by Sohum Pal How to Get Away with Murder is one of ABC’s most popular shows–and for good reason. It is a “prestige drama” in every sense of the phrase: its characters inevitably embody wealth and privilege, if sometimes hard-earned; the primary plot device, training in the work of the law at a upper-tier university,…
by Janis Jin (Contributing Writer) It’s a weekend for rain. Stefani Kuo’s Architecture of Rain, the Yale Dramat’s first Fall Ex, opened on Thursday night to a nearly sold-out audience. Directed by Gregory Ng, Architecture of Rain is a story about grief and loss set in a glass house made of memory. The play follows…
by Ahmed Elbenni (Contributing Writer) Something profound happened last Tuesday, during the Eid banquet. That night, standing before a crowd of over five hundred Muslims, Christians, Jews, agnostics, and atheists under a portrait of George H. W. Bush in the largest dining hall of my secular university, I recited verses from the Quran, the Islamic…
by Kodi Alvord (Contributing Writer) On September 18, An] [art] [show] made its debut in the Ezra Stiles Art Gallery, the latest public showcase from the mind of Brian Orozco ’18. At first glance, the show may be overwhelming: business cards are scattered across the gallery floor, various paintings line the walls, a damaged mirror…
by Carlene Ervin (Contributing Writer) James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an African American writer who engaged in many forms of his craft: including novels, essays, and plays. Baldwin cannot be placed into a box or described in a perfect bow. He was complicated, and his works, like The Fire Next Time and No Name in The…