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‘Devised at Dink’: Producer Chloe Chow ’23 on revamping Gaieties 2020 to open-air sketch comedy

Vivian Jiang
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July 17, 2020
Arts & Life
Sarah Mergen '19 always knew she wanted to produce a show that pushed the artistic limits of Shakespeare, so she wrote and directed TheaterLab's "HAL" (2020) — until it was cancelled by COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Mergen)

Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: Sarah Mergen ’19 on adapting Shakespeare and directing ‘HAL’

Natalie Francis
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May 1, 2020
Arts & Life
Stanford recording engineer Elena Georgieva M.A. '19 operates the sound board in the CCRMA recording studio. (Photo courtesy of Elena Georgieva)

Artist Spotlight: CCRMA recording engineer Elena Georgieva M.A. ’19 on working with award-winning Stanford a cappella groups

Natalie Francis
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April 3, 2020
Arts & Life
The album cover for "3.15.20" is a blank white square with the faintly-engraved words "Donald Glover presents," capturing the existential themes of Childish Gambino's March 22 digital release. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Childish Gambino’s ‘3.15.20’ is an almost-algorhythmic musical masterpiece

Ari Gabriel
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March 26, 2020
Arts & Life
Miriam El-Mansouri '22 surprises the audience with her cover of French classic "Rein de Rein" accompanied by William Kingsfield '20 on the guitar at Wednesday's Music @ Mars event, the second of the school year. (Photo courtesy of Paulo Makalinao)

Palm Drive Records’ Music @ Mars gives indie musicians the mic

Megan Faircloth
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March 6, 2020
Arts & Life
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Indie folk musical Hadestown is a noteworthy 2020 Grammys nominee

Natalie Francis
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Jan. 24, 2020
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author of "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Coraline" and "The Graveyard Book" (STANISLAV LVOVSKY/Flickr).

The stardust surrounding Neil Gaiman

Shana E. Hadi and Claire Francis
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Nov. 16, 2018
Fans of house, trap, EDM and hip-hop flocked to the Treasure Island Music Festival (courtesy of Josh Withers).

Treasure Island Music Festival features a variety of awesome acts

Dylan Grosz
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Nov. 9, 2018
Courtesy of Tim Trumble

National tour of ‘Waitress’ cooks up a new Broadway classic

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 19, 2018
Courtesy of CRASH Theater Co.

New York Minute: CRASH Theater Co.’s ‘TaRaRaBOOM’ explodes with absurdity and modernity

Alli Cruz
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Oct. 12, 2018
Victor Erice examines mysteries and memories in "El Sur" (courtesy of Video Mercury and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘El Sur,’ Victor Erice contemplates childhood

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 5, 2018
Jessie (Sarah Nina Hayon) and Cynthia (Tonye Patano) discuss the rumors that their positions could be outsourced to Mexico in Lynn Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama, Sweat, performing at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater now through Sunday, October 21, 2018. Background: Tracey (Lise Bruneau) (Courtesy of Kevin Berne)

ACT’s ‘Sweat’ is a masterclass in contemporary American theater

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 5, 2018
Courtesy of The Groundlings

The Groundlings’ ‘Cooking With Gas’ is a fresh take on LA comedy

Olivia Popp
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Sept. 20, 2018
The Museum of Tolerance presents "Anne," an exhibit spotlighting the life of Anne Frank. (Courtesy of the Simon Wiesenthal Center)

The Museum of Tolerance offers visitors a transformative historical journey

Olivia Popp
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Aug. 3, 2018
Courtesy of Darren Scott

‘Mutt House’ needs to be immediately placed into a doggy bag and dumped into a trash compactor

Olivia Popp
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July 27, 2018
The LA Philharmonic plays at the Hollywood Bowl. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Kicking off Shark Week with ‘Jaws’ and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Olivia Popp
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July 25, 2018
Courtesy of Arthur Trace

You’ll start to believe in real magic with Arthur Trace: The Artful Deceiver

Olivia Popp
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July 24, 2018
Courtesy of Cupcake Theater

Cupcake Theater’s ‘Spring Awakening’ finds its footing in a strong vocal cast

Olivia Popp
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July 18, 2018
Justin (Josh Schell, left) and Sarah (Sango Tajima, right) share dinner at their new inn with guests Soha (Sam Jackson) and Jai (Mohammad Shehata). (Courtesy of Jessica Palopoli)

SF Playhouse’s ‘In Braunau’ is frighteningly underdeveloped

Alli Cruz
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July 18, 2018
A group of cast members in front of a stage curtain.

Ghosts of CHAN

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 3, 2018
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