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“I Was Most Alive With You” Pays Proper Tribute to The D/deaf Community

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 28th Sep 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

Playwrights Horizons’ production of I Was Most Alive With You by Craig Lucas was otherworldly in...

Rob Roth’s “Soundstage” Fires Up Acoustic Imaginaries

Posted by KaiChieh Tu | 22nd Sep 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

oundstage, conceived by residency artist Rob Roth at HERE, is a compelling stream of consciousness that flows along with the sound waves and vintage film footage. With stunning technicality and poetic sensitivity, the show paints and composes the complex emotions when we are left alone, discarded and exiled into our most profound addictions and desires.

Our Streets, Our City: “Not For Sale” By Guadalís Del Carmen Premieres At UrbanTheater Company

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 21st Sep 2018 | Chicago, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

One of the core components of the Latinx Theatre Commons Carnaval of New Latinx Work in July 2018...

“Brick City” Brings A Positive Representation Of Disability To The Stage

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 21st Sep 2018 | Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

Nicole Pandolfo’s Brick City was produced in conjunction with NJPAC and the New Jersey Theatre...

“All In A Night” – Forced Entertainment’s Marathon Production

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 20th Sep 2018 | New York, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America

I lost a night’s sleep recently over Forced Entertainment. I did it on purpose. They were coming...

Dramaturging Performance, Pedagogy, and Protest in Boston, ATHE 2018

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 16th Sep 2018 | Boston, Dramaturgy, Essay, United States of America

Since my own “debut” in the 2011 Dramaturgy Debut Panel with my dramaturgy work on Yale Repertory...

“Oklahoma!” Is Still OK

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 15th Sep 2018 | Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

I grew up on Oklahoma! Now, I’m not sure how many Millennials can share this feeling, but that was...

“Białoszewski/Ginsberg VR” At Performing Garage

Posted by Jack Wernick | 14th Sep 2018 | New York, Poland, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

Soho’s Performing Garage is the setting of a brief engagement from Poland called...

Desi Drama And Neil Simon’s Enduring Legacy

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 5th Sep 2018 | India, News, Playwriting, United States of America, Worldwide

While tributes to the American screenwriter and playwright Neil Simon, who passed away at the age...

Tony Award-Winning U.S. Playwright Neil Simon Dies At 91

Posted by REUTERS | 28th Aug 2018 | News, Playwriting, United States of America, Worldwide

Simon’s plays made him a wealthy man and many were turned into films, which made him even...

Girls Being Bad: “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” By Alexis Scheer

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 8th Aug 2018 | Boston, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

“On Wednesdays, we wear pink,” affirms Regina George in the 2004 cult classic comedy Mean Girls....

“Skintight” Takes Beauty to Task

Posted by Michael Appler | 5th Aug 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America

Skintight hinges on the human eye’s instinct for voyeurism, on our inevitable desire to take a peek, to stare at something we know we shouldn’t.

Ivo van Hove’s “The Damned” at Park Avenue Armory

Posted by Jack Wernick | 28th Jul 2018 | Belgium, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Visionary director Ivo van Hove has descended on the evocatively retro Park Avenue Armory with the...

“Linger” Brings Dark Subject Matter Into The Light

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 27th Jul 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America

Linger is a fitting title for a play that navigates the lasting implications of wrong choices on...

Jen Silverman’s “The Roommate” Updates The Narrative For Middle-Aged Women

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 20th Jul 2018 | Chicago, Review, United States of America

Everyone has a bad roommate story. Whether it was your college roommate or your little sister...

Bernstein In Flight And T.S. Eliot In Motion At Bard Summerscape 2018: An Interview With Gideon Lester

Posted by Yan Chen | 19th Jul 2018 | Dramaturgy, Festivals, Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

Gideon Lester is Artistic Director for Theater and Dance at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the...

“One Small Step” At Ice Factory Festival

Posted by Jack Wernick | 13th Jul 2018 | Festivals, New York, Review, United States of America

Downtown theater pioneer the New Ohio Theatre has emerged with its annual summer festival called...

Brecht Comes Home To Santa Monica With City Garage’s “Arturo Ui”

Posted by Christine Deitner | 12th Jul 2018 | Los Angeles, Review, Translation, United States of America

There are plays that feel timeless because they strike familiar chords and speak to something at...

“Carmen Jones”: A Classic Reborn

Posted by The Theatre Times | 6th Jul 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

It is then, a refreshing surprise – as New York theatre recovers from the inundation of Broadway super-musicals that were too big to succeed – that Carmen Jones has returned in a razor-sharp 95-minute John Doyle production at the Classic Stage Company.