Honey, I’m Home! — Robert Icke’s “Oresteia”
If nothing else, you have to admire the chutzpah of Robert Icke’s Oresteia, which tries to...
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“The Cherry Orchard,” Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
What might Anton Chekov, that Russian master of the nineteenth century, have to say about the...
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Leveling Effects: Matthew Spangler’s Adaptation of “The Kite Runner”
Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel The Kite Runner is a vividly descriptive and often gripping tale of...
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Sacrament of the Sea: Houseworld’s “Bottom of the Ocean”
Whispering the word BOTO into the speakeasy-style window of a door, I felt a sense of trepidation,...
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”Seven Women in Search of Mia” or ”Breast Cancer Trilogy” (A Postproduction Reflection)
In 2011, I published my first medical humanities book, Transacting Sites of the Liminal Bodily...
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The Musical “Notre Dame de Paris” Returns to the United States
At the turn of the century, in 1998, Luc Plamondon created one of the greatest musicals Notre Dame...
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“The Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner:” An Interview With Co-Creators James Clements, Derya Celikkol, and Maamoun Tebbo
“The Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner” is a new devised play, co-written, co-directed...
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Post-Factual Theater: “MJ” on Broadway
On the way to a play one day in early 2019, I climbed out of the subway at 8th Avenue and 44th St....
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Unmanly Griefs: Robert Icke’s “Hamlet”
The first ten minutes of Robert Icke’s 3 ¾-hour Hamlet had me worried. Icke is a British directing...
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“Penelope”: A Fresh Take on Homer’s Classic Epic Poem
The new musical Penelope by the York Theatre Company was a fresh and hilarious comedic take on...
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Comfort in the Unknown: SOCIETY’s “The Strangers Came Today”
How is theater like a support group? This question struck me upon entering The Strangers Came...
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The Awe-Inspiring and Vibrant World of Cirque du Soleil’s “CRYSTAL”: Circus On and Above Ice
An incredible spectacle, Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL is an artistic feat, blending circus arts with...
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metaLAB’s futureSTAGE: Sentient AI and the Arts
Embodying a portfolio of projects, metaLAB (at) Harvard is a think tank spotlighting the networked...
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“Bronx Gothic” by Okwui Okpokwasili
On May 8, 2022, Nigerian-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic (2014) at...
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Pandemonium Magic: “The Hang” at HERE
Taylor Mac is one of those magi of pandemonium who knows how to breach the defenses of people like...
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Cut From Different Cloth: “Intimate Apparel” at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
I went to the new opera Intimate Apparel because the 2003 play it was made from is one of my...
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A New Translation of Molière’s “Dom Juan” for the 21st Century
A Preview of a new translation of Molière’s Dom Juan for the 21st century by Gideon Lester and...
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LMDA Launches New Access Initiatives
I began my tenure as Chair of the LMDA Conference during the early days of COVID. This was back...
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The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre
“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...
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Black Second-Act Problems: “Black No More” by The New Group
In my time as a critic I’ve noticed on numerous occasions that musicals rooted in political...
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