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Life is a Cabaret, old chum... Come to the Cabaret! The Department of Performing Arts is presenting Kander and Ebb's hit musical "Cabaret" in the McCrary Theatre starting Oct. 25 with two additional performances scheduled for Homecoming weekend.

Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis will answer questions from the public on Wednesday, Oct. 17, as part of her two-day visit to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ that includes an afternoon master class in the Center for the Arts.

The tallest hurdle in her storied career was overcoming her own name. For Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, a Greek heritage limited early opportunities to audition for theater productions in the 1950s and 60s. Her lesson to current ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students: “Take total and full responsibility for yourself. You want to work? Figure out a way to do it. … Just don't wait for people to give it to you.” 

The Department of Performing Arts presents "Marisol" from now through Oct. 9 at the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts. Details...