Review: “Antigone” at the New Diorama Theatre
In her contemporary re-working of Sophocles’ tragedy, Lulu Raczka has chosen to forego the...
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“Trojan Horse” at the Battersea Arts Centre
Media hysteria needs good branding. So when in March 2014 an email letter was leaked to the press,...
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The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville)
Moby-Dick at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA For those who are not familiar with...
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“Casablanca:” We’ll Always Have the Radio!!!
Gone are the days when, on a cold winter night, the family gathered around a fire to listen to the...
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The Dramaturgy of “The Banquet at elBulli”
This excerpt of the article is originally written in Chinese by the author. Full article will be...
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“Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco: A Novella
Rhinoceros (1959) is one of Eugène Ionesco’s best-known plays, one of the plays with which the...
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“Macondo” in New York: Russian Theatre Brings Márquez’s Epic to Life
A thread of life and blood, unconditional love and death, incest and destiny all interconnect in...
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Re-visiting Sartre with a Pacific Twist: “Uma Lava” by Victor Rodger
Uma Lava by Victor Rodger, Circa Theatre, Wellington. 23 November – 7 December 2019. Directed by...
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Bringing a Greek Tragedy to 21st-Century Japan
What is it about stories from the ancient world that attracts contemporary dramatists? One person...
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National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra.
In recent years there has been a resurgence of progressive adaptations of Chekhov’s realist...
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Martin Crimp’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Playhouse Theatre
“You into words?” Jamie Lloyd’s magnificent treatment of Cyrano de Bergerac very much...
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“Rhinoceros”: TheatreDuo Examines the Absurdity of the Human Condition
Rhinoceros, the official production commemorating the Market Theatre Lab’s 30th-anniversary...
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“An Iliad:” A Retelling of the Horrors of War Beyond Troy!
Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson created Homer’s Coat, a theatre company that explores...
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Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” at The National Theatre
Adapting novels for the stage is a tricky business. When the novel in question happens to be...
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“Painted Alice” Review: Down The Rabbit Hole Once More
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a popular source of musical adaptions....
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Mozart by Way of Cape Town
The Magic Flute by the Isango Ensemble at ArtsEmerson When the Isango Ensemble plays—on only eight...
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Between the Virtual and Real
Four strangers, a car and a video call make the play Bhranthu an unconventional visual experience....
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“Oscar Wao” at Repertorio Español
Repetorio Español, in New York’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, is currently home to a new...
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Maxim Gorky’s “Vassa” at the Almeida Theatre
“Our family doesn’t get on,” sneers the eponymous matriarch of Maxim Gorky’s Vassa, now playing at...
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Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at The Gate Theatre
Adaptation is too banal a word to describe the cross-fertilization of theatre and other art forms....
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