Email Author Mayank Keshaviah

2011 Stories by Mayank Keshaviah

• The Romance of Magno Rubio (Ang Romansa ni Magno Rubio)

  published November 10, 2011

  In Shakespeare's time, verse and music were commonly employed in plays, lighting and set pieces were largely absent, and the charisma of the... More >>

• Falsettos

  published September 22, 2011

  It's interesting that composer-lyricist William Finn called Act 1 of his show "March of the Falsettos" when it was first produced in 1981. At the... More >>

• Extraordinary Chambers

  published June 9, 2011

  Incongruity is both striking and informative. Three thousand people are killed by planes crashing into buildings, and a global "War on Terror"... More >>

• Krunk Fu Battle Battle

  published May 26, 2011

  Why is it that we keep going back to that hole-in-the-wall restaurant around the corner, despite its hackneyed decor, lack of ambience and slow... More >>

• Completeness

  published April 28, 2011

  Einstein once said, "Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." But perhaps computer science and microbiology can be. At... More >>

• N*gger Wetb*ck Ch*nk

  published April 7, 2011

  In 2002, three UCLA students collaborate on a racial stereotype-inspired performance piece that blends theater, stand-up comedy, poetry and... More >>

• The Birthday Boys

  published March 10, 2011

  Stop me if you've heard this one: Three U.S. Marines walk into an Iraqi storage room. OK, they don't walk. They get dragged into it. Point being,... More >>

• Gigi

  published February 24, 2011

  Nearly as old as the transition of a script from Broadway to Hollywood is the reverse, a process of adaptation that has created both stage gems... More >>