From the celebrated Broadway musical to the famous 1975 movie featuring Elton John, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner, and Eric Clapton, Columbia Musical Theater Society (CMTS) brings a fresh outlook to

Though its namesake New England soup is often tasteless, Chowdah Sketch Comedy is anything but bland.

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

The Varsity Show, one of Columbia’s oldest traditions, is intended to be a satire on student life.

“You’re recording this? Cool, can I say ‘off the record’?” said Michael Molina, CC ’10, smiling.

A playwright may devote months or years to a script, but the process of determining whether it is ready for the stage is much more succinct.

What is it about student theater? The energy, the excitement, the intensity—it has to be more than those raging adolescent hormones.

Anyone who has studied Shakespeare in any capacity knows the axiom that his work is meant to be seen, not read. If you’re a devotee of the Bard, you’ve probably already taken this mantra to heart.

Given Columbia’s wide variety of schools and programs, finding a project that unifies the different aspects of the community can be challenging.