“Shakespeare’s Will” at Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh PA, USA
When William Shakespeare died in 1616, he left behind dozens of plays and hundreds of poems, but...
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“Orpheus and Eurydice:” A Bold Reimagining Through Circus and Opera
Orpheus and Eurydice, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The story of...
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“OpeRamayana:” A New Approach to Teaching the Next Generation of Theatre-goers
Animal characters are protagonists in Crea-Shakthi’s latest take on The Ramayana. Nala and Nila,...
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Stop the World, I Want to Get Off! In “Exit Strategies,” One Woman Leaves and Leaves Again
To perform an exit is not as simple as it sounds. In fact, exiting a situation can be almost...
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Bringing a Greek Tragedy to 21st-Century Japan
What is it about stories from the ancient world that attracts contemporary dramatists? One person...
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Nostalgia on Parade: “White Christmas” on Tour in Boston
When the full company of the touring cast of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas bursts into the...
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Sven Ratzke In “Where Are We Now?” At La MaMa
The ghost of David Bowie is alive and well and residing in the basement of La MaMa’s...
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Terra Incognita Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia
It’s in our laugh and in our tears And in the pulsation of our veins Change! We are longing...
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The Puppets Are Changing: “The Weak Year” at The Academy of Theatre Arts in Wrocław
The play begins with an entrance exam. Clad in suit jackets, a group of women and men sit onstage...
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“School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play” at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA
The title of Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play tells you a certain...
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“Dance Nation” at Barebones Productions, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Allow me to introduce you to the fierce yet fragile preteens who populate Clare Barron’s savagely...
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“One Night in Miami…” at City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
After he won the World Heavyweight Championship by roundly defeating Sonny Liston on February...
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“Midnight Movie” at The Royal Court
Eve Leigh is an experimental playwright who has tackled difficult issues for more than a decade....
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“Judgement Day”: Illusions of Grandeur
Two years ago, the British director Richard Jones brought a stunning production of Eugene...
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Dressing Room with a Bathrobe and a Gas Mask. “Trump and the Field of Maize” at the Polski Theatre, Bydgoszcz
Like two other plays that premiered this year, Agata Siniarska’s You Are Safe, and The Last One...
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Lucy McCormick: Post-Popular at Soho Theatre
Lucy McCormick specializes in historical re-enactments, she tells us, and she is here to play all...
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“There Will Be No Intermission”: Amanda Palmer Speaks Truth in Major Keys
Amanda Palmer has not come to entertain. Instead, she has written and designed what feels like an...
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Shelagh Delaney’s “A Taste of Honey” at the Trafalgar Studios
It is hard to believe that Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was only nineteen. This...
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“Inchoate Buzz:” A Testing Ground for Interaction and Interdisciplinarity
How far can bodily interaction amongst the audience members, with performance objects, and with...
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Who? Whoo! “Other Than We:”Karen Malpede’s Latest Eco-Feminist Play at La MaMa
Karen Malpede’s plays scream “Pay Attention.” Thus I titled my 2001 New York Times article on I...
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