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Four people pose and smile for a photo.

‘First Night at the Opera/Edges’: Belting about theater, unrequited love and college

Eric Wang
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Jan. 26, 2024
Culture
black and white photo of the 1952 gaities show, which features a large arched "Beat Cal" banner

Raising the curtain: Unveiling the 130-year history of ‘Gaieties’

Lauren Boles
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Dec. 6, 2023
Culture
A group of students wearing colorful clothes dancing on stage.

2023 ‘Gaieties’ pokes fun at Stanford controversies, student experiences

Dan Kubota
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Nov. 20, 2023
Culture
A man in a long coat performs to the audience as the cast around him holds their arms out to him.

Stanford student shines in San Jose’s ‘Great Comet’

Kyla Figueroa
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May 14, 2023
Culture
Three actors sit at a table with an empty fourth chair, grieving their family member's death.

Can’t life just be normal or at least ‘next to normal’?

Alexa Figueroa
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March 6, 2023
Culture
The photo of an Asian man holding a plant and three women posing around him

TheatreWorks’ “Little Shop” highlights new horrors of gentrification in San Francisco’s Chinatown

Annie C. Reller
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Dec. 6, 2022
Culture
Three people stand on a stage in front of music stands, speaking into microphones. The two leftmost people are gesturing toward each other, while the third speaks toward the audience

How the experimental production of ‘Three Days’ championed queerness and community

Hazel Le
  •  
Nov. 2, 2022
The Grind
Musical dancers line up for a performance of "A Chorus Line" at the Moonlight Amphitheater.

Celebrating ‘A Chorus Line’

Emma Park
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Jan. 18, 2022
Arts & Life
Rectangles of people; one large rectangle surrounded by smaller ones

Ram’s Head’s gender-bent ‘Heathers’ pushes the boundaries of digital theater

Jared Klegar
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May 16, 2021
Arts & Life
Event flyer for Charlie Alterman's talk.

A conversation with Charlie Alterman: Broadway music, ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’

Catherine Sarca
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Jan. 14, 2021
Arts & Life
Four people holding candles singing against a black background

TheatreWorks’s ‘Simple Gifts’ is heartwarming holiday fare

Natalie Francis
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Dec. 22, 2020
Arts & Life
Joshua Chang is conducting a pit orchestra in a dimly lit space

On conducting: Interview with Ram’s Head music director Joshua Chang ’21

Christine Delianne
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Oct. 28, 2020
Arts & Life
Eve La Puma '20 majored in TAPS with a minor in music (bassoon performance) and is a highly valued member of the Stanford Arts community. She celebrates her graduation this weekend with the class of 2020 and will be dearly missed. (Photo courtesy of Eve La Puma)

Artist Spotlight: Eve La Puma ’20, actor-musician

Natalie Francis
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June 13, 2020
The Grind
Sarayu Pai got the opportunity to see "Hamilton," the musical, with her dorm, and from her perspective, this raved-about production certainly lives up to its phenomenal reviews. (Photo: Pexels)

On history, humor and ‘Hamilton’

Sarayu Pai
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Feb. 5, 2020
Arts & Life
The acclaimed tour-de-force solo performance "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," starring Mona Golabek (pictured), comes to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as a part of its 2019-20 Season. TheatreWorks will present "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" January 15 - February 16, 2020 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo Courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents)

Mona Golabek and ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane’

Anupriya Dwivedi
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Jan. 14, 2020
Arts & Life
"Anastasia" may not always stick the landing, but it remains a visually stunning and thoroughly enjoyable musical. Photo: Evan Zimmerman, courtesy of Broadway Grand Rapids

The ‘Anastasia’ Tour features soaring music, but some performances flutter

Chloe Wintersteen
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Jan. 5, 2020
Arts & Life
Gaieties 2019 centers around a romance between two characters with underrepresented narratives, and the whole cast and crew abounds with talent and aplomb. (Photo: Cole Griffiths / The Stanford Daily)

Gaieties takes a step forward in its 2019 rendition

Khuyen Le
  •  
Nov. 19, 2019
Arts & Life
Ram's Head 2019 production of "Addams Family." (Photo courtesy of Frank Chen)

‘The Addams Family’ is crazy, kooky and compelling

David J. Florez R.
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April 26, 2019
Mary Poppins (El Beh) and Bert (Wiley Naman Strasser) during a Jolly Holiday with other park strollers (Rudy Guerrero and Sophia LaPaglia). (Courtesy of Jessica Palopoli)

SF Playhouse’s ‘Mary Poppins’ is ‘practically perfect’

Olivia Popp
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Jan. 22, 2019
Jack Barrett, Lila Gold, Billy Hutton, Crissy Guerrero, James Lloyd Reynolds, and Moira Stone star in TheatreWorks' "Fun Home" (courtesy of Kevin Berne).

TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ imperfectly balances past and present

Chloe Wintersteen
  •  
Oct. 30, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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