Othello is not by any means an easy play to perform. The lines are long, the characters change dramatically over the course of the play, and the bloodiness is abundant. King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s attempt at it was therefore definitely something to rave about, especially considering the tightness of the group’s budget.  The audience laughed, […]

Every play ever produced has been showing this weekend and last.  Bwog’s Anish Bramhandkar checks out the latest offering from the CU Players, Dirty Hands. There’s no way around it.  Dirty Hands, Jean-Paul Sartre’s post-war political drama, is very long.  At the end of the two-and-a-half hour play, you’ve enjoyed yourself but find yourself wishing […]

To see if he could still feel (and to check out the neighborhood north of 120th Street), Emotional Correspondent Dan Flicker took a walk last night to see Columbia Stages’ production of Phoenician Women.  Here is his story. The Phoenician Women prance into their namesake play as a colorful, if occasionally irritating bunch. Giggling and […]

Feeling emotionally burdened, Bwog’s Catharsis Bureau Chief, Claire Sabel, sought release last night in CU Players’ production of Sophokles’ Elektra.  And according to her review, the trip was more than worthwhile. It is one thing to read the great works of Greek drama in Lit Hum, and quite another to bring them to life on stage – […]

NOTE: Since publishing, it has come to Bwog’s attention that this review only covered the first half of the play. Bwog sincerely regrets the error. Bwog’s Shakespeare Under the Stars Expert Julia Mix Barrington turned out last night for King’s Crown Theatre Troupe’s production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and returns this report.  Caesar‘s final performance […]

If you’re looking for a traditional, all-American musical, Tommy is not for you.  That doesn’t mean it’s not worth seeing- it’s a musical of a different formula, resembling Mamma Mia more than Aida. Tommy is a musical by Pete Townshend (yes, that Pete Townshend) based on a concept album by The Who in 1969 of […]

Bwog has noticed that over the next week or so there will be a smorgasbord of learning opportunities for those who are not going home to spend their magnificent four days of fall break.  Whether you are interested in theater, bioethics or academic freedom, there’s something going on that’s right up your alley. Human Genetic […]

Reports of KCST’s (apparently successful!) advertising methodology have been numerous. According to a Bwog tipster embedded in Butler, around 11 PM “some guy just walked into a reading room on the third floor to stump about KCST’s one acts in a booming voice. He carried on for about a minute, students looked confused, rolled their […]

Looking for some student theater in your life? Bwog reviews the latest production from the CU Players. Having had only a month to put the production together, the CU Players (or “CUPS,” better-known for the plastic cups handed out during the activities fair) did a more-than-credible job of mixing the Bronx with the Bible Thursday […]

Congratulations to this year’s creative team of the 115th Annual Varsity Show, which was announced via email mere minutes ago. Director: Thomas Anawalt CC’09 Producer: Rebecca Lewis CC’11 Producer: Darcy Zacharias CC’10 Writer: Erica Drennan CC’11 Writer: Rachel Leopold CC’10 Writer: Sam Reisman CC’10 Composer/Lyricist: Becky Greenstein BC’10 Composer/Lyricist: Matt Stauffer GS’09 Choreographer: Claire Halberstadt […]

Procrastination doesn’t have to mean venturing far.  Lectures, laughs, and lame ledes, all on campus. Sunday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Run around campus with photography nerds and try to take the most super-awesomest pictures to win an unspecified prize!  4:00 PM. Monday Elections and the US Media: An international panel of journalists discusses the coverage of […]

Bwogger Mariela Quintana attended yesterday’s Bloomsday on Broadway celebration at Symphony Space. Here, she explains what to expect from a seven hour performance of two episodes of Ulysses. Last night, literati, and admirers of Eire convened on the academic megaplex that is Symphony Space to celebrate the 104th anniversary of Bloomsday. Each year the venue […]

Bwog’s resident theater expert Michael Molina managed to weave his way through the large, metal, bleacher-like sets to review KCST’s As You Like It, and was kind enough to send us his review. The King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s performance of “As You Like It” brings laughter and general amusement despite rain clouds, graduation bleachers, and […]

Catch the final performance of Twelfth Night at 8 o’clock tonight in Barnard’s Minor Latham Playhouse. Rebecca Guy and Ralph Zito’s interpretation of Twelfth Night may be traditional, but it offers an entertaining showcase of some of Barnard and Columbia’s finest acting. The play is full of scrambled genders, intricate love triangles and drunken debauchery […]

Theater correspondent Sam Reisman reports back on Trees Like Nails, the latest from prolific campus playwright, Will Snider. There’s a whodunit buried in the premise of Will Snider’s Trees Like Nails—the body of a young girl, beaten nearly to death, is discovered in the woods. But what unfolds isn’t an open-and-closed investigation into the particulars […]