if you can help it, go in knowing nothing at all about Stephen Hawking. Reading the Wikipedia page on Dr. Hawking’s life, at l...

  Pillbox | February 2, 2015
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  Pillbox | January 26, 2015
• Build18 engineering fair highlights CMU students’ creativity

  After a week of work, students who participated in the Build18 engineering festival met in Wiegand Gym this Friday to display their creations. Build18 is an annual event held by the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department, in which teams of students are given one week and $250 to build anything from 3-D printers to remote-control buggies. Sponsored by over 15 companies, most notably G...

  SciTech | January 20, 2014