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“Beckett In The City”

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Oct 2017 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

From Brecht’s plan to project films of Marxist revolutions behind Didi and Gogo in Waiting For...

Future Shock At The Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 1st Oct 2017 | Festivals, Philadelphia, Review, United States of America

The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, now in its twenty-first year, has been gentrified. What began in...

Exquisite Growth In “Frantic Beauty”

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 30th Sep 2017 | Theatre and Dance, United States of America

There is no growth without decay. When I was considering Dante in Italy, many years ago, I...

West Coast Premiere – “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” At The Odyssey Theatre

Posted by Christine Deitner | 28th Sep 2017 | Los Angeles, Transmedia, United States of America

Founded in 1969 by Artistic Director Ron Sossi, The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is Los Angeles’...

Rajiv Joseph’s “Describe the Night” Perseveres in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 28th Sep 2017 | North America, Playwriting, United States of America

As the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey poured into Houston’s Alley Theatre on August 27,...

Algorithm, Composition, And Metaphor

Posted by Annie Dorsen | 26th Sep 2017 | New York, Theatre and Science, Transmedia, United States of America

What is algorithmic theatre? For the last several years, I’ve been using the term...

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 […]