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Paranoia at the Fore in Steppenwolf’s Revival of Tracy Letts’s “Bug”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 2nd Apr 2020 | Chicago, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Tracy Letts’s Bug may be fourteen years old, but this tale of a couple convinced that they are...

Interviewing Crystal Field, Artistic Director or Theater for the New City

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 31st Mar 2020 | Applied Theatre, Devised Theatre, Interview, New York, United States of America

Marcina Zaccaria, Editor of the Theatre and Opera Section of The Theatre Times, got the...

“Hair:” The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 23rd Mar 2020 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Hair the first Rock Musical opened in 1967 for six weeks at the New York Shakespeare Festival...

“Oliver” at The New Repertory Directed by Michael J. Bobbitt

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 17th Mar 2020 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

The winter holiday season generally brings a Charles Dickens’ play to theatres. At the New...

“The Children:” An Important and Timely Work

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 16th Mar 2020 | Boston, Review, United States of America

Lucy Kirkwood’s drama, now appearing at Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage, deals with climate...

Examining “A Black and White Cookie”

Posted by Cate Cammarata | 12th Mar 2020 | Interview, New York, Playwriting, United States of America

We can’t discuss unpleasant historical events or why you or I voted for that candidate without generating anger and accusations. A society which is afraid to think and respectfully consider different points of view will inevitably degrade its ability to understand. Then what?

“Cry It Out” at City Theatre, Pittsburgh PA

Posted by Wendy Arons | 9th Mar 2020 | Pittsburgh, Review, The Pittsburgh Tatler, United States of America

There are likely as many ways to relate to Molly Smith Metzler’s play Cry It Out as there are ways...

Welcome to the Age of the Latina Nerd: “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” at Steppenwolf For Young Adults

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 8th Mar 2020 | Chicago, Playwriting, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

Welcome to the Age of the Latina Nerd! Anywhere you look—on stage, on screen, on the written page,...

Return of the Revolutionaries: “rEVOLUTION” at the Boston Ballet

Posted by James Montaño | 7th Mar 2020 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

From Stravinsky’s dissonant strings heralding the arrival of four black and white clad men in the...

Haruna Lee’s “Suicide Forest”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Mar 2020 | Design, Japan, New York, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

Suicide Forest, written by and starring Haruna Lee is a trippy meditation on the extremes of...

“United Queendom”: When Immersive Theatre Meets Historical Reenactment Tour

Posted by Aida Rocci | 5th Mar 2020 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United States of America

United Queendom shines with potential. The location itself offers the thrill of being after hours in a royal palace, the expectations of whispers and court intrigue. Queen Caroline and Henrietta Howard bring a captivating tale and Les Enfants Terribles have a relevant lens to approach it and a bold aesthetic to make a memorable event. But I wished I had been part more of an immersive show than of a historical tour.