Starting January 31, The Greatness: Game Show of the Arts will take to the stage of the ND on the last Thursday of every month, bringing a healthy dose of competition to the worlds of the variety show and the arts showcase. Every month, artists will compete within genres (poets take on poets, comedians take on comedians, and belly dancers take on belly dancers) for the first portion of the show; the audience will then vote on who wins at, say, poetry, and the victors move on to the game show round. The three advancing artists will take on an audience member in a live game show that combines elements of The Price is Right and Remote Control, a winner will be crowned, and the evening will end with a dance party. The debut edition of The Greatness...
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Twelve years ago, Jaston Williams took on the role of Truman Capote in the one-person play TRU. To inhabit the legendary writer, Williams immersed himself in Capote lore until he had a greater understanding of the man. Now, he's undertaking the demanding role again, this time with a few more years under his belt. The added life experience has changed his take on Capote a bit, Williams says. Resisting years of comedy training (Williams is best known as one half the population of Tuna, Texas in the always funny Tuna plays), he found that this time around, he didn't always go for the joke, instead finding a bit of pathos and humanity where once he found humor. Of course, there's still plenty of humor to found in TRU -- it's the story of one very funny man being portrayed by...
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