Chinese Theatre Abroad Archives

A Man Without Shadows: An Interview with Theatre Artist Koh Choon Eiow, Part 2

by Yi-Ming Chen | Jul 21, 2026 | Acting, Directing, Interview, Malaysia, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Art | 0

(Read the first part of the interview here.) Chen: In your plays, or the ways you answer...

A Man Without Shadows: An Interview with Theatre Artist Koh Choon Eiow, Part 1

by Yi-Ming Chen | Jul 20, 2026 | Acting, Directing, Interview, Malaysia, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Art | 0

(Read the second part of the interview here.) Outside the bright, modern meeting room on the 10th...

Beyond the Storm, a New York City Opera Thrives

by Marcina Zaccaria | Jul 19, 2026 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America | 0

That day, I aimed to view a production of The Tempest through a difficult flood. Prepared to pique an interest in the larger “theater is life” argument, I got my notebook ready. The hours passed. I sought to leave my apartment, and my transit app reported possible subway interruption. Ugh! Cancel culture, after three days of extraordinary weather, somehow won the play card again. Why hadn’t I seen the opera on opening night on Thursday?

“71 Minutes of Movement:” Dance and Activism in the Twin Cities

by Corynn Harvieux | Jul 18, 2026 | Essay, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics, United States of America | 0

As a dance artist, you are, at a young age, bestowed with the supposed gift to make people feel....

Wondering Jews

by Jonathan Kalb | Jul 17, 2026 | Review, Theatre and Religion, United States of America | 0

Jonathan Spector’s new play Birthright—just opened at MCC Theater in a sharp, superbly acted...

Spring Roundup 2026

by Jonathan Kalb | Jul 16, 2026 | Musical Theatre, Producing, Review, United States of America | 0

Once again, the forsythias are in bloom, and that means new openings are arriving way too fast for...

Cross-Border Collaboration

by Joseph Bardin | Jul 15, 2026 | Israel, Review, Syria, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America | 0

We were wrapping rehearsal for the reading of my play Seeing Maya, a Tel Aviv love story, at the...

Harsh And Relentless Social Criticism In Kosky’s Production Of Brecht’s “Threepenny Opera” At The Berliner Ensemble

by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | Jul 14, 2026 | Acting, Directing, Germany, Review | 0

In nearly all productions of Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera I had seen up to this one, I was struck...

Beautiful Detours: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Cheng-Chun Lee

by Kuan-Ting Lin | Jul 13, 2026 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, Translation | 0

Cheng-Chun Lee was an underperforming student in his high school composition classes. It was...

Boundary Problems

by Jonathan Kalb | Jul 12, 2026 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America | 0

For the second time in two years, a flashy, big-budget Romeo and Juliet has opened in New York...

“Don’t Look Now”: Directing Theatre About the Climate Crisis

by David O'Donnell | Jul 11, 2026 | Directing, New Zealand, Theatre and Politics | 0

I’m trying to sell my theatre show to my neighbour, a retired farmer. He’s out walking his...

“Sinfonia”: Stories from Harrogate

by Xunnan Li | Jul 10, 2026 | Review, United Kingdom | 0

Sinfonia is a play in which older people of the local community take to the stage to share fragments of their lives. We may not often stop to imagine what growing old will feel like. Will we become trapped within bodies that no longer move as they once did? Will everyday tasks become more difficult? Will we lose the energy and freedom of youth? Sinfonia does not answer these questions directly but gently invites us to reflect on them.

Writing On An Empty Page: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Chien-Cheng Chen

by Kuan-Ting Lin | Jul 9, 2026 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Politics | 0

Taiwanese playwright Chien-Cheng Chen is set to release A Chronicle of Consciousness, his second play collection, this August. However, the plays in this collection bear little resemblance to the realist dramas that launched his...