Theater review: ‘Candide’ brilliantly inverts the Stanford success narrative Madelaine Bixler March 7, 2016 0 Comments If “Gaieties” can be considered the crown jewel of the frosh theater world, “Candide” must be seen as its evil twin sister – a gift from the gods to a slice of the student body unaccustomed... Read More »
Theater review: Outdated ‘Trouble in Tahiti’ fails to inspire Madelaine Bixler February 26, 2016 0 Comments “Trouble in Tahiti,” which opened this past weekend as part of the Stanford Savoyards’ “Leonard Bernstein Double-Bill,” addresses many important issues regarding life, love and the crushing... Read More »
Theater review: ‘The Telling Project’ adds much-needed nuance to the veteran narrative Madelaine Bixler February 25, 2016 0 Comments For a country with a national rhetoric so strongly centered around the glorification of armed service, it is incredible how few of us are acquainted with the jarring realities behind military life.... Read More »
Theater review: ‘White Power: A Comedy’ hits home Madelaine Bixler February 18, 2016 0 Comments With a white majority demographic of 46.3% as of the start of this school year, Stanford University can only be described as an apt setting for second-year Ph.D. student Thao Nguyen’s masterful solo... Read More »
A Criminal Cabaret: Getting away with murder Madelaine Bixler November 20, 2015 0 Comments Last Friday, the Stanford theater community saw the opening of At the Fountain Theatricals’ production of “A Criminal Cabaret,” a collection of some of the most scandalous crime-themed pieces in... Read More »
Who are you guys, again? An overview of Stanford’s undergraduate theatre scene Madelaine Bixler October 22, 2015 2 Comments A quick Google search will lead eager thespians to a wealth of knowledge about Stanford’s theater department — its history, upcoming performances and a seemingly endless selection of... Read More »
Stan Shakes breathes new life into ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ Madelaine Bixler May 26, 2015 0 Comments William Shakespeare, arguably the most well-known playwright in the English language, has had his works produced and reproduced on and off college campuses for centuries. For each production, familiar... Read More »
‘The Life of Galileo’ fosters criticism of authority Madelaine Bixler May 21, 2015 0 Comments “Truth is born of the times, not of authority!” Such is the spirit evoked by Rush Rehm’s staged reading of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Life of Galileo,” which proved this past weekend to be one... Read More »
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