Lucy Prebble’s “The Effect” At The National Theatre: Non-White Cast Bring A New Energy To This Contemporary Classic
Success always opens doors. Ever since the HBO drama Succession was lauded as a huge international...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: “Lucy and Friends,” Pleasance Courtyard
Lucy McCormick used to do music gigs and re-enactments, but she has now put her past and her...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: #Danish Ed Fringe
There is a little red brochure going around the Edinburgh Fringe titled #Danish. It represents the...
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Big In Belgium At The Edinburgh Fringe 2023
It was exactly ten years ago that Big in Belgium – a season of work from Flanders – was first...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “FOOD” By Geoff Sobelle
You would not have been wrong to expect a feast in this show set at a giant dining table, fully...
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“Rock Follies” Review: Powerful New Musical Brings 1970s Feminist TV Sensation to the Stage
Rock Follies was a groundbreaking television series about an all-female rock band that originally...
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Poland at The Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Lubuski Teatr’s “Gusła” And The Song Of The Goat’s “Andronicus Synecdoche”
Thanks to the early 20th century ethnographic research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, the word...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “Trojan Women” By The National Theatre Of Korea
There are multiple ways to admire this production of a Greek classic, directed by Singaporean Ong...
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Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa At The National Theatre London
The recent production of Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa at London’s National Theatre offers its...
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“Habitat” by Doris Uhlich: Performing a Landscape of Naked Bodies
In Ways of Seeing (1972), John Berger stated that “the way we see things is affected by what...
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Natalia Lizorkina’s “Vanya is Alive” Is Both A Play and Witness Statement
Vanya is alive; Vanya is alive and healthy; Vanya is alive and healthy and totally free. And we...
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I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer
Review: On The Beach, directed by Kip Williams. When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the...
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“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic
Trauma is the source of identity politics. In the case of African-Americans, the experience of...
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“Kiss” at the Wilma Theater
Directed by Fadi Skeiker with Wilma Hothouse Company favorites, the show’s physical and visual...
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Stephen Brown And Mark Rylance’s “Dr Semmelweis” At The Harold Pinter Theatre
Today’s obvious was most likely yesterday’s incredible. This is the conceit at the heart of Dr...
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Monsters, Mayhem, and Maturation: “The Trouble with Dead Boyfriends” at the Players Theatre
Upon one’s first step into the Players Theatre, one knows exactly what they’re in for. The stage...
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Sarah Middleton’s “Shewolves” at the Southwark Playhouse: Energetic Teen Fairy Tale
Climate-change activist Greta Thunberg is great at doing two things: irritating complacent adults...
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James Graham’s “Dear England” At The National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes Plays A Mesmerizing Soccer Manager In This Sport-Of-The-Nation Drama
James Graham’s Dear England at the National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes plays a mesmerizing soccer manager in this sport-of-the-nation drama
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A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation
Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...
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Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman” at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Martin McDonagh is perhaps better known today globally for his recent accomplishments on screen as...
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