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SUPER PAAK Anderson .Paak excites crowd at Schine
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1. Anderson .Paak sings passionately into the microphone as he performs as the second musician in this semester’s Bandersnatch Concert Series. 2. Smino entertained the crowd as the opening act of the concert. His performance lasted slightly less than an hour before Anderson .Paak took the stage. 3. Anderson .Paak takes a moment to look around as the audience danced and filled Schine Underground with excitement and high energy. 4. Concertgoers cheer and sway as the music blasted across the room. The venue, which was filled with students, can hold up to 300 people. liam sheehan asst. photo editor See dailyorange.com for full concert coverage
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Q&A: Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller stars in ‘Waitress’ By Clare Ramirez asst. copy editor
After winning her first Tony Award, Syracuse University alumna Jessie Mueller returns to Broadway in her upcoming musical, “Waitress.” Mueller, who graduated in 2005, won her Tony in 2014 for playing the songwriter Carole King in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.” “Waitress,” a new musical based on the 2007 movie starring Keri Russell, tells the story of a piebaking waitress, Jenna, and her
struggles with an oppressive husband and unwanted pregnancy. The production is being described as history-in-the-making by being the first musical to have an all-female creative team, which includes Grammy Award-winning artist Sara Bareilles, who wrote the score. The Daily Orange spoke with Mueller about being a part of “Waitress” and rehearsing for previews, which begin on Friday.
The Daily Orange: How have rehearsals for “Waitress” been going?
Jessie Mueller: We’re in the thick
of it right now, and we’re already texting about where my mic’s going to go and how we’re going to make the pregnancy boobs work, and all that funny stuff. But this process has just been unlike any other. The team has been so collaborative and very open. We’re all in the trenches together — that’s what it feels like — and I think ultimately we’re going to come out with something really special because of that.
The D.O.: How did you feel when
you found out “Waitress” had Broadway’s first all-female creative team? J.M.: It’s funny because I didn’t know it going in. I guess I had assumed it had happened before. But now looking at it, it’s awesome thing. It’s an honor because if it means that the young girls can look at this theme now and say, “OK, that’s a thing that can happen,” then that’s important. I don’t think about it a lot because to me, they just got the right people to do the job … But if it’s opening doors for generations to come, then it’s pretty cool to be part of.
The D.O.: What made you want
to be involved in the musical? I had seen the movie shortly after it had come out. … It’s quirky and funny, but it’s got darkness and reality to it. It really felt like it was telling a very human story. By that point when I had heard about (the musical), I heard Sara Bareilles was connected to it and writing the score. And I heard some early demos of hers and I was blown away by the stuff that she had written for the show. Sometimes I think it’s hard to tell if something is good and if this is going see mueller page 10