Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at The Gate Theatre
Adaptation is too banal a word to describe the cross-fertilization of theatre and other art forms....
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Theatre and Politics
Protiv Etogo: “Mayakovsky and Stalin”
As someone who has long been fascinated by both of the title characters, I am not sure who Murray...
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“Slave Play”: Jeremy O. Harris’s “Balcony”
Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play is the New York theater’s scandal du saison. It’s a play about race...
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“A History Of Water In The Middle East” at The Royal Court
Sabrina Mahfouz is a British-Egyptian writer who has explored issues of Muslim and British...
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“Found” at The Cell: Immersive Theatrical Experience
Multi-disciplinary hothouse The Cell in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood is currently home to...
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“Games” at Soho Playhouse
Henry Naylor’s Games, now at the SoHo Playhouse, highlights those human activities that are...
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“Farewell My Concubine” Is Rekindling Hong Kong’s Interest in Cantonese Opera
Three years before the Xiqu Centre opened as Hong Kong’s first purpose-built center for Chinese...
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Back to Somewhere That’s Green: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Boston’s Lyric Stage Company
When Audrey (Katrina Pavao) sings “Somewhere That’s Green” in Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s...
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Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at the Gate Theatre
What does it really mean to do political theatre? Does the theatre even hold any potential to...
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Caryl Churchill’s “Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.” at the Royal Court
At the age of 81, Caryl Churchill, Britain’s greatest living playwright, is still going strong....
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“The New Canadian Curling Club”: Delightful Immigration Comedy With Deeper Aspirations
In the context of these politically divisive times, the message of Mark Crawford’s recent play,...
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Interview with Emily Mann
Emily Mann, long-time Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey is...
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“Venus vs Modernity”: Rethinking Sara Baartman
“Venus vs Modernity” centers on South African icon Saartjie Baartman whose horrific experiences of exploitation have become a reference point for black women’s body image and representation worldwide.
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“Nixon’s Nixon”: A Revival at the New Repertory Theatre
Nixon’s Nixon by Russell Lees opened on Broadway in 1996 almost two years to the day of the...
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“Self Life Drawing” – Eunkyung Jeong
The political self of beauty South Korean artist Eunkyung Jeong’s interdisciplinary work at...
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“Chiaroscuro” at The Bush Theatre
Identity politics have been around for decades. But it’s always good to revisit the subject....
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Maya Arad Yasur’s “Amsterdam” at the Orange Tree Theatre: Crimpian Account of the Past in the Present
The past can often hang like a nightmare on the present. And, in the case of Jewish identity, this...
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Alexander Zeldin’s “Faith, Hope and Charity” at the National Theatre
Alexander Zeldin’s new play arrives at the National Theatre’s Dorfman stage with a title...
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“Hansard” at the National Theatre
Simon Wood’s debut play Hansard, performed at London’s National Theatre Lyttleton...
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There But For the Grace: Cusi Cram’s “Novenas for a Lost Hospital”
The dramatis personae of Novenas for a Lost Hospital is wide-ranging. There are doctors and nurses...
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