Simon Stephens’ “Nuclear War” at The Royal Court Theatre
Text can sometimes be a prison. At its best, postwar British theatre is a writer’s theatre, with...
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Month: May 2017
“The Pulverised” at the Arcola Theatre
In the growing xenophobic atmosphere of Brexit it is a relief to see a show from Europe, to get a...
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Frank Wedekind’s “Spring Awakening” Comes to Japan
The old never give the young an easy time. “They think they know everything,” “They’re lazy” — the...
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“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” on Broadway
My companion at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new Broadway musical adaptation of Roald...
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“Sensuality of Action”: Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” on Broadway
Indecent is the new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, belated making her...
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Boston Lyric Opera’s “The Marriage of Figaro
Boston Lyric Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro opened on Friday to an audience that the John Hancock...
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The Documentary Doubles of Milo Rau
Realistic rituals Milo Rau and the International Institute of Political Murder. The Swiss...
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Mourning in America: Target Margin Brings O’Neill’s Ghosts to Life
Though regarded by many as the father of American drama, Eugene O’Neill correctly diagnosed...
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“La Sección”: Women Submission and Indoctrination. So Far, so Close
La Sección recovers the figure of three women to draw a robot sketch of the submission, obedience...
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Lady Macbeth Sings Traditional Korean Ballad: An Interview With Tae-Sook Han
Tae-sook Han’s 2016 production of Lady Macbeth, a Changgeuk (Korean traditional opera),...
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Vigor Mortis Visits Dr. Lucchetti’s Grisly Universe
“I have a horror of reality. That’s why I’m a fiction writer” – RF Lucchetti...
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The Power Hunger: Jeton Neziraj’s “Balkan Brothel”
“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of...
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Martin Crimp’s “The Treatment” at Almeida Theatre
Playwright Martin Crimp’s 1993 satirical epic, The Treatment, is a fabulous work, but it’s rarely...
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Russian Puppetry
It is natural for humans to animate and anthropomorphize anything they touch. Puppetry is a...
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The Critically Performative Work Of Hassan Khan
MMK3 is the smallest of Frankfurt’s Museum für Moderne Kunst’s three buildings, and...
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