From being the associate director of the Tony-winning comedy “Eureka Day” to directing a new off-Broadway riff on William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” Zoë Adams, SoA ’19, is having a moment. Now, she is staging a new play at Theater 154 in the West Village, “To Have and To Hold,” and she spoke with Spectator about her journey from the classroom to the stage.

You might know pop band AJR’s Adam Met, CC ’12, from his thumping bassline in Billboard-topping hits like “Bang!” or “Weak,” but the musician has been playing a different tune recently. Over a decade after graduating from Columbia and rising to global fame, Met joined the School of International and Public Affairs as an adjunct professor in 2023, teaching a course about mobilizing the sustainability movement.

Composed by Max Kleban, CC ’27, with lyrics by Anna Steel, CC ’27, the show’s music maintains a decidedly jazzy feel, lending a grander tone to the musical’s lightness. The show begins promisingly with a high-octane number, “Fifty Million Freshman,” which gives way to both laughs and an introduction to our main plotline. Other highlights include the swinging ballad “Moon Over Manhattan,” sung by Socks as he decides that Columbia has left him so lonely that he’d rather take his chances on the moon, and some fun quintessential villain numbers in Shipman’s “College on the Moon” and the Trustees’ aptly titled “Wait.” The musical numbers are supported by an ensemble of equally strong singers and a talented orchestra.

Without the formal setting of a stage, audiences of onlookers gathered around Havemeyer Hall for a night of theater from April 16 to 18. Throughout the performance, the cast took its viewers across campus with just a simple strip light, tables, and some chairs for the full-length play.

For the many fans of the 1975 cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the idea of screaming “Asshole!” and “Slut!” at a movie screen, while amateurs reenact the scenes, seems like the perfect night out. Now, over 50 years since the film’s premiere—and 24 since “The Rocky Horror Show” has graced the Broadway stage—the question remains: Is there really anything new to add to the beloved musical?

If you have ever wanted to see people bike around a theater and dissect their relationship issues, playwright Clara Noggle, CC ’28, has the show for you.