PERFORMING ARTS
GRETA GARRISON
Breaking up with Strictly Platonic

Among this year’s graduating seniors are members of the beloved Yale student band Strictly Platonic. After four years, two Spring Fling performances and an album, the group spoke to the News about their origins and its members’ future.

May 17, 2025

CAMERON NYE
REVIEW: In Dramat’s ‘Spelling Bee,’ a comedic yet heartfelt sendoff to seniors

On the 2025 commencement musical’s opening night, spelling took center stage as the actors — joined by Pericles Lewis and other audience volunteers — manifested what they sang: “Unlike idiots, we ideate.”

May 17, 2025

ISABELLA SANCHEZ
Commencement musical points actors and graduates back to childhood

The commencement musical will run from May 16 to 18 at the University Theatre. In a unique twist, four audience volunteers will be selected each night to be part of the play.

May 15, 2025

CAMERON NYE
REVIEW: Drag and debt take center stage in Yale Rep’s electrifying season finale

Against a backdrop of drag pageantry and political performance, “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members” delivers a heartfelt exploration of trans identity, liberation and Puerto Rico’s colonial wounds.

May 14, 2025

KIVA BANK & OLIVIA CYRUS
Yale Rep loses play grant as Trump slashes arts spending

Leaders of the David Geffen School of Drama reaffirmed their plans to produce Zora Neale Hurston’s “Spunk” despite the funding termination.

May 8, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN & GEMARD GUERY
Weather delays disrupt Spring Fling

Lightning forced attendees to evacuate Old Campus midway through the show, which resumed over an hour later, causing Snakehips to not be able to perform.

April 29, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
IN PHOTOS: Spring Fling 2025

April 28, 2025

CAMERON NYE
ASL Variety Show was a celebration of language beyond sound

Held last Thursday, the event brought together performers of all levels to celebrate Deaf culture through storytelling and signed expression.

April 22, 2025

JANE PARK
REVIEW: “john & jen” teaches us to let go and love courageously

The show, a production by the Asian American Collective of Theatermarkers, premiered on April 2 at The Dome in Schwarzman Center.

April 18, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
“Songs for a New World” emboldens viewers to chase after bright, unknown futures

Viewers can watch Yale’s adaptation of the award-winning musical, written by Jason Robert Brown, from April 10 to 12 at the Saybrook Underbrook.

April 10, 2025

CAMERON NYE
REVIEW: Dramat’s spring mainstage “Intimate Apparel” masterfully stitched together themes of love and longing

The Dramat took audiences on an intimate journey through the eyes of a seamstress, delivering a production brimming with emotional precision.

April 8, 2025