Bwog attended the Columbia Musical Theater Society’s production of Next To Normal in the Glicker-Milstein Theatre on November 17-20. Content Warning: mentions and depictions of death, suicide, bipolar depression, other mental illnesses, addiction, drug/alcohol use/abuse, staged intimacy, and foul language. 

Arts Editor Grace Novarr attended Zoo Story, a one-act play, performed by the Sti Cazzi Players on Saturday night. 

Staff Writers Jacquie Traenkle and Olivia Chiroiu review Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Isabel Beatriz Tongson (BC ‘26), which ran in the Lerner Black Box Theater from November 17th to November 18th.

On November 17th, Staff Writer Jack Rado saw the 7:30 pm production of RodeOrchesis, the fall 2023 iteration of a Columbia tradition.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

In the latest “Art + Life” discussion, Hilary Leichter (MFA ‘12) interviewed Hernan Díaz, who was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer prize in fiction for his novel Trust.

An escape from college reality with a breath of romanticism and passion.

Over the weekend, Columbia University Players presented their fall mainstage production of The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley’s provocative drama on gay life in New York City during the 1960s. Bwog attended the Saturday evening show.

Staff writers Luken Sloan and Helen Chen laugh it off for improv.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Staff Writer Luken Sloan reports his thoughts and the winners of the annual Philolexian Society Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

A tribute held on November 2nd commemorated the life and works of the late Saskia Hamilton.

The Shakespeare Festival presented a thrilling Take Two of Shakespeare. 

Art history, but make it a bit silly.