“Dangerous Acts Starring The Unstable Elements Of Belarus”: Review By Jesse Kirkwood
“Belarus is not sexy. Sexy countries have oil, gas, diamonds, sea, mountains … Belarus has...
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The Profound Effect of Russian Plays on Nicola McCartney
This is the second installment in John Freedman’s TheaterPlus video blog, which now appears...
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Pinchgut’s “Iphigénie En Tauride”: A Work Of Pure Theatrical Magic
In any Opera History 101 course, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) is cited as one of the...
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Comparing New York and Parisian Theatre
American playwright, translator, and journalist Amelia Parenteau is currently in residence in...
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Sasha Dugdale Recalls the Origins of New Drama in Russia
Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...
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China’s “Cherry Orchard”
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress,” said Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), “when...
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A Singing General
The premiere of the opera Coriolanus based on a play by Shakespeare and staged by Vlad Troitsky is...
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Can Keene/Taylor’s New Play “Dreamers” Keep Us From Despair?
More than ten years after the last production by the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project (KTTP),...
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Interview With the Creative Team of “Notes from Underground”
British actor Harry Lloyd and French director Gérald Garutti’s stage adaptation of the Fyodor...
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Unifying Shakespeare: Globe Theatre’s Russian Tour Ends On Thrilling Note
Visit closes with Moscow performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. London’s Globe...
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Intermittence Du Spectacle
Since moving back to Paris this fall, I’ve been making my rounds at the theater, sampling this...
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Colombian Patricia Ariza Receives International Theatre Award
Colombian playwright, director, producer, dramaturg and actor, Patricia Ariza receives the 2014...
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Jeff Burchfield’s “Dream Come True” in Berlin
Theatre and Opera Editor Marcina Zaccaria spoke with actor Jeff Burchfield in 2014, who was...
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The Mariinsky Dramatizes Difference With A Wry Look At The “Two Camps”
St. Petersburg company returns to the UK with classic works contrasting Russian characters with...
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Tom Stoppard Backs Moscow’s Teatr.doc
British playwright, director, and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has written an open letter in support...
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Striking, Original Theatre: Heiner Goebbels At The Melbourne Festival
When the Mountain Changed its Clothing, the Heiner Goebbels-directed show currently on at the...
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Big hART’s “Hipbone Sticking Out”: Truthful And Ambitious Theatre
Hipbone Sticking Out, the Big hART production now playing at the Melbourne Festival, begins in...
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Vladimir Sorokin Takes The Stage
The premier of Telluria caused little controversy when it opened in St. Petersburg. Maybe Russian...
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Mikhailovsky Theater Ready For Its Turn In The Spotlight
While not as well known as the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky, the Mikhailovsky Theater’s leadership...
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“The Complexity Of Belonging” At The Melbourne Festival–Reviewed
I’ve often lamented that choosing to study the most complex organisms on Earth was the dumbest...
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