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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Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot
How long would you wait for your soulmate? In “The Demon Lover”, a short story by Elizabeth Bowen,...
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Victor’s Journey
Rarely have I spent such an intense ninety minutes watching a show, as I did the other evening at...
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Review Of “Bernarda Albas Haus,” Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Première 2 November 2024.
Interpretations in cultures and languages external to Spain have been integral to the survival of...
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Giuliana Musso Performs Franz Kafka’s “The Ape”
In his short story, A Report to an Academy, written and published in 1917, Franz Kafka imagines...
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Coral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience
Diaries are dynamite — they hold secrets, and secrets can tear families apart. In Coral Wylie’s...
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Laura Horton’s Lynn Faces at the New Diorama Theatre: Surreal Gig Theatre Event Explores Coercive Control Through Comedy
British people are socially awkward: this explains why we talk about the weather, queue...
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Show/Boat: A River Slashes Open an Old Classic
“The singing is nice, but the staging is atrocious.” So remarked the couple sitting behind me at...
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The Horror of Mundanity in NYTW’s A Knock On the Roof
Any frequent theater-goer is likely familiar with the “two block rule”, a piece of etiquette that...
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Dropping Balms
With the United States now governed by swaggering, ignorant bigots spewing xenophobic venom,...
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Eline Arbo’s The Years At The Harold Pinter Theatre: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux’s Book Gets A Problematic West-End Staging
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