Performing Arts

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedies debuts at Elon University this month when “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” set to the backdrop of the 1960s, makes a four-day run on stage.

The Elon campus knows him as the "Phantom." Now, Matt Shingledecker, a senior music theatre major, will learn another role - "Melchior" - as the Broadway understudy to a lead character in the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening.

An Oscar-winning costume and set designer shared stories of his life and career Feb. 21 during a presentation to performing arts students who crowded McKinnon Hall to hear reflections of his time working on Broadway and in Hollywood.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” opened Feb. 14 to a packed McCrary Theatre in the Center for the Arts, making it the one of the largest debut crowds for a theatrical event in Elon University history with tens of thousands of dollars raised for the Performing Arts Scholarship Fund.