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Adaptations On The German Stage (3): Theater Bremen Is Keen On The Long Haul

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 10th Apr 2026 | Adaptation, Germany, Review

David Safier was born in Bremen in 1966. He trained as a journalist, worked as radio and TV...

Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at The National Theatre: Busy Highly Stylized Revival Is All Spectacle And No Emotion

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Apr 2026 | Adaptation, Review, United Kingdom

Okay, this is odd. The original novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, first published in 1782, features...

When It Comes For Us: “Prophet Song”

Posted by Berna Ataoğlu | 17th Mar 2026 | Adaptation, Canada, Netherlands, Review, Theatre and Politics

Adapted from the Booker Prize–winning novel by Irish author Paul Lynch, Prophet Song is staged by...

Fassbinder Takes The Stage At The Schaubühne

Posted by Milton Coykendall | 16th Mar 2026 | Adaptation, Directing, Germany, Review

I first saw Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Film, The Marriage of Maria Braun not long after it first...

The Piccolo Theatro’s “Miracle In Milan”

Posted by Margaret Rose | 11th Mar 2026 | Adaptation, Italy, Review

On the opening night of Miracle in Milan at the Piccolo Teatro Strehler, the excitement of the...

“Hamlet²” (“Amleto²”)

Posted by Margaret Rose | 17th Feb 2026 | Adaptation, Italy, Review

In late January and early February, Filippo Timi’s Hamlet² played to full houses at the 500-seater...

Inside Chicago Court Theatre’s “Berlin”–Turning a Graphic Novel into Live Theatre: An Exclusive Interview with Playwright Mickle Maher

Posted by Susanna Sun | 24th Dec 2025 | Adaptation, Interview, United States of America

Praised by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the most original voices in American theater today,”...

Dostoevsky on Stage. “The Mutt” by Anoushka Nesterova and Elena Che at the IATI Theater, New York

Posted by Vassili Schedrin | 7th Dec 2025 | Adaptation, Review, United States of America

Dostoevsky is hard to read, harder to translate, and even harder to adapt for stage. The Mutt by...

Adaptations On The German Stage (2): “Der Schimmelreiter” In Oldenburg

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 28th Nov 2025 | Adaptation, Directing, Germany, Review

Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider on the White Horse) is a novella by German writer Theodor Storm...

Evil Can Appear Beautiful

Posted by Margaret Rose | 23rd Nov 2025 | Adaptation, Italy, Review

Two major productions of Richard III are touring Italy in the present season, a sign perhaps that...

#Me Too Oedipus

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 20th Nov 2025 | Adaptation, Review, United States of America

The British directing star Robert Icke specializes in contemporary adaptations of classics. He...

3sisters at the Novi Sad Theatre

Posted by Emilija Kvočka | 7th Nov 2025 | Adaptation, Review, Serbia

Before the audience of the play 3sisters, with their eyes wide open, a music box, the girls on...

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

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Oct 2025 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom

In 2023, Malaysian actor Michelle Yeoh won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in...

Taking A Hit

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 14th Oct 2025 | Adaptation, Review, United States of America

James Graham’s play Punch tells the true story of a shiftless, belligerent rowdy who heedlessly...

Cruelty, Guilt, And Redemption Intertwine In “The Mutt” At IATI Theater

Posted by Victoria Zavyalova | 19th Sep 2025 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

With minimal décor and symbolism in every gesture, The Mutt — an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The...

“Swan Song”: Between Prophecy and Epitaph

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 5th Aug 2025 | Adaptation, Azerbaijan, Review, Theatre and Politics

A provincial theatre celebrates an anniversary. In the dressing room — two men: a comic and a...

Fix+Foxy’s “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen: A Playful Study in Radical Intimacy

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 2nd Jul 2025 | Adaptation, Denmark, Review

Imagine Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, staged as a sort of salon game, in a real couple’s home serving as...

Uncle Actor

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Apr 2025 | Adaptation, New York, Review

Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...

Eline Arbo’s The Years At The Harold Pinter Theatre: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux’s Book Gets A Problematic West-End Staging

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Feb 2025 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Marketing is the new real. For many years, in theatre as elsewhere in society, the most important...

Roy Williams’s The Lonely Londoners at the Kiln Theatre: Superb Stage Adaptation Of The Classic Sam Selvon Windrush Novel

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jan 2025 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom

Is resilience the most powerful character trait? When you think about the suffering of the...

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