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Performance Review

"Mean Girls" (2004) was inspired by the non-fiction book, "Queen Bees and Wannabes."

‘Mean Girls,’ nice show

By Gabriela Perilli, Staff Writer April 17, 2026

Despite a rocky start to the season, you will fall, like, in love with the Marquis Players’ performance of “Mean Girls” (2017), or something. The play, based on the 2004 film, follows Cady Heron,...

Lafayette College's Theater Department  performed "Medea" from March 5 to March 8. (Photo courtesy of Lafayette College Theater Department)

Bewitched by a college production of ‘Medea’

By Ben Latessa, Contributing Writer March 13, 2026

A Greek play adapted on Lafayette College's campus — call that the first ever French tragedy. “If you're going to adapt a play, like an ancient work for today's audience, it should say something...

"Rent" was written and composed by the late Jonathan Larson, who passed away the night before the show's opening preview on Broadway.

Performance Review: ‘Rent’ pays its dues

By Allison Stein, Assistant Culture Editor April 18, 2025

The Marquis Players will tackle one of the most divisive shows among theater fans — "Rent" — this weekend. The show follows a group of friends in New York City during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s as...

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