Examining “Tommy” Through a Neurodiverse Lens
Ramps on the Moon’s adaptation of Pete Townsend’s 1969 concept album ‘Tommy’, toured the UK...
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Learning To Live: Two New Plays Examine Hong Kong’s High-Pressure Childhood
Children. They have the power to change everything. The power to change the future. At least...
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Praises To “Athena”
Yesterday I knew nothing about the playwright Gracie Gardner or The Hearth, a feminist theater...
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“Gundog” at The Royal Court
First the goats, and now the sheep—has this venue become an urban farm? Rural life, which was once...
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“Girls And Boys” at The Royal Court
This is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s...
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“Love In Hate Nation” Premieres At Penn State’s Playhouse
My Heart Felt That Sha La La The proscenium stage of the Playhouse has been converted into...
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Are Monologues The Best Or “The B*easts” At The Bush Theatre?
Monologues are increasingly popular in contemporary British theatre. In an age of austerity, they...
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Immersive “Julius Caesar” at The Bridge Theatre
“Two things only the people anxiously desire—bread and circuses,” said the Roman poet Juvenal. He...
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“Dutchman” At Secret Theater
One of New York City’s most dynamic young theater companies makes a bold addition to its...
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Serebrennikov’s “Nureyev” At Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre: Run, Rudy, Run!
The glass pavilions that appeared on Teatralnaya Square after the reconstruction of the Bolshoi...
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August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” Shows The Power Of A Voice
Seattle Rep’s “Two Trains Running” shows the power of standing up for what is right and finding your own voice in a sea of impossibility.
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“Siena” By La Veronal: Self Contemplation, Imagined Self-Destruction, And A Terrifying Sense Of The Human Body!
European performance is slipping through boundaries, transforming relationships between film,...
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Thomas Ostermeier’s “Returning To Reims”
Plays set in recording studios, in my experience, are usually stories of entrapment. The spaces...
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“Water By The Spoonful” At The Mark Taper Forum
From the moment the play begins, it doesn’t take long for anyone to understand why playwright...
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Jaclyn Backhaus’ “Men On Boats” (Re)Imagines History With Women Front And Center
In a city that still has a relatively conservative theatre community such as Houston, seeing ten...
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SIFA’s “Trojan Women”: An Allegory For Modern Times
Euripides’ play Trojan Women has been adapted and performed numerous times around the world, from...
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Nijinsky At The NAC: A Truly Cathartic Encounter Between The Dancer And His Creations
The National Ballet of Canada’s staging of John Neumeier’s Nijinsky, the artist who, by his...
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Men, The Internet, and Politics: “The Believers Are But Brothers” at The Bush Theatre
Do boys never leave the playground? Just when I was reasonably sure that the crisis of masculinity...
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“And So You See…”: The Irrational Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
It is as if Mozart were able to capture what death sounds like, in those moments when people run...
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Legacy Of Life: Rimini Protokoll’s “Nachlass: Pièces Sans Personnes”
Nachlass: German word composed of “nach” (after) and the verb “lassen” (to leave). “Nachlass”...
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