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From “Hamlet” To “El Huracán”: An Interview With Charise Castro Smith

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 21st Sep 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

While Charise Castro Smith began her career as an actor, in recent years the Miami native has...

Performative States In Cuba: Coco Fusco In Conversation With Stephanie Bailey

Posted by Stephanie Bailey | 18th Sep 2017 | Cuba, Interview, United States of America

In this conversation, Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco talks about...

“The Hungry Ghosts” A Comedy About Addiction

Posted by Rachel E. Diken | 17th Sep 2017 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Core Artists Ensemble brings Tessa Borbridge’s The Hungry Ghosts to The Barrow Group Theatre this...

Disabled Bodies in American Theatre

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 9th Sep 2017 | Theatre and Disability, United States of America

In its simplest form, theatre is storytelling. From theatre professionals and academics to...

High Flying, Adored? When “Evita” Gets Whitewashed

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 8th Sep 2017 | Musical Theatre, United States of America

How many major Latinx or Latin American characters can you name from mainstream musical theatre...

The Cuckoo’s Theater Project To Renovate Rogers Park Space

Posted by Jillian Leff | 21st Aug 2017 | Chicago

Chicago’s, The Cuckoo’s Theater Project (TCTP) has received zoning permissions from...

Rural America: Where Sam Shepard’s Roots Ran Deepest

Posted by John J. Winters | 16th Aug 2017 | Playwriting, United States of America

When Sam Shepard died on July 27 the world lost one of the greatest playwrights of the past...

“Shout Sister Shout!” at The Pasadena Playhouse

Posted by Christine Deitner | 11th Aug 2017 | Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

First founded in 1917 as the Pasadena Community Playhouse by Gilmor Brown, who began his career as a producer in a renovated burlesque theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse was named the official state theatre of California in 1937 after Brown and his company successfully produced the entire Shakespeare canon on a single stage (a unique feat […]

Yana Ross: A Director Who Transforms Timeless to Timely

Posted by Alma Braškytė | 10th Aug 2017 | Directing, Lithuania, United States of America

Recorded by Alma Braškytė in June 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania Yana Ross happens to have her home in...

“Buried Child” in Hong Kong: Disparate Americana

Posted by Whit Emerson | 9th Aug 2017 | Hong Kong, Translation, United States of America

American Travis Preston directed this production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child for the Hong Kong...

Poetry And Power: “Pipeline” At Lincoln Center

Posted by Jack Wernick | 7th Aug 2017 | New York, Review, United States of America

Acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau makes an auspicious Lincoln Center debut with her new...

Doing Time, Passing Time, Wasting Time: an Interview with Taiwanese-American Artist Tehching Hsieh

Posted by KaiChieh Tu | 3rd Aug 2017 | Interview, Taiwan, Theatre and Art, United States of America

“Downtown Manhattan, 30th September 1978. Tehching Hsieh, a young Taiwanese artist, begins to make...

Spanning Centuries: PTP’s “Arcadia”

Posted by Jack Wernick | 31st Jul 2017 | New York, Review, Theatre and Age, United States of America

The Potomac Theatre Project (PTP) has descended on Atlantic Stage 2’s subterranean bunker of a...

“Heisenberg” at the Mark Taper Forum Brings Uncertainty to New Heights

Posted by Christine Deitner | 30th Jul 2017 | Los Angeles, Theatre and Opera

As Los Angeles’ leading non-profit theatre company, The Centre Theatre Group is known for hosting...

Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel”: A Revival of Nuance

Posted by Rachel E. Diken | 29th Jul 2017 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

To revive a play by Lynn Nottage is to revive nuance. Under the direction of Daniela Varon,...

LACMA’s “Chagall: Fantasies for the Stage”

Posted by Lauren Deutsch | 27th Jul 2017 | Los Angeles, Review, Russia, Theatre and Art, United States of America

Marc Chagall’s theatrical designs (costumes and set designs) demonstrate his love of music and sheer joy in bringing to life the fantastical creatures that live in our imaginations.