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Varsity Show

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Notable alumni
The I.A.L. Diamond Award for Achievement in the Arts
123 Years of the Varsity Show
External links
Further reading

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The Varsity Show is one of the oldest traditions at Columbia University and its oldest performing arts presentation. Founded in 1894 as a fundraiser for the university's fledgling athletic teams, the Varsity Show now draws together the entire Columbia undergraduate community for a series of sold-out performances every April. Dedicated to producing a unique full-length spectacle that skewers and satirizes many dubious aspects of life at Columbia, the Varsity Show is written and inspired by an extensive team of cast, producers and production personnel.

Notable alumni

The long list of alumni who have written, performed, directed, worked backstage, or otherwise been associated with the show includes such distinguished names as:

Architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, School of Architecture Class of 1894;
Author and humorist Guy Wetmore Carryl, Class of 1895;
William C. DeMille, 1900, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences;
John Erskine, 1900, pioneer of the Great Books program;
Edgar Allan Woolf, 1901, co-screenwriter of The Wizard of Oz;
Arthur Garfield Hays, 1902, who represented the American Civil Liberties Union at the Monkey Trial of John Scopes;
Ralph Morgan, 1904, the first president of the Screen Actors Guild;
Roy Webb, 1910, composer for scores of films, including Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Notorious, and Marty;
Dixon Ryan Fox, 1911, president of Union College;
Legendary lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, 1916;
Howard Dietz, 1917, lyricist for Dancing in the Dark and head of publicity for MGM, who created its famed Leo the Lion trademark;
Herman Mankiewicz, 1917, who with Orson Welles wrote Citizen Kane;
Lorenz Hart, 1918, lyricist of My Funny Valentine, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and many other Broadway standards;
Humorist Corey Ford, 1923, who named Eustace Tilley, the mascot of The New Yorker magazine
Legendary songwriter Richard Rodgers, 1923;
Cultural historian Jacques Barzun, 1927;
Albert Maltz, 1930, one of the Hollywood Ten and screenwriter for Destination Tokyo;
William Ludwig, 1932, screenwriter for The Great Caruso and Oscar co-winner for Interrupted Melody;
Herman Wouk, 1934, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Caine Mutiny and Marjorie Morningstar;
Martin Manulis, 1935, television producer and creator of Playhouse 90;
John La Touche, 1937, lyricist for Cabin in the Sky and The Golden Apple;
Minimalist poet Robert Lax, 1938;
Chicago bears quarterback Sid Luckman, 1939;
Oscar-winning screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond, 1941, Billy Wilder's co-author on The Apartment and The Fortune Cookie;
Holocaust author Gerald Green, 1942;
Political advisor Edward N. Costikyan, 1947;
Dick Hyman, 1948, Emmy-award winning composer;
Actor Sorrell Booke, 1949, who played Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard;
Edward Kleban, 1959, lyricist for A Chorus Line;
Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, 1960;
Jon Bauman, 1969, of Sha Na Na;
Adam Belanoff, 1984, a writer/producer of Wings, Murphy Brown, Cosby, and The Closer;
Alexa Junge, Barnard College 1986, an Emmy-nominated writer/producer of Friends and The West Wing;
Comedic essayist David Rakoff, 1986;
Alex Kuczynski, Barnard College 1990, Styles reporter for The New York Times;
Eric Garcetti, 1992, mayor of Los Angeles;
Tom Kitt, 1996, Tony Award-winning composer of Next To Normal;
Donna Vivino, Barnard College 2000, actress in Wicked;
Jenny Slate, 2004, cast member, Saturday Night Live;
Greta Gerwig, Barnard College, 2006, co-star of Greenberg (film), Damsels in Distress and several Mumblecore films;
Kate McKinnon, 2006, actress on Saturday Night Live and The Big Gay Sketch Show.

The I.A.L. Diamond Award for Achievement in the Arts

The I.A.L. Diamond Award is presented on annual basis to a Columbia or Barnard alumnus/a who has demonstrated continued commitment to and has found success in the arts. I. A. L. Diamond (1920–88) is the only individual to have written four consecutive Varsity Shows. He then went on to Hollywood to write eleven screenplays with Billy Wilder for the latter's films, including Some Like it Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960). Diamond and Wilder won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Apartment.

In 2004, Terrence McNally was the first recipient of the award. McNally graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia College with a B.A. in English in 1960 and went on to author works such as Master Class, Love! Valour! Compassion!, and Ragtime. During his senior year at Columbia, McNally wrote the 66th Annual Varsity Show, which featured music by fellow student Edward Kleban (who would later share the Pulitzer Prize for A Chorus Line) and was directed by Michael Kahn (later the artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.).

