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Reinterpreting The Tradition: A Contemporary Retelling Of Tang Xianzu’s “The Handan Dream” By The Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre

Posted by Letizia Fusini | 14th Feb 2018 | Adaptation, China, Review, Theatre and Opera

Conceived in 2016 in Guangzhou and previously performed in Beijing and St. Petersburg, the...

Satoshi Miyagi Returns To The Japan Society With “Mugen Noh Othello”

Posted by Alex Rogals | 10th Feb 2018 | Adaptation, Japan, Review, Transcultural Collaborations

New York City’s Japan Society closed out its 2017-18 Noh-Now series this past January with...

See Naples And Die! Marco D’Amore’s “American Buffalo”

Posted by Davide Cioffrese | 22nd Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Italy, Review

American Buffalo is the story of a failure. A foretold, almost desired conclusion, an inescapable...

“The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time” Trades Deadpan For High-octane

Posted by Sandra D'urso | 21st Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Australia, Melbourne, Review

The National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, currently...

Tom Rachman’s “Basket Of Deplorables”

Posted by Rajka Stefanovska | 8th Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Books, Review, United States of America

Basket Of Deplorables By Tom Rachman at Gladstone Theatre. If the definition of satire is: “the...

“The Virgin Suicides” Dying In The Age Of Suicide

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 6th Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Germany, Review

A Production of the Munich Kammerspiele winner of XIV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities, 2017...

Clowning Around: An Unconventional “Heungbo-ssi” Misses the Mark

Posted by Kim Hyang | 31st Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Opera

Audiences laughed throughout Ko Sun-woong’s new work Heungbo-ssi (written and directed by Ko...

“A Special Day” by Ettore Scola-Pure Theatrical Plot

Posted by Lorena Meeser | 30th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Italy, Mexico, Review, Theatre and Politics

A Special Day is based on the 1977 film Una Giornata Particolare by Ettore Scola, starring Sophia...

Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” Gets A Cultural Twist When Director Yang Jung-ung Teams Up With Actor Kenji Urai

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Directing, Japan, Review, Transcultural Collaborations

South Korean director Yang Jung-ung’s career has spanned several continents. From his theater...

Review: “Pawâkan Macbeth’s” Call For Reconciliation Spans Time, Language, And Place

Posted by Connor Meeker | 21st Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Canada, North America, Review

Edmonton, Alberta. Connor Meeker reviews Pawâkan Macbeth: A Cree Tragedy, a co-production between...

The Cage Within: Adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s Celebrated Novel “Pinjar”

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 18th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, India, Review

Kanchan Ujjal Singh’s adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s popular novel, Pinjar, does justice to the...

A Mexican Rendition Of Schmitt’s “Enigma Variations”

Posted by Margarita Vargas | 15th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Mexico, Playwriting, Review

After a successful run at the Teatro Jorge Negrete since February 2017, Variaciones Enigmaticas is...

Blood on the Stage: “Let the Right One In” is a Vampire Love Story For Our Times

Posted by Vivienne Glance | 4th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

The popularity of vampires has endured since Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Bride of Corinth (1797)...

“Voices From Chernobyl”–Ténéré Arte’s Brilliant, Ghostly Retelling Of The World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster

Posted by Julia Secklehner | 3rd Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Belarus, Review

Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices From Chernobyl collected the testimonies of survivors from the...

How Hitchcock’s “Marnie” Inspired An Opera

Posted by Claudia Pritchard | 26th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, Essay, London, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom

An attractive, able woman preyed upon in the office by two bosses, one of whom uses his power to...

“The Slaves Of Solitude” at The Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

The Second World War is central to our national imagination, yet it has been oddly absent from our...

“The State Of Siege” (L’état De Siège): A Political Warning

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 19th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, France, Review, Theatre and Politics

Albert Camus’ 1948 play The State of Siege (L’État de Siège) is presently touring the U.S. in a...

“Tiny Beautiful Things” at The Public Theatre

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

Dear Dust Man, I’m an avid theatergoer who missed seeing Nia Vardalos’s stage adaptation of Cheryl...

“The Exorcist” On Stage: ‘I Don’t Think Our Vomit Is Going To Be Green’

Posted by Holly Williams | 10th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

“Whenever I tell anybody I’m doing an adaptation of The Exorcist, the first question is: ‘Will the...

A Suitcase Packed With Stories: James Ngcobo’s New Play

Posted by Diane de Beer | 10th Nov 2017 | Adaptation, Review, South Africa, Theatre and Politics

The audience members were vocal in their approval from start to finish with Es’kia...

Adaptation

Reinterpreting The Tradition: A Contemporary Retelling Of Tang Xianzu’s “The Handan Dream” By The Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre

Satoshi Miyagi Returns To The Japan Society With “Mugen Noh Othello”

See Naples And Die! Marco D’Amore’s “American Buffalo”

“The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time” Trades Deadpan For High-octane

Tom Rachman’s “Basket Of Deplorables”

“The Virgin Suicides” Dying In The Age Of Suicide

Clowning Around: An Unconventional “Heungbo-ssi” Misses the Mark

“A Special Day” by Ettore Scola-Pure Theatrical Plot

Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” Gets A Cultural Twist When Director Yang Jung-ung Teams Up With Actor Kenji Urai

Review: “Pawâkan Macbeth’s” Call For Reconciliation Spans Time, Language, And Place

The Cage Within: Adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s Celebrated Novel “Pinjar”

A Mexican Rendition Of Schmitt’s “Enigma Variations”

Blood on the Stage: “Let the Right One In” is a Vampire Love Story For Our Times

“Voices From Chernobyl”–Ténéré Arte’s Brilliant, Ghostly Retelling Of The World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster

How Hitchcock’s “Marnie” Inspired An Opera

“The Slaves Of Solitude” at The Hampstead Theatre

“The State Of Siege” (L’état De Siège): A Political Warning

“Tiny Beautiful Things” at The Public Theatre

“The Exorcist” On Stage: ‘I Don’t Think Our Vomit Is Going To Be Green’

A Suitcase Packed With Stories: James Ngcobo’s New Play

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