Whether a frequent theatergoer or musical hater, it’s unlikely you haven’t heard at least one of the magical motifs or showstopping solos by renowned composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. Following the two-part film adaptation of his longest-running musical, “Wicked,” Schwartz is perhaps more popular than ever before.

Inside an intimate, 65-seat black box theater, a lucid story of family, female consumption, and a cooking show—inspired by Martha Stewart, BC ’63—plays out in a single act.

Performing live in front of an entire audience is many people’s worst nightmare. Now imagine no script or plan—just a group of fellow improvisers to fall back on—and you’ve got a typical Third Wheel Improv performance.

They meet while he’s shaking in a neck brace, and she’s dressed in a fur coat. They have no names, yet the audience still manages to learn a bit about their love and life with alcoholism.

In the era of AI companions, the question of humanity’s relationship with technology has, perhaps, never been more pressing. Second Stage Theater’s latest production, “Marjorie Prime,” affirms this reality with its exploration of the growing phenomenon of humans turning to artificial intelligence for emotional support.

The audience surrounds a stark white stage as Wolf/Boy (Felicity Chen, BC ’29) enters. He addresses the audience directly as his childish, unrestrained Wolf persona, sharing a secret: “I am not what you think you see.”

Stark white sheets hung from the ceiling, and a live jazz band greeted the audience at the King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s production of “Vincent Almost in King John” in the Austin E. Quigley Black Box Theatre. Playing from Nov. 14 to 15, the play reinvents William Shakespeare’s classic history through a metanarrative about producing a Hollywood adaptation of “King John.”

Music filled the halls of Broadway Presbyterian Church on Sunday as members of Amnesty International USA Local Group 11 celebrated the chapter’s 50th annual benefit concert. The celebration included a piano performance and political letter writing.

Known for being the first openly nonbinary Tony Award winner in a leading acting category, actor J. Harrison Ghee opened LGBTQ@Columbia’s Trans Awareness Week programming with a keynote address Thursday in Lerner Hall.

Before any notes were sung or instruments were tuned, the creative team behind the Columbia Musical Theatre Society’s upcoming production crafted an intentional vision for its casting and production.