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What to do this week: Free ice skating, NYU Club Fest, student film festival
The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
Adrianna Nehme, Deputy News Editor
• January 29, 2023
![Famous for Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor, fearlessness, and undeniably catchy songs, “Moulin Rouge!” is a cinema classic. After finding its way to the stage of Broadway, it still managed to offer a fresh and engaging experience while remaining loyal to the film. (Staff photo by Alex Tran)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/MG_0696-900x600.jpg)
Does ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Deserve to Be on Broadway?
A classic story of star-crossed lovers set in late 19th-century France raises questions on whether the jukebox musical is necessary.
Sasha Cohen, Performing Arts Editor
• March 4, 2020
![Inspired by its Gothic source material, AMP sets the scene with eerie candlelight. Styled as “The Electrifying Story of Mary Shelley,” the one-woman show spanned the author’s life. (Photo by Dani Herrera)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200219_201351-900x717.jpg)
A Mary Shelley One-Woman Show Electrifies Audiences
In a gothic retelling of Mary Shelley’s life, this production details the events that led up to the creation of “Frankenstein.”
Dani Herrera, Staff Writer
• February 24, 2020
![The American Airlines Theatre. Roundabout Theatre Company is one of the places where students can submit their own place. (Photo by Andrew McGibbon. Via Facebook)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/submissions_online-900x395.jpg)
Aspiring Playwrights, Submit Your Work Here
Have a potential Pulitzer winner tucked away in a drawer somewhere? These New York City theater companies accept play submissions, sans entry fee, from unpublished writers.
Destine Manson, Staff Writer
• November 17, 2019
![Playwright William Electric Black, also known as Ian Ellis James, is a professor at NYU Tisch and seven-time Emmy winner for his work on “Sesame Street.” The writer reviews his recent work, “The Whites,” which switches the races of black and white people. (via NYU)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/william-electric-black-900x900.jpeg)
‘It’s Okay to Feel Angry About This Play’
Tisch professor William Electric Black’s new play, “The Whites,” is controversial and loaded. But what should audiences take away from it?
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• November 15, 2019
![Maia Guest as Emma comforts Con, played by Blake Merriman, after his failed suicide attempt. (Photo Courtesy of Art of Warr Productions)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/birds-900x598.jpg)
‘Stupid F-cking Bird’ Soars in Its Reinvention of a Chekhov Classic
In an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Seagull,” Aaron Posner’s “Stupid F-cking Bird” entertains while breaking convention and examining the role of theater in the world today.
Julie Goldberg, Books and Theater Editor
• October 7, 2019
![A self portrait by photographer Diane Arbus. Her work is a partial inspiration for Fiction, a new experimental theater piece written and directed by 600 Highwaymen that questions fundamental assumptions about theater and art. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-2-900x675.png)
Tisch’s ‘Fiction’ Asks, ‘What Does It Mean to Be a Spectator?’
The new performance piece, written and directed by theatermakers 600 Highwaymen, explores the nature of art and spectatorship through the work of photographer Diane Arbus.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• February 28, 2019
![Anyone who’s ever applied to a competitive school will feel the sting of “Admissions, a new Broadway play from Joshua Harmon.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_3337-e1522104437742-675x900.jpeg)
Moral Conundrums the Price of ‘Admissions’
Matthew Holman, Entertainment Editor
• March 27, 2018
![An NYU student shows off her jewelry.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/022018_daddy_Samantha-Ruggiero-900x392.jpg)
Call Me Daddy
Marisa Lopez, Contributing Writer
• February 19, 2018
![Showing at the Public Theater, Head of Passes tells the story of Shelah and her family coming together to celebrate her birthday.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/head_facebook.jpg)
Modern ‘Job’ is Heartbreaking
Joseph Myers, Theater & Books Editor
• April 18, 2016
![Stephen Aubreys I Will Look Forward to This Later is playing at the New Ohio Theater at 154 Christopher Street through April 23.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/I-will-look-Forward-to-this-Later.jpg)
“I Will Look Forward” Is Worth More Than a Look
Hailey Nuthals, Highlighter Editor
• April 14, 2016
![NYU Theatre Group, CAST, performed “The Heidi Chronicles” over the weekend.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/heidi_facebook.png)
CAST Stages ‘The Heidi Chronicles’
Joseph Myers, Theater & Books Editor
• April 11, 2016
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024