In 2005, Jeanine Tesori, Barnard College Class of 1983, was honored with the award. Ms. Tesori was the music director for the 89th Annual Varsity Show and then came back a year in 1984 to write the music for the 90th Annual Varsity Show. She is a three-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Twelfth Night (1998, Lincoln Center), Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Caroline, or Change.

In 2006, Art Garfunkel, Columbia College Class of 1962, received the award. Mr. Garfunkel is best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel.

In 2007, Brandon V. Dixon, member of the Columbia College community, received the award. Mr. Dixon performed in the cast of the 107th Annual Varsity Show. He later received a Tony Award nomination for his performance of Harpo in The Color Purple. He also originated the role of Simba in the national tour of The Lion King.

In 2008, the award was presented to Tom Kitt (CC '96) and Brian Yorkey (CC '93). For their musical Next To Normal, featuring music by Kitt and book/lyrics by Yorkey, the pair won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. While at Columbia, the duo wrote the music, lyrics, and book to the 100th Annual Varsity Show, Angels at Columbia: Centennial Approaches.

In 2009, the award was presented to Diane Paulus, a teacher at Barnard College, Columbia School of the Arts graduate, and, most recently, director of the Tony-winning revival of Hair.

In 2010, the award was presented to Twyla Tharp, a Barnard College '63 alumna. She is the choreographer of many famous dances, multiple Broadway shows, and the film version of the musical Hair. She is the winner of Tony and Emmy awards.

123 Years of the Varsity Show

1894: Joan of Arc
1896: The Buccaneer
1897: Cleopatra
1899: Varsity Show
1900: The Governor's Vrouw
1901: The Princess Proud
1902: The Vanity Fair
1903: The Mischief Maker
1904: The Isle of Illusia
1905: The Khan of Kathan
1906: The Conspirators
1907: The Ides of March
1908: Mr. King
1909: In Newport
1910: The King of Hilaria
1911: Made in India
1912: The Mysterious Miss Apache
1913: The Brigands
1914: The Merry Lunatic
1915: On Your Way
1916: The Peace Pirates
1917: Home, James
1918: Ten for Five
1919: Take a Chance
1920: Fly with Me
1921: You'll Never Know
1922: Steppe Around
1923: Half Moon Inn
1924: Old King's
1925: Half Moon Inn (revival)
1926: His Majesty, The Queen
1927: Betty Behave
1928: Zuleika, or the Sultan Insulted
1929: Oh, Hector

1930: Heigh-ho Pharaoh
1931: Great Shakes
1932: How Revolting!
1933: Home, James
1934: Laugh it Off!
1935: Flair-Flair: The Idol of Paree
1936: Off Your Marx
1937: Some of the People
1938: You've Got Something There
1939: Fair Enough
1940: Life Begins in '40
1941: Hit the Road
1942: Saints Alive
1944: On the Double
1945: Second the Motion
1946: Step Right Up
1947: Dead to Rights
1948: Streets of New York
1949: Mr. Oscar
1950: Wait For It
1951: Babe in the Woods
1952: Streets of New York (revival)
1953: Shape of Things
1954: Sky's the Limit
1955: When in Rome
1956: Not Fit to Print
1957: The Voice of the Sea
1958: Streets of New York (revival)
1961: Streets of New York (revival)
1963: Elsinore
1964: Il Troubleshootore
1965: Destry Rides Again
1966: The Bawd's Opera
1967: Feathertop
1978: The Great Columbia Riot of '78

1980: Fly With Me (revival)
1982: College on Broadway
1982: Columbia Graffiti
1983: Fear of Scaffolding
1984: The New 'U'
1985: Lost in Place
1987: From Here to Uncertainty
1988: The Bonfire of Humanities
1989: Sans Souci, Be Happy
1990: Behind the Lion Curtain
1991: The Silence of the Lions
1992: Columbia U, 10027
1993: The Lion Game
1994: Angels at Columbia: Centennial Approaches
1995: Step Inside
1996: Devil in a Light Blue Dress
1997: Enlargement and Enhancement: The Scaffolding Years
1998: Love is Indefinite
1999: Beyond Oedipus: Leaving the Womb
2000: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
2001: Sex, Lions, and Videotape
2002: 108th Annual Varsity Show
2003: Dial 'D' for Deadline
2004: Off-Broadway
2005: The Sound of Muses
2006: Misery Loves Columbia
2007: Insufficient Funds
2008: Morningside Hates
2009: The Gates of Wrath
2010: College Walk of Shame
2011: Another Scandal!
2012: The Corporate Core
2013: The Great Netscape
2014: Morningside Nights
2015: Almageddon
2016: A King's College
2017: A Tale of Two Colleges
2018: Lights Out on Broadway

External links

Thomas Vinciguerra: "Sing a Song of Morningside," an official history of the show
The Varsity Show - Official Page
Columbia University

Notable alumni

The I.A.L. Diamond Award for Achievement in the Arts

123 Years of the Varsity Show

External links

Further reading