Alumni in the News: September 9, 2024

We Live In Cairo, a musical by Daniel Lazour ’16 and his brother, Patrick, will begin previews at New York Theatre Workshop on Oct. 9 and open on Oct. 27. Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, Cairo follows six student activists who use street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach ’99 is nominated for a 2024 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Cousin Richie on The Bear; Moss-Bachrach won the 2023 Emmy in the same category. The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 15.

On Aug. 26, it was announced that actor Matthew Fox ’89 will join the cast of The Madison, a spin-off of the popular ranching drama Yellowstone. Fox is best known for his roles on the hit shows Lost and Party of Five.

Journalist Bari Weiss ’07 was the subject of the Aug. 11 New York Times feature “Bari Weiss Knows Exactly What She’s Doing.” Weiss is the founder and editor of the media company The Free Press.

Sugarcane, the debut documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat ’15 and Emily Kassie, premiered on Aug. 9. The film details a groundbreaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school; Sugarcane won a jury prize for documentary direction at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch ’88 was the subject of the Aug. 4 New York Times opinion column, “Neil Gorsuch Has a Few Thoughts About America Today.” Gorsuch has served on the U.S. Supreme Court since 2017.

Fencer Jackie Dubrovich ’16 won a gold medal for the United States at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1 as part of the women’s foil squad. Dubrovich, with teammates Maia Mei Weintraub, Lauren Scruggs and Lee Kiefer, defeated top-seeded Italy 45–39 to secure the top spot on the podium. Dubrovich is the first Columbia fencer to win Olympic gold.

In July, Patrick Radden Keefe ’99’s 2019 book Say Nothing: The True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was ranked Number 19 in The New York Times list “The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” Say Nothing won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction and was named one of the Top 10 Books of 2019 by both the Times and The Washington Post.