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“Fires” This Time
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut stages a revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the...
Artist Entrance: Kelly Copper
Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over...
On the Basis of Sustainability: Artemisia Theatre’s “Goods”
“I meant to do something about it, but I didn’t.” So goes the refrain when we, as flawed human...
“(It’s Been 76 Years and We’re) Still Waiting for Lefty” – Theatre Unleashed at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Seventy-six years after Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty premiered in New York, Theatre Unleashed...
Radical Representation: “Hi, Are You Single” Engages and Triumphs
Hypnotically charming, exquisitely flamboyant and the very embodiment of wit, Ryan J. Haddad wrote...
Realities Blend Together in Arlekin Players’ “Witness”
A daring and nuanced documentary virtual theatre piece about Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany...
Perceptions of Each Other’s Cultures: Open Letter to an American Theater Critic
Most theater productions will never become available again, no matter how great the quality,...
Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2021 Retrospective
In the face of many challenges in Summer 2021, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
Once Upon A Time In BIM: A Theatre Resuscitation In The Time Of COVID-19
Independence in Barbados is not without its many activities in celebration. We are accustomed to...
Performative States In Cuba: Coco Fusco In Conversation With Stephanie Bailey
In this conversation, Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco talks about...
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Teaching Music Online in the Pandemic Has Yielded Creative Surprises, Like Mixing “Blob Opera” and Beatboxing
Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical...
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“Fires” This Time
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut stages a revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the...
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Artist Entrance: Kelly Copper
Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over...
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Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2021 Retrospective
In the face of many challenges in Summer 2021, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
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“As Soon As Impossible”: An Arab-American Comedy of Errors
Where and when: Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater at Stanford University from November 11, 12, 13, 18,...
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Here’s to the Ladies who Lunch: One of Sondheim’s Greatest Achievements was Writing Complex Women
The most eclectic of music theatre composers was not only a gifted wordsmith and lyricist, but...
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Hollywood Has Got Method Acting All Wrong, Here’s What the Process is Really About
So-called method acting seems to be having a moment. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten...
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Stephen Sondheim Showed Me the Beauty, Terror and Exquisite Pain of Being Alive
What did Stephen Sondheim mean to me? This is an attempt to bring order to the chaos. My first...
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Realities Blend Together in Arlekin Players’ “Witness”
A daring and nuanced documentary virtual theatre piece about Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany...
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Five of Stephen Sondheim’s Best Shows
A musical theatre legend has died. Stephen Sondheim, the greatest composer-lyricist of his...
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The Music of Words: The Metropolitan Opera’s “Eurydice”
If you’ve never seen an opera before, start here. If you’ve seen a ton of opera before, re-start...
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Women in Science in Theater – Transforma Theatre Paves a New Crossroads with Stunning Insight
For anyone wondering if live theater offers nothing but escapism from our mini-plague—or worse—on...
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“By Heart”: Can One Poem Save the World?
“I have an aversion to ‘immersive theater,’” Tiago Rodrigues says at the beginning of By Heart. He...
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RE: Encuentro: Interview with “Paletas de Coco” Playwright Franky D. Gonzalez
In 2014, the Latino Theater Company (LTC) re-ignited the Latinx theatre festival tradition, a...
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How I Met TheTheatreTimes.com
Theatre saved my life. By the time TheTheatreTimes.com appeared, I had already crossed one...
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Whole New World: Indian-American Actors Proud in “Aladdin” Play
Diversity in film is important, but in animation, it carries an even heavier, different message....
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Midwest Melancholy: “Girl From the North Country” at the Belasco Theatre
The second show after The Times They Are a-Changin’ to use the music of the great midwestern musician, Girl From the North Country proves the greater of the two. It opts for whichever songs convey the tone of the show over which are most well-known. Yes, it’s a musical of sadness and heartbreak, but it digs deeps into the human spirit to provide a powerfully cathartic experience.
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Tony Awards Return: “Moulin Rouge!”, “The Inheritance” Win Big
Recognizing excellence in live Broadway theater, the Tony Awards bestowed the jukebox adaptation...
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One Actor, One Audience Member: Innovations in the Time of COVID
‘The pandemic did interesting things for creativity, forcing us to sequester ourselves and finish works that we hadn’t yet finished. It gave us an opportunity to really hanker down. We’re glad that some of the writers we have been working with a gonna present some of their material here, at Theatre For One.’
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Theatre for One: A New Kind of Theatre Experience
Theatre is coming back slowly but surely. Though a difficult medium to translate online, it has...
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Sensation and Documentation: Jody Christopherson’s “Tussaud/Antoinette”
The name “Tussaud” has always been linked to sensationalism and popular culture: now synonymous...
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Heaven Isn’t Too Far away; It’s in Downtown Houston at TUTS’ “Rock of Ages”
I have to confess something. I haven’t really missed theatre since the Covid-19 pandemic forced...
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Met Opera Returns with History-making Debut by Terence Blanchard
The Metropolitan Opera, which was closed after the coronavirus broke out in New York in March...
