“Banquet of Secrets”: Australian Musical Theatre Comes of Age
Original Australian musical theatre seems to be a relatively well-kept secret. The existing...
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Cultural Differences Over Suicide Made For An Interesting Creative Process In “Eternal Chikamatsu”
In 2014, rising playwright and director Kenichi Tani translated Harold Pinter’s Old Times for an...
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Zainichi Dramas Delve Into Japan’s Shadows
“At last, the masterpiece Yakiniku Dragon (Korean Barbecue Dragon) is going to be staged again!”...
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Bolshoi Theater to Screen Best Performances on Video in the U.S.
Venues in the U.S. cities of New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston are set to screen some of the...
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“Crazy Camel” Helps Butoh Over The Hump
“Many people have a preconception about butoh — that it is performed by dancers whose bodies...
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Sydney Festival Review: “All The Sex I’ve Ever Had”
Before even entering the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House on the opening night of All The...
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Stages Of Enlightenment: Theatre In Hong Kong
Looking for theatre in Hong Kong? It’s fairly common to catch sight of a bright advertisement...
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Takehiro Hira Steps Into a 19th-Century Affair in the Award-Winning “Kaku Onna”
Tokyo was bathed in warm sunshine in the run-up to 2016, and when Takehiro Hira meets me at a...
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Thou Hadst Better Avoid Getting Teary–And King Leary–This Christmas
As the year’s major family holiday season arrives, now is a good time to consider how much about...
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Kama Ginkas Playing Games With Dostoevsky Again
After a 24 year hiatus, Russian director Kama Ginkas has again stepped into one of the most famous...
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“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy
In one sense every play staged is a play for its times. Something about it attracts, provokes or...
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Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts
Today, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural...
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Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations
It’s one hundred years since the birth of Gellu Naum, Romania’s greatest Surrealist poet. Two...
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Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?
An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...
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Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”
At its worst, Altine’s Wrath, written by Femi Osofisan (one of Nigeria’s better-known playwrights)...
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African Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics
The Western dramatic canon has been a source of irritation to some Afrocentrists, who see it as...
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Dinosaurs On Stage: “Jurassica” Continues Australia’s Proud Lineage Of Italian Migration Stories
The play Jurassica, currently being performed at St. Kilda Theatre in Melbourne, begins with “the...
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“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both
Last night, The Experiment – of which I’m part – opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of...
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Jules Wright, Courageous Australian Theatre Director, Died Earlier This Year–Did You Know?
Old soldiers fade away. Old theatre directors disappear more quickly. And old female directors can...
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If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...
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