Dostoevsky on Stage. “The Mutt” by Anoushka Nesterova and Elena Che at the IATI Theater, New York
Dostoevsky is hard to read, harder to translate, and even harder to adapt for stage. The Mutt by...
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Adaptation
Adaptations On The German Stage (2): “Der Schimmelreiter” In Oldenburg
Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider on the White Horse) is a novella by German writer Theodor Storm...
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Evil Can Appear Beautiful
Two major productions of Richard III are touring Italy in the present season, a sign perhaps that...
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#Me Too Oedipus
The British directing star Robert Icke specializes in contemporary adaptations of classics. He...
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3sisters at the Novi Sad Theatre
Before the audience of the play 3sisters, with their eyes wide open, a music box, the girls on...
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Tanika Gupta’s “Hedda” at the Orange Tree Theatre: A Fresh And Fascinating Reinterpretation Of A Classic Which Foregrounds The Issues Of Race And Empire
In 2023, Malaysian actor Michelle Yeoh won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in...
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Taking A Hit
James Graham’s play Punch tells the true story of a shiftless, belligerent rowdy who heedlessly...
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Cruelty, Guilt, And Redemption Intertwine In “The Mutt” At IATI Theater
With minimal décor and symbolism in every gesture, The Mutt — an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The...
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“Swan Song”: Between Prophecy and Epitaph
A provincial theatre celebrates an anniversary. In the dressing room — two men: a comic and a...
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Fix+Foxy’s “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen: A Playful Study in Radical Intimacy
Imagine Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, staged as a sort of salon game, in a real couple’s home serving as...
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Uncle Actor
Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...
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Eline Arbo’s The Years At The Harold Pinter Theatre: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux’s Book Gets A Problematic West-End Staging
Marketing is the new real. For many years, in theatre as elsewhere in society, the most important...
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Roy Williams’s The Lonely Londoners at the Kiln Theatre: Superb Stage Adaptation Of The Classic Sam Selvon Windrush Novel
Is resilience the most powerful character trait? When you think about the suffering of the...
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Robert Icke’s Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre: Lots Of Stunning Acting Compensates For Some Questionable Writing
The myth of Oedipus is so central to our psychic world that I was really surprised how many people...
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Meet ONG Keng Sen, the Artistic Director of Singapore’s T:>Works and Keynote Speaker at the 2024 Singapore Literature Festival in NYC
The 6th biennial Singapore Literature Festival is held in New York City on October 19 and 20,...
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I had the opportunity to interview frequent collaborators, writer-director Oscar Barney Finn and...
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“Macbeth (An Undoing)”: A New Take That Aims To Reimagine Lady Macbeth’s Path – But Ultimately Leaves You Guessing
What if significant portions of William Shakespeare’s text for Macbeth had been lost, leading to a...
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Sydney Theatre Company’s “Dracula”: A Virtuosic Performance, Sexy Staging, And A Queer Rewriting
The figure of Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and...
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The southern city of Ōtepoti/Dunedin has played an important role in the history of Samuel Beckett...
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