The Phoenix on Theatre

Sarah Lawrence springs into the 2007 theater season

by Anna Thorn

Wednesday February 14, 2007

Bernarda Alba

by Amanda Rivkin

Tuesday February 7, 2006

"Silencio! Mi hija muere virgen!" Bernarda Alba shouts in the final moments of García Lorca’s La casa de Bernarda Alba, her voice wrenched with a longing to revise the past.

Little Shop of Horrors

by Eric H. Schwertz

Tuesday February 7, 2006

Our Time Musical Theatre Troupe presented a concert production of the popular musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors on Nov. 10 in Reisinger.

The Trojan Women

by Laurel Fantauzzo

Tuesday February 7, 2006

The very moment I entered The Trojan Women: A Love Story’s performance space, I felt that something was amiss and the only warning posted outside the theater was that the play lasted over three hours. An ensemble creation led by Manhattan theatre darling Josh Fox, the production was an experimental interpretation that bore little resemblance to the original Charles Mee text.

Don’t dream it, be it

by Bethany Altschwager

Wednesday October 12, 2005

What happens when you combine Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Meatloaf (circa 1975) with fishnets, transvestites, science fiction, rock ‘n’ roll tracks and scantily clad cast members? Sarah Lawrence College proudly presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a live performance to take place on Oct. 29 in Reisinger.

Bucks for Broadway

by Nicole Neer

Thursday September 29, 2005

They don’t call us poor college students for nothing! That’s why Sarah Lawrence provides CityLinks, a program sponsored by Student Affairs, which enables students to attend shows in the city at a reduced cost.

A New Approach to "As You Like It"

by Marissa Quenqua

Thursday December 19, 2002

From December 5-7, the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Program presented an entertaining, humorous, and somewhat whimsical version of William Shakespeare’s “As You Like it.”
Directed by Paul Rudd, the production had a modern feel. Opening the production was cast members dancing together in character to the rhythms of the Gypsy Kings, and the audience could be seen tapping their feet to the music.