“Heartlines”: An Engaging New Drama That Opens the World for Women Artists in Europe
Heartlines closes the spring season of 2022 in the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. It is...
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Post-Factual Theater: “MJ” on Broadway
On the way to a play one day in early 2019, I climbed out of the subway at 8th Avenue and 44th St....
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Unmanly Griefs: Robert Icke’s “Hamlet”
The first ten minutes of Robert Icke’s 3 ¾-hour Hamlet had me worried. Icke is a British directing...
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“Bangers,” Soho Theatre
Is gig theater the latest sugar rush? Okay, it ups the brain’s serotonin levels and charges around...
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Comic Anticlimax in Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s “Set Piece”
Review: Set Piece, by Nat Randall and Anna Breckon, for Rising. Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s Set...
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“Penelope”: A Fresh Take on Homer’s Classic Epic Poem
The new musical Penelope by the York Theatre Company was a fresh and hilarious comedic take on...
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Comfort in the Unknown: SOCIETY’s “The Strangers Came Today”
How is theater like a support group? This question struck me upon entering The Strangers Came...
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The Awe-Inspiring and Vibrant World of Cirque du Soleil’s “CRYSTAL”: Circus On and Above Ice
An incredible spectacle, Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL is an artistic feat, blending circus arts with...
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Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asexuality and Autism in “The Slug Show”
As London celebratess the 50th anniversary of the Pride Parade on July 2, I’m reminded of the only...
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“Bronx Gothic” by Okwui Okpokwasili
On May 8, 2022, Nigerian-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic (2014) at...
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Pandemonium Magic: “The Hang” at HERE
Taylor Mac is one of those magi of pandemonium who knows how to breach the defenses of people like...
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Cut From Different Cloth: “Intimate Apparel” at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
I went to the new opera Intimate Apparel because the 2003 play it was made from is one of my...
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Mukha Mugam Returns to the Stage with “The View From Above,” A Macbeth-Inspired Political Satire
For most of the last two years, Bengaluru-based actor and playwright Spatica Ramanujam was feeling...
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“Anything & Everything” Gives Us a Glance Into the Lives Teenagers are Constructing Online
Review: Anything & Everything, Platform Arts, infinity ensemble for Rising. Anything &...
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“Shadow Boxing” at Baxter Masambe Theatre
SHADOW BOXING. Director/Choreographer: Mdu Kweyama. Cast: Daniel Newton. Masambe Theatre at the...
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“Borderland, maldita cabeza,” Mental Health Debate Enters into the Limits of a New Opera
A contemporary opera has conquered one of the oldest and prettiest theaters in Spain. It is titled...
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“We’ll Meet Again” Review
We’ll Meet Again Richard Loring’s nostalgic musical tribute to World War II. Director/Set...
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“Lotus Beauty,” Hampstead Theatre
Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...
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“House of Ife,” Bush Theatre
In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...
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The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre
“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...
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