Rage and Fury: Calixto Bieito Stages Aribert Reimann’s “Lear” at the Teatro Real Madrid
Shakespeare’s King Lear has defied composers who refused invitations to render this bleakest...
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“Misericordia” (Mercy) at Madrid’s Teatro Valle Inclán: Families, (Auto)fiction and Exile
There is a lot to admire in Denise Despeyroux’s newest play produced by the Centro Dramático...
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“The Fantastical Fellowship:” Niche Comedy at Under St. Mark’s
For lovers of the fantastical and the geeky, the scene at Under St. Mark’s is one of nostalgia and...
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Sam Holcroft’s “A Mirror” at the Trafalgar Theatre
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
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Disability Representation and the Rise and Fall of How to Dance in Ohio
On Monday How to Dance in Ohio, one of the most hyped shows of the 2023 Broadway fall season,...
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Zoe Cooper’s Northanger Abbey at the Orange Tree Theatre: High Energy and Queer-eyed Adaptation of Jane Austen Classic
Jane Austen is not just a classic novelist — she’s a cultural institution and a national treasure....
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Long and Short Hatreds
Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic is a very good play about anti-Semitism that left...
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Dealing with a Difficult Past: Guillermo Calderón’s “Villa” at Santiago a Mil
Catching up with Guillermo Calderón’s Villa at Santiago a Mil after almost 12 years has been a...
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“El Lector Por Horas/Reader By The Hours.” A Successful Spanish Play That Also Deserves To Be A Global Hit
Sanchis Sinisterra is a Spanish playwright with a long career and many successes who is in the...
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Actor on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: “El Brote” (The Break) at Santiago a Mil
El Brote (The Break) is the tale of an actor who doesn’t feel he’s had the career breaks his...
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Performance and Politics: “Parlamento” (Parliament) Storms Santiago a Mil
Piel de Lava have been making work for 20 years and it shows. Elisa Carricajo, Valeria Correa,...
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Making a Film on Santiago’s Streets: “Efectos especiales” at Santiago a Mil
Think of a film set where the audience gathered on the streets are not fully aware that they are...
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Depression and discontents: Daniel Veronese’s staging of “La persona deprimida” (The Depressed Person) at Santiago a Mil
I read David Foster Wallace’s short story The Depressed Person soon after it was published in...
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From 1984 to 2024: Teatro Ictus’s “Primavera Con Una Esquina Rota” (Springtime In a Broken Mirror) at Santiago a Mil
Primavera con una esquina rota (Springtime in a broken mirror) has acquired a legendary status....
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“María Isabel” at Santiago a Mil: Staging Political Agency
How does one “write” a life for the stage? This question lies at the heart of Ana Luz...
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More Sickly Mansions
There are lots of reasons Americans have always loved family-dustup plays and exalted them with...
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Miguel del Arco’s “Rigoletto” at Madrid’s Teatro Real: In-Yer-Face Opera for In-Yer-Face Times
I am going to be honest. I didn’t see Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Real. I had wanted and planned to...
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Jack Thorne’s “The Motive and the Cue” at the Noël Coward Theatre: Jack Thorne’s History Play About Gielgud And Burton Transfers To The West End
This transfer of Jack Thorne’s hit National Theatre play to the West End has been hailed as...
Read More“Faded:” Beyond the Dance
Nabaggala Lillian Maximilian has outdone herself by covering a lot of ground recently. A few months ago, she premiered a dance theatre production, Nambi, and exhibited a short film, Faded in Berlin. And barely a month after the...
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At the End of the Land: an avalanche of images that invites us to sit alone in time and space together
At the End of the Land, a world premiere production by Western Australian interdisciplinary...
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