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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More Morisseau: “Skeleton Crew” by Dominique Morisseau
Skeleton Crew is Dominique Morisseau’s best play so far. It’s the most streamlined work in her...
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“Fires” This Time
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut stages a revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the...
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Artist Entrance: Kelly Copper
Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over...
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Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2021 Retrospective
In the face of many challenges in Summer 2021, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
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“As Soon As Impossible”: An Arab-American Comedy of Errors
Where and when: Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater at Stanford University from November 11, 12, 13, 18,...
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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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Hollywood Has Got Method Acting All Wrong, Here’s What the Process is Really About
So-called method acting seems to be having a moment. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten...
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Stephen Sondheim Showed Me the Beauty, Terror and Exquisite Pain of Being Alive
What did Stephen Sondheim mean to me? This is an attempt to bring order to the chaos. My first...
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Realities Blend Together in Arlekin Players’ “Witness”
A daring and nuanced documentary virtual theatre piece about Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany...
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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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Five of Stephen Sondheim’s Best Shows
A musical theatre legend has died. Stephen Sondheim, the greatest composer-lyricist of his...
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The Music of Words: The Metropolitan Opera’s “Eurydice”
If you’ve never seen an opera before, start here. If you’ve seen a ton of opera before, re-start...
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Women in Science in Theater – Transforma Theatre Paves a New Crossroads with Stunning Insight
For anyone wondering if live theater offers nothing but escapism from our mini-plague—or worse—on...
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Ecologies of Media, Ecologies of Mind: Toward a Dialectics of Embodiment
Despite being heavily indebted to electronic mediation, the dramatic situation created in...
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“By Heart”: Can One Poem Save the World?
“I have an aversion to ‘immersive theater,’” Tiago Rodrigues says at the beginning of By Heart. He...
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RE: Encuentro: Interview with “Paletas de Coco” Playwright Franky D. Gonzalez
In 2014, the Latino Theater Company (LTC) re-ignited the Latinx theatre festival tradition, a...
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Whole New World: Indian-American Actors Proud in “Aladdin” Play
Diversity in film is important, but in animation, it carries an even heavier, different message....
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Midwest Melancholy: “Girl From the North Country” at the Belasco Theatre
People say that trains often make interesting settings for drama since you have people from...
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Tony Awards Return: “Moulin Rouge!”, “The Inheritance” Win Big
Recognizing excellence in live Broadway theater, the Tony Awards bestowed the jukebox adaptation...
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