Apr 24, 2018
“Lafayette” Visits Lafayette
By Katie Neitz Daveed Diggs catapulted into stardom portraying a founding father. But not just any founding father: our founding father. Diggs, who won…
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Feb 22, 2018
Disgraced Debuts
Story by Bill Landauer; photos by William Cohea The lightning bolt struck Abdul Manan Bhat ’18 two years ago. Youshaa Patel, assistant professor of religious…
Nov 27, 2017
A Bronx Tale
By Bill Landauer As a swing in the Robert De Niro-directed Broadway musical version of A Bronx Tale, Brandi Porter ’13 sings, dances, and acts at the…
Nov 9, 2017
The Drowsy Chaperone
College Theater took Buck Hall audiences back to the 1920s last Thursday through Sunday with The Drowsy Chaperone, a play parodying Broadway musicals…
Oct 31, 2017
Behind the Scenes
10 a.m. It’s a “day off” of sorts for Eve Lavitz ’21. Ordinarily, all of her classes are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays…
Oct 24, 2017
Mary Jo Lodge’s Musical Mind Wins Rights to Drowsy Chaperone
By Bill Landauer A few of Mary Jo Lodge’s favorite things? Those movies and plays featuring characters who burst into song for what seems like no reason…
Oct 17, 2017
Hip-Hop Troubadour
By Bryan Hay Baba Brinkman describes himself as a hip-hop version of the troubadour, a latter-day practitioner of the oral art of the epic poets who uses…
Sep 18, 2017
Changing How We View the History of British Drama
By Bill Landauer The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Lafayette a $125,000 grant for the College’s part in continuing to build a digital…
Apr 19, 2017
Deep Disciplinary Dive of Metamorphoses
Story by Kathleen Parrish Photos by Will Cohea Need more proof that Lafayette College is a collaborative space? Check out Metamorphoses in the Weiss Theater…
Mar 7, 2017
Theater Presents ‘I Hate Hamlet’
Lafayette theater presented its production of I Hate Hamlet last week at Buck Hall. Set in John Barrymore’s old apartment in New York City, the comedy…