Matt Herzfeld

LateNite Theater to bring a plethora of plays

LateNite Theater's 90-minute program is made up of five one-act plays, all directed, written, and performed by Columbia students.

By Matt Herzfeld | Apr 15 09:35 pm ET

Stroke for bloody stroke is paid to Haberle’s wicked Clytemnestra

They just don’t write epic tales of lust and murder like they used to.

By Matt Herzfeld | Apr 9 10:46 pm ET

In Rabe’s Vietnam Drama, Streamers, Parachutes Open but No Landing

Parachuting out of a plane means taking a major risk. When it works, it is a slow and pleasant float downward.

By Matt Herzfeld | Nov 21 03:25 am ET

Week in Reviews: Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky, the new film by British writer/director/playwright Mike Leigh, starts with a shot of Poppy (Sally Hawkins) happily speeding through London on her bicycle.

By Matt Herzfeld | Oct 10 01:02 am ET

Week in Reviews: Beast

In Beast, one of two new Off-Broadway plays opening this month by Academy Award-nominated writer Michael Weller, the titular creature could refer to several things.

By Matt Herzfeld | Sep 19 03:22 am ET

Enjoy the Best of Campus Theater, All From the Comfort of Roone Arledge Auditorium

Campus traditions, literary classics, and the avant-garde all have a place in the Columbia theater community.

By Matt Herzfeld | May 2 12:25 am ET

Charming Downtown Clowns Make Due Without Big Shoes and Tiny Cars

Bam and Bouk do not wear white grease paint or painted smiles. They have no oversized shoes or gigantic bow ties. They do not laugh maniacally like the Joker.

By Matt Herzfeld | Apr 22 10:59 pm ET

Orgasm Decathlon Can't Save Apt. 3A

According to Richard Dawkins, science and faith are incompatible.

By Matt Herzfeld | Feb 12 12:00 am ET

Eighties Punk Visuals Taken to Operatic Heights

A Vietnamese girl roller-skates around her apartment for no apparent reason other than that it’s cool.

By Matt Herzfeld | Nov 8 01:49 am ET

Aporia Rep. Moves From Wien to Bigger Things

Remember that student play you saw last year about the guy who did that thing and then that other guy got into a fight with him about it?

By Matt Herzfeld | Oct 17 12:25 am ET

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