PERFORMING ARTS
Yale Cabaret builds community with original comedy ‘Penis Inspection Day’

This weekend, the Yale Cabaret’s Company of Cab 54 will present “Penis Inspection Day” –– an original comedy written by local Connecticut playwright Matthew DeCostanza.  […]

Yale School of Music gives second concert of the year

Last Friday, YSM performed “The Oak” by Florence Price, “Symphony No. 6, H. 343 “Fantaisies symphoniques” by Bohuslav Martinů and Antonin Dvořák’s “Cello Concerto in B minor” with Christine Lee as the solo cellist.

Senior film majors frustrated by University policy requiring actors to be masked while shooting

Filmmakers at Yale are adding new props to their senior projects this year: masks. Based on University COVID-19 policy, all students participating in short films […]

Yale Drama Coalition uses outdoor venue to tell the story of finding identity in the marginalized place

From Oct. 14 through Oct. 16, Yale Drama Coalition is staging the play “Shining City” by Irish playwright Conor McPherson.  The play will be performed […]

Yale Seniors break boundaries of theater with original immersive play ‘Pandemonium’

This weekend, three Yale seniors will present an original interactive play titled “Pandemonium” as their joint theater studies project.  Inspired by J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” […]

Yale Dramat presents ‘Not About Kyle,’ its first in-person production this year

This weekend, the Yale University Dramatic Association will present “Not About Kyle” — its first in-person theater production this fall –– as a part of […]

New Music New Haven returns to in-person performances

After over a year of pre-recorded virtual concerts, the New Music New Haven concert series will return to live performances on Oct. 7 at 7:30 […]

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Yale Schola Cantorum hosts virtual Evensong performance

On Friday, the Yale Schola Cantorum staged a virtual Evensong performance — its first concert of the 2021-22 season — at the Berkeley Divinity School.  Founded […]

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Yale Glee Club, YSO, Yale Bands to present Project 14 in support of Black Lives Matter

The project consists of 14 prerecorded pieces, performed by a pool of musicians from the Yale Concert Band, Yale Jazz Ensembles, Yale Precision Marching Band, Yale Glee Club and Yale Symphony Orchestra.

Yale dance groups return to in-person auditions after 1.5-year hiatus

As Yale’s social distancing guidelines allow for limited in-person auditions and rehearsals, dance groups and new performers comment on the year to come.

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A cappella rush process sees increased interest, COVID-19-related logistical challenges

A surge in interest has presented logistical challenges for recruitment coordinators, who are constrained by pandemic restrictions that some told the News unfairly advantage athletics over performing arts.