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| − | The '''Varsity Show''', founded in 1894, is one of the university's oldest traditions, and certainly its oldest performing arts tradition. Every year, the Varsity Show produces a unique full-length show that skews and satirizes many aspects of life at Columbia. | + | The '''Varsity Show''', founded in 1894, is one of the university's oldest traditions, and certainly its oldest performing arts tradition. Every year, the Varsity Show produces a unique full-length show that skews and satirizes many aspects of life at Columbia. And every year students line up way before the show in order to get good seats. |
| − | Ironically, many of the administrators being parodied and lambasted are often sitting in the front rows of the audience. No study has been conducted to determine whether these administrators realize there's a reason they're being ridiculed on stage. | + | Ironically, many of the administrators being parodied and lambasted are often sitting in the front rows of the audience. No study has been conducted to determine whether these administrators realize there's a reason they're being ridiculed on stage. The Varsity Show coined the term "[[PrezBo]]". |
| − | + | Past directors and writers include such distinguished names as Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, I.A.L. Diamond, and Herman Wouk. | |
| − | ==External links== | + | == External links == |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Show Wikipedia's article on the Varsity Show] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Show Wikipedia's article on the Varsity Show] | ||
* [http://www.thevarsityshow.com/ Varsity Show website] | * [http://www.thevarsityshow.com/ Varsity Show website] | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 22 March 2007
The Varsity Show, founded in 1894, is one of the university's oldest traditions, and certainly its oldest performing arts tradition. Every year, the Varsity Show produces a unique full-length show that skews and satirizes many aspects of life at Columbia. And every year students line up way before the show in order to get good seats.
Ironically, many of the administrators being parodied and lambasted are often sitting in the front rows of the audience. No study has been conducted to determine whether these administrators realize there's a reason they're being ridiculed on stage. The Varsity Show coined the term "PrezBo".
Past directors and writers include such distinguished names as Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, I.A.L. Diamond, and Herman Wouk.
