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Comfort in the Unknown: SOCIETY’s “The Strangers Came Today”

Posted by Andrew Agress | 11th Jul 2022 | Directing, Dramaturgy, New York, Review, United States of America

How is theater like a support group? This question struck me upon entering The Strangers Came...

The Awe-Inspiring and Vibrant World of Cirque du Soleil’s “CRYSTAL”: Circus On and Above Ice

Posted by Megan C. McCormick | 8th Jul 2022 | Boston, Canada, Design, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

An incredible spectacle, Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL is an artistic feat, blending circus arts with...

Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asexuality and Autism in “The Slug Show”

Posted by Yizhou Zhang | 5th Jul 2022 | China, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom

As London celebratess the 50th anniversary of the Pride Parade on July 2, I’m reminded of the only...

“Bronx Gothic” by Okwui Okpokwasili

Posted by Eylül Fidan Akıncı | 4th Jul 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America

On May 8, 2022, Nigerian-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic (2014) at...

Pandemonium Magic: “The Hang” at HERE

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Jul 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Taylor Mac is one of those magi of pandemonium who knows how to breach the defenses of people like...

Cut From Different Cloth: “Intimate Apparel” at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 1st Jul 2022 | New York, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

I went to the new opera Intimate Apparel because the 2003 play it was made from is one of my...

Mukha Mugam Returns to the Stage with “The View From Above,” A Macbeth-Inspired Political Satire

Posted by Praveen Sudevan | 30th Jun 2022 | India, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics

For most of the last two years, Bengaluru-based actor and playwright Spatica Ramanujam was feeling...

“Anything & Everything” Gives Us a Glance Into the Lives Teenagers are Constructing Online

Posted by Thuy Tran | 29th Jun 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transmedia

Review: Anything & Everything, Platform Arts, infinity ensemble for Rising. Anything &...

“Shadow Boxing” at Baxter Masambe Theatre

Posted by Beverley Brommert | 28th Jun 2022 | Acting, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, South Africa

SHADOW BOXING. Director/Choreographer: Mdu Kweyama. Cast: Daniel Newton. Masambe Theatre at the...

“Borderland, maldita cabeza,” Mental Health Debate Enters into the Limits of a New Opera

Posted by Antonio Hernández Nieto | 27th Jun 2022 | Design, Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Opera

A contemporary opera has conquered one of the oldest and prettiest theaters in Spain. It is titled...

“We’ll Meet Again” Review

Posted by Sheila Chisholm | 24th Jun 2022 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Politics

We’ll Meet Again Richard Loring’s nostalgic musical tribute to World War II. Director/Set...

“Lotus Beauty,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jun 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...

“House of Ife,” Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom

In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...

The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre

Posted by Vassili Schedrin | 17th Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, New York, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...

Black Second-Act Problems: “Black No More” by The New Group

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Jun 2022 | Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America

In my time as a critic I’ve noticed on numerous occasions that musicals rooted in political...

“The Haunting of Susan A” at The King’s Head Theatre

Posted by Konrad Zielinski | 14th Jun 2022 | Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Konrad: Hello, I’m Konrad. I’m here to share an account of the production of Mark Ravenhill’s The...

The Beast is Back: Radiotheatre’s Live Audio Play “King Kong”

Posted by Emily Cordes | 12th Jun 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

Since its original 1933 film debut, the story of King Kong has become a mainstay of America’s, and...

Frenemies and Freedom: “Confederates,” Signature Theatre

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 11th Jun 2022 | Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Dominique Morisseau is aware that most of her fans see her as a predominantly naturalistic...

Fresh “Ham” at the Public

Posted by Jack Wernick | 7th Jun 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America

Fat Ham arrives at the Public Theater for its first live production following the Zoom staging by...

Missing Mason Jars —”Take Me Out,” Second Stage

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Jun 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Walking out of the spiffy new production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, my canny friend Tom,...

Review

Comfort in the Unknown: SOCIETY’s “The Strangers Came Today”

The Awe-Inspiring and Vibrant World of Cirque du Soleil’s “CRYSTAL”: Circus On and Above Ice

Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asexuality and Autism in “The Slug Show”

“Bronx Gothic” by Okwui Okpokwasili

Pandemonium Magic: “The Hang” at HERE

Cut From Different Cloth: “Intimate Apparel” at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Mukha Mugam Returns to the Stage with “The View From Above,” A Macbeth-Inspired Political Satire

“Shadow Boxing” at Baxter Masambe Theatre

“Borderland, maldita cabeza,” Mental Health Debate Enters into the Limits of a New Opera

“We’ll Meet Again” Review

“Lotus Beauty,” Hampstead Theatre

“House of Ife,” Bush Theatre

The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre

Black Second-Act Problems: “Black No More” by The New Group

“The Haunting of Susan A” at The King’s Head Theatre

The Beast is Back: Radiotheatre’s Live Audio Play “King Kong”

Frenemies and Freedom: “Confederates,” Signature Theatre

Fresh “Ham” at the Public

Missing Mason Jars —”Take Me Out,” Second Stage

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