“The Black Monk”: Dramatism And A Large Dose Of Slapstick
Of all the great Russian writers of the second half of the nineteenth century, none perfected the...
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“Kumar50”: The Star of the Singapore Drag Scene
Marking Kumar’s 50th year alive, and the start of Dream Academy’s 2018 season at the Capitol...
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“In the Club”: Tackling Sexual Assault, Gender, and a Male Dominated Sports Culture
A new play by award-winning playwright Patricia Cornelius tackles the prevalence of sexual...
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Cherry Play “Rule Of Thumb” Captures Challenges And Culture Brilliantly
If you’re fortunate, you have at least one friend who’s a creative and adventurous cook—and who...
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“The Birthday Party”- A Classic That Never Grows Old
Toby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker, Stephen Mangan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Peter Wight, and Pearl Mackie make...
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“Butcher of Balkans” in Jester’s Attire: A Musical About Slobodan Milosevic
A musical about Slobodan Milosevic and his wife Mira dresses the “Butcher of Balkans”...
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Poland and The World of the Bad Change: The Theatre of the Eighth Day’s “And They Pitched a Tent Among Us”
For the last three years, liberal, pro-European Poland has been experiencing an identity crisis....
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Contemporary Poland in “Paragraph 196 (Exercises on Terror)” by the Theatre of the Eighth Day
The Theatre of the Eighth Day’s Paragraph 196 (exercises on terror) (Paragraf 196 kk (ćwiczenia z...
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“Humble Boy” at The Orange Tree Theatre: The Tragi-Comedy of Generational Conflict
Good programming is an art, and Paul Miller—artistic director at this venue—is clearly on a...
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“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment
Theatre adaptations of novels are on the rise this season. Of course, this is nothing new....
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“Idomeneus”: Digging For Truth In Myth
In the end, it’s all about the story. The story you remember, the story you want to tell,...
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Divine Comedy Festival 2017 Review: “Cezary Goes To War”
Cezary Goes To War [Cezary Idzie Na Wojnę], an autobiographical piece directed by Cezary...
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Why I Can’t Accept “Amy And The Orphans”
What do you do with a disabled child you can’t emotionally support? While not the biggest question...
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Opera Forward Festival: Amsterdam, March 2018
If you ask any resident of Amsterdam: “how did the National Opera House look from the...
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“Buggy Baby” at The Yard Theatre: How Can You Represent Trauma in The Theatre?
How can you represent trauma in the theatre? Let’s count the ways: the naturalistic way tells a...
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Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” at The Playhouse Theatre: Is It Possible to Get Too Much of American Politics?
Is it possible to get too much of American politics? With Donald Trump’s daily tweets invading our...
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“How Black Mother’s Say I Love You” Dissects Mother-Daughter Relationship
“I love you” doesn’t slip easily from Daphne’s tongue. But they are words that her grown...
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“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic
The late Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee is a punk classic. I think he was in his Fellini phase,...
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“The Second Woman”: A 24-Hour Lesson in the Gendered Performance of Intimacy
The idea that femininity is a social performance, while masculinity simply sets the coordinates...
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From the Space-Race to Filial Tensions, Robert Lepage’s “The Far Side of the Moon” Explores Reconciliation
In The Far Side of the Moon, Philippe and Andre, two estranged brothers, deal with the aftermath...
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