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Lance Weiler on the Future of Storytelling and the Film “The Last Broadcast”
A connoisseur of new art forms and emergent technology, Lance Weiler is a highly sought-after...
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Review: “UnTuned” (Golvareh)
It’s hard to prepare for life’s high and lows when you think too highly of yourself to expect...
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A Festival that We Need: FOLDA – Festival of Live Digital Arts
As the theatre world in Canada and the US anxiously expects the final re-opening of Broadway and...
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New Deal for Broadway: NYC Theater Luminaries Agree on Reforms
Following a summit of industry leaders organized by Black Theatre United earlier this year, a...
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The Barber of Seville
Indeed in the Baroque period, before the invention of the conductors, harpsichordists (who were usually also the composer) would lead the orchestra, establishing the harmonic structure and ensuring the rhythmic steadiness by nodding their heads. As music became more harmonically complex, and harpsichordists had to focus exclusively on their playing, the conducting duties fell to the first violinist. This style of orchestral leading, split between the harpsichordists and the violinist, was soon abandoned due to an inherent clash in leadership.
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“An Odyssey” at Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Imagine, if you will, one of those old-fashioned TV game shows with two doors. Behind Door Number...
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“(It’s Been 76 Years and We’re) Still Waiting for Lefty” – Theatre Unleashed at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Seventy-six years after Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty premiered in New York, Theatre Unleashed...
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“WET: A DACAmented Journey” – Powerful Virtual Theatre from The Center Theatre Group
With so many screens in our lives it continues to be a struggle to find the inner strength to...
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“Chalk Lines” by Chalk Repertory Theatre – An Immersive, Virtual, Audio Play Tour
Since January 2009, Chalk Repertory Theatre has been crafting site-specific theatre in Los...
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Cry Havoc Theater Company Lets Slip the Dogs of War
In the midst of the vibrant Dallas theatre scene, there lies a company of prize-winning political...
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Designing for Tuacahn Amphitheater (A Three Part Series): Part Three – An Interview With Lighting Designer Cory Pattak
This is PART 3 of the series. To read PART 1 and PART 2, click the links. I complete my three-part...
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The Universal Immigrant: “Ellis Island” by James Clements and Doireann Mac Mahon
The last several years in our shared history, particularly the rise of discriminatory legislation,...
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Designing for Tuacahn Amphitheater (A Three Part Series): Part Two – An Interview With Projection Designer Steven Royal
For Part 1 see here. “I think that’s sort of the line I’m always hovering around; Does it feel...
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All the TikTok’s a Digital Stage
In the chaotically queer third act of Fake Friends’ 2020 production of Circle Jerk, the...
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Designing for Tuacahn Amphitheater (A Three Part Series): Part One – An Interview With Set Designer Adam Koch
For Part 2 see here. Located in Southern Utah, the majestic Tuacahn Amphitheater has been the...
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Art Scene: “Archive: This Was The End” Taps Extrasensory Senses
Speaking to humanity across time and space, Archive: This Was the End is an interactive sculpture...
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Digital Sci-fi Opera “Red Giant”: An Opera Of Our Times
Red Giant, commissioned by Baltimore-based Indie Opera company, Rhymes with Opera, is a live,...
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Rabbits in the Circus of COVID Isolation: A Review of “White Rabbit Red Rabbit”
The play White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an experimental piece by the Iranian playwright Nassim...
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Canada’s Theatre Community Must Nurture BIPOC Leadership to Improve Racial Equity
Last summer, in the midst of global protests against anti-Black racism, Canada’s...
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“The Brooklyn Job” Stole My Heart
With a themed cocktail box, a program that doubled as a coloring book, and incredibly performed...
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NEMPAC Opera Project’s “Juneteenth”: Opera in the Key of Freedom
After more than a year of American racial unrest since the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and...
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On the Basis of Sustainability: Artemisia Theatre’s “Goods”
“I meant to do something about it, but I didn’t.” So goes the refrain when we, as flawed human...
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Performing Shakespeare in the Era of COVID-19
Although tragedy is not usually the preferred companion for hard times, Anglophone pop culture...
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The Body Tells the Story: Blessed Unrest’s “Touch”
The past year has, in many ways, turned a sharper lens towards our bodies, particularly our...
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Battery Dance Festival+: Canadian Voices in Dance
In August 2020, Battery Dance shifted its annual Battery Dance Festival to a virtual format. The Festival is a storied free public dance festival commanding a large audience each year. Shifting to the virtual format has allowed Battery Dance to expand offerings and last month saw the birth of Battery Dance Festival+: Canadian Voices in […]
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“The Door You Never Saw Before: A Choosical Musical” at The Geffen
It’s been a decade of a year, and The Geffen Playhouse (or Geffen Stayhouse as they have been...
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Waking Up in the Morning, Thinking About “This American Wife”
“Waking up in the morning, thinking about so many things, I just wish things would get...
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