A “Self-Portrait” By Davide Enia
Playwright, actor, director and novelist Davide Enia had his first success as a theatrical...
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“The Cherry Orchard” By Benedict Andrews: A Stark Mirror For A Collapsing Present
Benedict Andrews’ reinvention of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann’s Warehouse raises the...
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Black and White. Aleksandr Volodin’s “Five Evenings,” directed by Eduard Tolokonnikov, produced by Polina Belkina, in New York City (March 20-30, May 28-June 15, 2025)
Soviet nonconformist art was emerged in the 1950s when artists dared to transcend the official...
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Conor McPherson’s The Brightening Air at the Old Vic: Wonderfully Numinous And Eccentric Account Of Family Life In 1980s Rural Ireland
Theatre needs mystery. In the darkened auditorium, with a crowd of strangers sharing your...
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A Play About Abortion – “Hypothetıcal Baby”
Hypothetical Baby is a one-woman show written and performed by Rachel Cairns, centered on her own...
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Five Young Performance Artists Unravel the Meaning of Tradition: A Review of “Practicing Freedom”
In the intimate setting of a small black box theatre, audience members find themselves not in the...
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Queer Surrealism in Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods
Space Lesbians! Portals! Psychic Sisters! Oh my! These are just some of the elements introduced in...
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“Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink”
At Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre, Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink (Schegge di...
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Julia Grogan’s Playfight at the Soho Theatre: Superbly Punchy Teen Drama That Electrifies The Senses And Engages The Emotions
Coming of age stories are more or less all the same. But what distinguishes Julia Grogan’s...
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Uncle Actor
Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...
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Robert Icke’s Manhunt at the Royal Court Theatre: Terrifyingly Powerful Account Of Toxic Masculinity And Murderous Rage
Are we really in “a new era of male anger, societal discontent and rage”? This is what Royal Court...
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“Liberation.” Roundabout Theatre. Look Back to Know Where You Are
Did you knit your scarf? A woman asked me while we were waiting in the line for the restroom. No!...
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The Beauty of Cultural Specificity in “Bubble Schmeisis”
The room is thick with steam (ok, it’s smoke machine smoke), an accordion and clarinet cycle...
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Underneath the Grass Roots
Alice Childress has been having a moment the past few years. This extraordinary Black playwright,...
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Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment
Anxiety. Apprehension. Angst even. Yes, that’s the feeling that rises in me as I come into the...
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The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company
Much like the women it centers on, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation is rebellious and not...
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Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles
One of the joys of contemporary playwriting is its openness to flexible casting. In Ruby Thomas’s...
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Brave New Theatrical World or One Flew Over the 21st Century’s Cuckoo’s Nest?: “Nexxt”
The theatrical kamikaze that destroys all the mechanisms of the world and itself—that is, theatre...
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An Innovative “Romeo E Giulietta” In Milan
In February I caught Antonio Syxty’s staging of Romeo e Giulietta (Romeo and Juliet) at Milan’s...
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Woman Is A Changeling: Redefining Femininity In “Maiden Mother Crone”
But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape Just when you think you have it figured out...
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