Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at The National Theatre: Busy Highly Stylized Revival Is All Spectacle And No Emotion
Okay, this is odd. The original novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, first published in 1782, features...
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Adaptation
When It Comes For Us: “Prophet Song”
Adapted from the Booker Prize–winning novel by Irish author Paul Lynch, Prophet Song is staged by...
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Fassbinder Takes The Stage At The Schaubühne
I first saw Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Film, The Marriage of Maria Braun not long after it first...
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The Piccolo Theatro’s “Miracle In Milan”
On the opening night of Miracle in Milan at the Piccolo Teatro Strehler, the excitement of the...
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“Hamlet²” (“Amleto²”)
In late January and early February, Filippo Timi’s Hamlet² played to full houses at the 500-seater...
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Inside Chicago Court Theatre’s “Berlin”–Turning a Graphic Novel into Live Theatre: An Exclusive Interview with Playwright Mickle Maher
Praised by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the most original voices in American theater today,”...
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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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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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