SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY
To begin as we proceed, with full transparency, I have to admit how big a fan I am of SheNYC Arts...
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Theatre and Gender
James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889
Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...
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The Life of Three “Best Friends:” Anat Gov’s Feminism at the 14th Street Y
Anat Gov’s Best Friends lives in a world of dichotomy. The title is both entirely true and...
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The Ephemera of the Cherry Orchard: Agnieszka Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”
Agnieszka Kazimierska has always been an artist. From the age of six, she told as much to her...
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Assam’s First Female Freedom Fighter, Shot a Century Ago, Rediscovered Onstage
Mangri Orang, a tea plantation worker, was gunned down by British security personnel in 1921 for...
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“Radio Man:” A Story of Connection and Bloodshed in Dystopian America
It’s no secret that I’m an advocate for feminist, queer theatre. Or that I enjoy worlds of the...
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“Rock Follies” Review: Powerful New Musical Brings 1970s Feminist TV Sensation to the Stage
Rock Follies was a groundbreaking television series about an all-female rock band that originally...
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Monsters, Mayhem, and Maturation: “The Trouble with Dead Boyfriends” at the Players Theatre
Upon one’s first step into the Players Theatre, one knows exactly what they’re in for. The stage...
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Bombastic Intimacies: Sophie McIntosh’s “cityscrape”
Empty Gregory’s coffee cups and PureLeaf bottles reside on a table, Trader Joe’s bags are against...
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Vinnie Heaven’s “Faun” at Theatre 503: queer show is both joyful and thought-provoking
We are watching history being made: after decades of being in the shadows, queer drama is now...
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Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”
Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...
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“Sea Creatures,” Hampstead Theatre
Is it possible to successfully challenge naturalism in British theatre today? At a time when...
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“Nora”: Present Continuous Hell
Get inside a woman’s head and, by understanding her, unravel the mystery of how the world...
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Miriam Battye’s “Little Scratch” at the New Diorama Theatre: Restaged Adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s Novel Is Powerfully Theatrical
The popularity of plays that feature trauma is certainly a trend in British theatre today. But is...
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“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative...
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You Came to See the Obscene?—”2020: Obscene”
Alexandra Bachzetsis’s latest group performance, 2020: Obscene, estranges the word obscene from...
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“Woman, Life, Freedom: Theatre and Protest in Iran”: A Virtual Roundtable in Honor of World Theatre Day
Dear Friends, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, The Theatre Times, and the University of...
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The Poeticism of Woman’s War: AnomalousCo’s “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling”
Only a week after the invasion of Ukraine, three creatives found themselves nestled around a...
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“Trade/Motorhead” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
A double bill by Irish composer Emma O’Halloran and her uncle, librettist Mark O’Halloran,...
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“Sonne, los jetzt!”: Elfriede Jelinek’s Reversed Heliotropism for the End Times
Sonne, los jetzt!, Elfriede Jelinek’s new theater piece, is imperative with an unknown addressee....
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