Brian Friel’s “Translations” At The National Theatre: Four Stars
Since the Northern Irish playwright’s death in 2015, Brian Friel’s work is rarely sighted in...
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Playwright Puts Gay Divorce In The Spotlight: Conversation with Ken Urban
Boston-based playwright Ken Urban has written the first major play about gay divorce, using the...
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The Drama Of Independence
Eimuntas Nekrošius and Lithuania’s Youth Theatre May 2018 marks thirty years since an event of...
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“Masterpieces” at The Finborough Theatre
Neil McPherson, the long-serving head of this London fringe theatre, has a brilliant record of...
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“Nine Night” at The National Theatre: The Play About Grief
The good news about so-called black drama on British stages is that it has broken out of its...
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“Absolute Hell” at The National Theatre
Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend...
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Battle Cries For Liberation
At a staging in Kerala in January, Sara Matchett’s Walk: South Africa proved to be a harrowing but...
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“Ameryka”- Critical Mass And Block Party 2018
In 2017, Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group launched a new, and frankly exciting, idea known as...
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Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women”: A Dissent
My reaction to Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women when it first arrived in New York in 1994 was...
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Interview With Sergio Blanco: “A Creator Must Know The Times In Which He Lives”
The acclaimed Franco-Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco was in Madrid to stage his play Ostia at...
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Jacob Storms’ “Tennessee Rising”: Remembering Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Rising is a theatre piece that requires yet easily commands your full attention. The...
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“Possession:” Music And Movement Dominate Performance On Hermits, Deserts And Demons
Possession was performed twice during D-Caf festival, and is directed by Tom Bailey. English...
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Bearing Down On The Bechdel Test: Laurie Fyffee At The Ergo Arts Pink Festival!
In 2017, I came across the Ergo Arts Pink Festival with a mandate as follows: “Ergo Pink Fest is a...
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“The Delightful Journey Of Mr. Goldoni”: A National Premiere In Pavia
Since 2007, the year of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Ghislieri...
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“All Those Unnatural Bonds:” Talking Sexuality, Shame, And Female Friendship With Hannah Moscovitch
Alt.theatre web editor Hayley Malouin interviews playwright Hannah Moscovitch about female...
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Cherry Play “Rule Of Thumb” Captures Challenges And Culture Brilliantly
If you’re fortunate, you have at least one friend who’s a creative and adventurous cook—and who...
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“The Actor’s Life for Me:” A Conversation With David Greenspan
David Greenspan keeps busy. Just two weeks after closing his monumental solo rendition of Eugene...
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Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre
Electra is the protagonist in two Ancient Greek tragedies, one by Sophocles and the other by...
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Moulting Of Traditions
Staged at the ongoing 8th Theatre Olympics, Sabir Khan’s Doodhan mirrors the hardships of...
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“Gundog” at The Royal Court
First the goats, and now the sheep—has this venue become an urban farm? Rural life, which was once...
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