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Ruby Thomas’s “Either” at the Hampstead Theatre: Intriguing Questioning of Gender Identity

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Oct 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Once there were radically innovative playwrights; then came university courses about radically...

This Fairy-Tale Adaptation is a Multi-Sensory Experience.

Posted by M. Dinesh Varma | 4th Oct 2019 | India, Review, Sweden, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transmedia

Swiss theatre company Trickster-p’s production .h.g. is based on the classic Hansel and Gretel, by...

“Venus vs Modernity”: Rethinking Sara Baartman

Posted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 4th Oct 2019 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

“Venus vs Modernity” centers on South African icon Saartjie Baartman whose horrific experiences of exploitation have become a reference point for black women’s body image and representation worldwide.

Trains and Transcendence in “Passengers” at ArtsEmerson

Posted by Matthew McMahan | 3rd Oct 2019 | Boston, Canada, Review, United States of America

ArtsEmerson has invited its perennial favorite, the circus company from Quebec Le Sept Doigt de la...

It is a Different Take on “Mahabharat:” Puneet Issar on Directing the Epic on Stage

Posted by Shilpa Sebastian R | 3rd Oct 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Religion

Puneet Issar, who plays Duryodhan in BR Chopra’s renowned television show, says his version of the...

Minding the Mind: Cerebral Rapper Baba Brinkman Occupies SoHo Playhouse, New York

Posted by Donald Brown | 2nd Oct 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guides in Repertory This Fall For starters, you might be skeptical that a...

“Nixon’s Nixon”: A Revival at the New Repertory Theatre

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 1st Oct 2019 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Nixon’s Nixon by Russell Lees opened on Broadway in 1996 almost two years to the day of the...

Vignesh Ratnam’s “Pattambi”

Posted by Kumaresh K.R. | 1st Oct 2019 | Acting, India, Review

Vignesh Ratnam’s play, Pattambi, written by Ratnam Koothapiran, is certainly of a different kind....

“The Ugly One:” Re-adaptation Attempts Face-Lift

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 1st Oct 2019 | Adaptation, Canada, Germany, Review

Marius von Mayenburg, author of The Ugly One, representing the new young German Theatre, is...

“A Play is a Poem” by Ethan Coen at Mark Taper Forum

Posted by Christine Deitner | 30th Sep 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

“Das Boot – on a boat.” The Center Theatre Group presents a particularly...

“Slave Play”: Can a Subaltern Consent?

Posted by Magda Romanska | 29th Sep 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

Disclaimer: I was Jeremy’s teacher at Yale during the time he wrote Slave Play, so this isn’t a...

Caryl Churchill’s “Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.” at The Royal Court Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 29th Sep 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

There is no denying that Cary Churchill is the greatest living British playwright. So, what you...

The WaxFactory’s “Lulu XX”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 28th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Design, New York, Review, Theatre and Film, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The WaxFactory’s new production Lulu XX is many steps away from originality. The heart of the play...

Poetic Political Theatre: A Review of “The Secret River” by Kate Grenville, Adapted by Andrew Bovell

Posted by Katalin Trencsényi | 28th Sep 2019 | Australia, London, Review, United Kingdom

The Sydney Theatre Company’s 2013 landmark staging of The Secret River to the United Kingdom was...

Lesley Storm’s “Black Chiffon” at the Park Theatre: 1940s Psychological Thriller Revived

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Sep 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

In British plays of the postwar period, before the liberated 1960s, there is always an unresolved...

“Sunday” at Atlantic Theater Company

Posted by Andrew Agress | 27th Sep 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

Hot off the heels of the success of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, playwright Jack Thorne has...

Nora is Back: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” on The Catalan Stage

Posted by Maria Delgado | 23rd Sep 2019 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender

Lucas Hnath takes a “what if” scenario as the central conceit of his sequel to Ibsen’s A Doll’s...

“La Traviata”: The Last Masterpiece of Franco Zeffirelli, at the Arena Opera Festival

Posted by Maria Pia Pagani | 23rd Sep 2019 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Theatre and Opera

“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...

Abhinaya Steals The Show at Kalakshetra Kathakali Festival

Posted by V.V. Ramani | 23rd Sep 2019 | Festivals, India, Review, Theatre and Dance

Through sensitive expressions and movements, the artistes conveyed the mood. The beauty of the...

“Distancias Cortas” (Short Distances): Four Spaces, Four Moments

Posted by Lorena Meeser | 23rd Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, Mexico, Review

A wonderful experience of intimate theatre. Distancias Cortas is a scenic production that presents...

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Review

Ruby Thomas’s “Either” at the Hampstead Theatre: Intriguing Questioning of Gender Identity

This Fairy-Tale Adaptation is a Multi-Sensory Experience.

“Venus vs Modernity”: Rethinking Sara Baartman

Trains and Transcendence in “Passengers” at ArtsEmerson

It is a Different Take on “Mahabharat:” Puneet Issar on Directing the Epic on Stage

Minding the Mind: Cerebral Rapper Baba Brinkman Occupies SoHo Playhouse, New York

“Nixon’s Nixon”: A Revival at the New Repertory Theatre

Vignesh Ratnam’s “Pattambi”

“The Ugly One:” Re-adaptation Attempts Face-Lift

“A Play is a Poem” by Ethan Coen at Mark Taper Forum

“Slave Play”: Can a Subaltern Consent?

Caryl Churchill’s “Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.” at The Royal Court Theatre

The WaxFactory’s “Lulu XX”

Poetic Political Theatre: A Review of “The Secret River” by Kate Grenville, Adapted by Andrew Bovell

Lesley Storm’s “Black Chiffon” at the Park Theatre: 1940s Psychological Thriller Revived

“Sunday” at Atlantic Theater Company

Nora is Back: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” on The Catalan Stage

“La Traviata”: The Last Masterpiece of Franco Zeffirelli, at the Arena Opera Festival

Abhinaya Steals The Show at Kalakshetra Kathakali Festival

“Distancias Cortas” (Short Distances): Four Spaces, Four Moments

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