The performing arts at Washington University have returned. Quietly, as genomes are mapped and volleyball teams triumph, Wash U theater has once again become a force in collegiate life. The production of “Me, Vashya” and the Tennessee Williams extravaganza was a critical component of the school’s sesquicentennial celebration, reminding students that Williams not only attended “Washington U” – as the playwright famously referred to his alma mater in the “The Glass Menagerie” – but in fact withdrew in disgust when his play wasn’t good enough to win an award.
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