“Hadestown,” National Theatre, Review: Folk Opera That Dazzles Despite Its Imperfections
When the lights go out for the interval midway through Hadestown, I’m already making a mental list...
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“The Hoes” at The Hampstead Theatre
Because of the #MeToo movement, and the revival of feminist protest, the theme of sisterhood now...
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Puccini’s “Turandot” In Galati: From The Fairy Tale To The Inner Life
In 2018, the Nae Leonard Teatrul Muzical in Galati, Romania, was declared the National Opera...
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Hong Kong Ballet’s “Giselle” at Hong Kong Cultural Centre
With a new artistic director leading a traditional art form to the frontier, Hong Kong Ballet...
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“Blue Kettle” And “Here We Go”: A First Rate Revival Of Two Of Caryl Churchill’s Plays
The Boston Commonwealth Shakespeare Company began life as a summer program over twenty years ago...
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“Muhnochini”: Wrestling With Feminine Forces
The quiet drone of a tanpura marks the meditative beginnings of a new solo performance that opened...
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Pioneering Black Superstar Immortalized on Stage
Josephine Baker tribute shows garner favourable reviews across the world.
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Battlefield Generations: On The Iraqi Theatre Play “A Smell Of War”
A Smell Of War was staged in Cairo within the Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and...
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“OnlyHuman” At Danspace Project
In the celebratory cookbook Cake, Maira Kalman writes: “When we lived in Rome we had a party...
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Don DeLillo’s “Love-Lies-Bleeding” At The Coronet Theatre
Plays about old age are also often plays about death. This is certainly true of American novelist...
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Examining Gender Issues Through An Ancient Myth: 27 Degrees’ “Medusa” At Crypt Gallery
In Greek and Roman mythology, Medusa the Gorgon is a hideous, monstrous woman with snakes in place...
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Stan Lai: Between Laughter And Tears
Part of the Asian Theatremakers series At the height of the fear and panic caused by the SARS...
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(LA)Phil/The Industry Flexes Fluxus With Cage’s “Europeras”
John Cage’s Europera 1 and Europera 2, (aka Europeras 1 & 2) was presented by The...
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“Fun Home”: An Extraordinary Musical
Fun Home, the multi-Tony award winning musical is making its Boston début at SpeakEasy and a fine...
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“The Drowning Girls”: A Story Of Misogyny And Murder
There’s not much on the stage. Three bathtubs, a metal dress form and shower head hanging above...
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A Tragedy With A Happy Ending: “The Emperor And The Concubine” By The China National Peking Opera Company At London’s Sadler’s Wells
The long-term collaboration between the China National Peking Opera Company (Guojia jingju yuan)...
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Going To War And Making Revolution At The Bâtard Festival
Cezary Goes To War by Cezary Tomaszewksi and Tell Me About The Revolution by Farbod Fathinejadfard...
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Nick Stafford’s “War Horse” At The National Theatre
In the days after the widespread commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the end of the first...
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Wit’s End: Will Eno’s “Thom Pain”
“So, a horse walks into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Why the long face?’ And the horse says, ‘I’m...
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Ecce Homo: “The Great Tamer,” By Dimitris Papaioannou. Dance Umbrella Festival 2018, London, Sadler’s Wells
A curved, declivitous, dark-grey hill, built from large, rectangular vinyl blocks–reminiscent of...
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