As Utpal Dutt’s Play “Barricade” Completes 50 Years, a Look at How the Thespian Spoke Truth to Power
The immediate trigger for the play was political and topical. West Bengal, in 1971, was passing...
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“Heroes of the Fourth Turning”: How Theatre Can Serve as a Mode of Inquiry into Right Wing Ideas
Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000...
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“Bloody Difficult Women” at The Riverside Studios
Although the current government has blundered through both Brexit and the pandemic, and is now...
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In Tonderai Munyevu’s “Mugabe, My Dad & Me,” The Personal Becomes the Political
There are two in one Tonderai Munyevus. I meet both of them on a snowy February evening at Brixton...
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“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy” at Royal Court
What does it feel like to be British and black? Ryan Calais Cameron has recently emerged as the...
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“Moreno,” Theatre503
When do you have to take a stand? What compels you to do it? And what are the costs involved?...
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The Power of Reflection in “Portrait Avedon-Baldwin, Entretiens imaginaires” at the Théâtre du Rond Point, Paris
One of France’s greatest prides is the network of African American artists who, in the...
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Mike Bartlett’s “Scandaltown” at Lyric Hammersmith
In 1987, Caryl Churchill — without doubt the best living playwright in Britain — premiered her...
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“Bacon” at the Finborough Theatre
Engaging with narratives that draw on the subject of male queerness can be precarious. Two major...
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“Shedding a Skin” at Soho Theatre
Love is the most difficult four-letter word. And platonic love is perhaps the hardest kind of...
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“Dream Hou$e”—The Costs of Home
Review of Eliana Pipes’ Dream Hou$e, Long Wharf Theatre The question of heritage gets...
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Sin Muros: Interview with Playwright Adrienne Dawes
Sin Muros: A Borderless Teatro Festival is back at Stages in Houston. Now in its fifth year, the...
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“This Mortal Life Also:” A Conversation with Playwright Nancy Shank
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is not a name typically associated with the theatre. Though the Bonhoeffer...
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Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Różewicz: Shared Themes and Motifs
INTRODUCTION This article is comparative in approach and introduces the work of two classic...
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More Morisseau: “Skeleton Crew” by Dominique Morisseau
Skeleton Crew is Dominique Morisseau’s best play so far. It’s the most streamlined work in her...
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“Best of Enemies,” Young Vic
At the end of the 1960s, American soul poet Gil Scott-Heron said that the revolution will not be...
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“Dance Like a Man” Keeps Time to Inherent Family Tunes
The classic play ‘Dance Like a Man’ captures the subtle undertones found in familial...
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Five Plays about Enslavement by Black British Women Playwrights
“There’s a sidestep that Europe does where it takes itself out of the triangle… I’m never quite...
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RE: Encuentro: Interview with “Paletas de Coco” Playwright Franky D. Gonzalez
In 2014, the Latino Theater Company (LTC) re-ignited the Latinx theatre festival tradition, a...
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We Get There in the End: “Return to the Dirt” Pulls Back the Curtain on Life and Death in a Funeral Home
Review: Return to the Dirt, written by Steve Pirie and directed by Lee Lewis, Queensland Theatre I...
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