Embrace All of Me: Jocelyn Kuritsky’s “A Simple Herstory”
The last several decades of U.S. history have seen a remarkable upswing in women’s political...
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Theatre and Gender
Why Weren’t Women Allowed to Act in Shakespeare’s Plays?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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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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“Cock” at The Ambassadors Theatre
Mike Bartlett’s Cock invites suggestive comments, but the main thing about the play is that it has...
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“Shirley Valentine” Review: TOTB
SHIRLEY VALENTINE. Director: Gina Shmukler. Cast: Natasha Sutherland. Theatre on the Bay. Astute...
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Medical Science and the Irony of Sex Education
The Amazing Flabby-Breasted Virgin shows the poor light in which women’s bodies are seen in the...
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No Longer Silent: How a Bosnian Theatre Festival Became a Focal Point for The MeToo Movement
Across the western Balkans women are raising their voices against violence following a series of...
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“I Thought I Could Read God’s Mind”: Katrin Arefy’s “The Portrait of An Angel, A Lion, A Monster”
When reflecting on the experiences, and people, that have shaped us, certain individuals may...
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Passing a Relighted Torch. “Angry, Raucous & Shamelessly Gorgeous”
Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut, has a stable tradition of offering literate plays...
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“The Glow,” Royal Court
Bizarre. Breathtaking. Beautiful. I leave the Royal Court theatre with these Bs, as well as others...
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About “Fair Play”
It’s a sign of the times that one of my last trips of the year, to Ella Road’s Fair Play at the...
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Nireeksha Women’s Theatre Group Develops Short Stories by Nine Women Writers as Radio Plays
The drama series is an initiative for She Radio on Radio Malayalam Mission, Government of Kerala...
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Here’s to the Ladies who Lunch: One of Sondheim’s Greatest Achievements was Writing Complex Women
The most eclectic of music theatre composers was not only a gifted wordsmith and lyricist, but...
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Zadie Smith: How “The Wife of Willesden” Brings to Life Chaucer’s Tale of Sex and Power
It could be easy to assume that The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories written in Middle...
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Hustling at the Bottom of the Stand-Up Pyramid
All the rage in Beijing’s stand-up circuit, Pazilye Parhat says much of comedy stems from...
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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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About “Milk and Gall”
A couple of days ago, I watched a live stream of Milk and Gall, an American-based playwright and...
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“Sessions”, Soho Theatre
After lockdown, the stage monologue saved British theatre. At venue after venue, cash-strapped...
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Little Things We Do Together—Marianne Elliott’s “Company”
As most people reading this will already know, Company was first reworked for a female Bobbie...
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“Sessions,” Soho Theatre
After lockdown, the stage monologue saved British theatre. At venue after venue, cash-strapped...
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