Japan’s Geisha Struggle to Preserve Tradition Under Shadow of Coronavirus
The ancient Japanese art of geisha is now facing a crossroads that requires the centuries-old...
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Theatre and Gender
“Sisters” Act: The Hollow Feminism Of China’s Hottest New Show
For the most talked-about show of the summer, Mango TV’s Sisters Who Make Waves has an unusual...
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Review: “A Streetcar Named Desire” At The Young Vic
The National Theatre’s triumphant march through its archive of NT Live recordings continues this...
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Evidence and/or Performance?
It all starts innocently enough. Two actors (Damian Sosnowski and Alan Al-Murtatha) and an actress...
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“Breaking Glass” Review: Sydney Chamber Opera Livestreams Premiere
There are very few silver linings that have developed from the current catastrophic health crisis,...
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Alice Birch and Katie Mitchell’s “Orlando” at the Schaubühne Theatre: Queer Desire on the Big Screen
Virginia Woolf’s reputation has closely followed British cultural trends: in the interwar years...
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Flawless Live Stream of Award-winning New Zealand Solo Show Celebrates Transgender Tdentity
Princess Boy Wonder, performed by George Fowler (aka Hugo Grrrl), Directed by Lori Leigh, BATS...
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With “Ghalia’s Miles” Zoukak Dissects the Middle East Layer by Layer
Ghalia’s Miles brilliantly brings the crude harsh reality of the Middle East to life. It pierces...
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The Fundamental Profanation
Stabat Mater is the most recent work by Brazilian actress, playwright, and director Janaina Leite,...
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Updating “Romeo and Juliet” in a Bid to Fight Prejudice in Japan
With William Shakespeare’s iconic use of English lost in translation, bold and reimagined versions...
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“Scenes with Girls” at The Royal Court
Tonight, I discovered the gasp index. Or maybe just re-discovered. The what? The gasp index. It’s...
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Bodies and Bodies and Bodies of Work: A Feminist Perspective on the Notion of ‘Oeuvre’
What does it mean to build an oeuvre as a woman? There are still obstacles on the road that are...
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Broadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
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Review: “Antigone” at the New Diorama Theatre
In her contemporary re-working of Sophocles’ tragedy, Lulu Raczka has chosen to...
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Alexandra Wood’s “The Tyler Sisters” at the Hampstead Theatre: The Future Is Female In Epic Family Saga
What has Saint Augustine of Hippo got to do with new writing? At first sight, not very much. That...
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“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival
What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...
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Rachel Pickup on Her Role in “London Assurance” at NYC’s Irish Repertory Theatre
Rachel Pickup is currently playing Lady Gay Spanker in London Assurance, written by Dion...
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Lucy McCormick: Post-Popular at Soho Theatre
Lucy McCormick specializes in historical re-enactments, she tells us, and she is here to play all...
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Who? Whoo! “Other Than We:”Karen Malpede’s Latest Eco-Feminist Play at La MaMa
Karen Malpede’s plays scream “Pay Attention.” Thus I titled my 2001 New York Times article on I...
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John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” at the Almeida Theatre
This Duchess of Malfi is a cool one. It is so cool that it has lost its gripping temper and, with...
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