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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
  •  
March 6, 2023
Culture
The Stanford Daily logo and text that says "Arts and Life through the years" is displayed over old article clips from The Daily.

Reviewing Daily reviews: What’s in a critique?

Greta Reich
  •  
Feb. 23, 2023
Culture
Actors Dylan Moore and Aliyah Lipsky stare into each others' eyes in BLACKstages' "Pipeline."

BLACKstage’s heart-warming ‘Pipeline’ raises awareness of systemic racism

Linda Liu
  •  
Feb. 19, 2023
Culture
In purple and blue stage lighting, the cast of "Die Fledermaus" dance in ball gowns and tuxedos.

‘Die Fledermaus’ cast steals audiences’ hearts at matinee with feminist take on classic opera comedy

Ellen Abraham
  •  
Feb. 13, 2023
The Grind
Three actors are lying down, sprawled across three descending stair slabs.

An invitation to reconsider: The role of the actor

Yonatan Laderman
  •  
Jan. 30, 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
  •  
Dec. 6, 2022
Culture
Five actors stand and sit on stage, reading off of books or their phones. A string of numbers from 1 to 30 hang above their heads.

‘Everything Must Go’ illuminates both audience and company

Greta Reich
  •  
Dec. 4, 2022
Culture
Three people are being tied to posts, while a soldier wearing camouflage and a red cap is taking notes of what they are saying.

On a blood-smeared stage, TAPS’ fall production ‘Parentheses of Blood’ glistens

Annie C. Reller
  •  
Nov. 30, 2022
Culture
Actors wearing red stand on stage. The background of the stage is a screen displaying Hoover Tower and “BEAT CAL”

Gaieties ‘Cardinal Sin’: Fostering community through imperfections

Alexandra Blum, Shreya Komar and Anjali Ragupathi
  •  
Nov. 27, 2022
Culture
The beast and Belle raise the glass to each other at a large table with dark blue table cloth and archaic candles on top.

Palo Alto Players’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ shines as a fairytale for the community

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
Culture
On a darkened stage, a man dressed in a vest and jeans questions another. The other bows his head down in contemplation.

More than murder? AATP’s ‘THE HEADLANDS’ explores family and identity

Shreya Komar
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
Culture
Three women stand in front of a white screen with prints of "BLACKstage"

BLACKstage is back to promoting accessible and representative theater

Cameron Duran
  •  
Nov. 9, 2022
The Grind
A crowd of people watch an outdoor production of Waiting for Godot. There are two actors standing on the left and right and in the center there is a tree lit up by purple lighting. On the tree there is a sign reading, "Next Day. Same Time. Same Place."

An invitation to reconsider: The role of the audience

Yonatan Laderman
  •  
Nov. 2, 2022
Culture
On a darkened stage, seven actors stand facing each other in a visible conflict

Why Not Theatre’s ‘Prince Hamlet’ revolutionizes accessibility and gender identity in performing arts

Ellie Wong
  •  
Oct. 30, 2022
The Grind
An actor in a yellow coat and hat stares at the screen, pretending to spray something into his mouth. In the background, three haggard-looking actors huddle beneath a tree. A sign on the tree reads: "PRETEND THERE ARE NO LEAVES." Another sign below it reads: "A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE, EVENING."

An invitation to reconsider: The role of the director

Yonatan Laderman
  •  
Oct. 19, 2022
The Grind
A cartoon of the author holding a different, fixed-up version of themselves, a la Hamlet-skull scene.

The play is the thing

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
May 30, 2022
Arts & Life
Alanna Mitchell speaks to the audience with both hands up, spotlighted in front of a blackboard

Alanna Mitchell’s ‘Sea Sick’ lands on a refreshing but weak solution to climate change

Betty He
  •  
April 13, 2022
The Grind
At left, Nathan Sariowan '24 stands holding a violin. At right, Katie Pieschala '24 smiles at the camera.

Q&A: Stanford students Katie Pieschala ’24 and Nathan Sariowan ’24 on the creation of ‘Lodestar’

Linda Liu
  •  
Feb. 28, 2022
Culture
Drag performer St. Andrew performing on stage. (Photo courtesy of Frank Chen)

Stanford Drag Troupe’s ‘Celestial Excellence’: Campy ‘genderfuckery’ in all its glory

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 21, 2022
Arts & Life
Fourth year Ph.D. student Elaine Lai introduces "White Boy" to the audience at Toyon Hall. (Photo: CHLOE CHOW/The Stanford Daily)

AATP New Works Festival explores and challenges stereotypes of gender and race

Yastika Guru
  •  
Feb. 21, 2022
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