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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...
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...
Women in the Lead: Julie Proudfoot on Artemisia Theatre’s 2021 Digital Season
As a female-identifying artist deeply invested in women’s stories (and as a staunch feminist),...
“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...
Radical Representation: “Hi, Are You Single” Engages and Triumphs
Hypnotically charming, exquisitely flamboyant and the very embodiment of wit, Ryan J. Haddad wrote...
Experimenting with Virtual Theatre: An Interview with Igor Golyak
Igor Golyak is the Artistic Director of Arlekin Players Theatre. Arlekin Players Theatre has...
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,...
“Black Dove” – Chekhov in Mexico
The world premiere of Paloma Negra (Black Dove) by Alberto Conejero at the Theatre of the Canal...
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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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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Robbie McCauley, Groundbreaking Playwright and Performer Dies at 79
Robbie McCauley, a groundbreaking playwright and performer has died. She received an OBIE Award...
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Online Acting Classes? Here Are the Pros and Cons
If you’re an out-of-work actor stuck at home in a lockdown, you’ve probably asked yourself this...
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Experimenting with Virtual Theatre: An Interview with Igor Golyak
Igor Golyak is the Artistic Director of Arlekin Players Theatre. Arlekin Players Theatre has...
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XR | AR | VR: CultureHub on La MaMa’s Coffeehouse Aesthetic, Immersive Art, and Tech-Integrated Theatre
Located in graffiti-laden downtown Manhattan where the East Village and NoHo meet at 47 Great...
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The Pandemic Made Their Women’s Suffrage Play Impossible. But the Show Went On — Virtually
Leaders of the women’s suffrage movement relied on public performance to promote their cause. They...
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A Conversation with Director Ashley Tata
Ashley Tata is a Brooklyn-based director and maker of multimedia works. I had the pleasure of...
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“Pass Over” – A Sobering and Unflinching Take on African-American Life in America
Performed as part of the Market Theatre’s annual Black History Month Celebrations, which have been...
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By Putting Tensions on Stage, Colleges Aim to Change Campus Culture
The new professor had a choice. He arrived early to a meeting to discover a senior faculty member...
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Unchartered Territory: Dancers in Isolation, the Eryc Taylor Dance Company
In five years, in ten years, in twenty, we will remember what it felt like to live through the...
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Kennedy Center New Play Dramaturgy Intensive Adapts to Meet the Moment
At the time of the writing of this article, the historic events of January 6th, January 20th, and...
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“From the Fishbowl”: A Play for Scoundrels and Scamps
How many young-people-of-the pandemic-does it take to screw in a light bulb? Early in the...
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Creating Theatrical Ceremonies for Healing: An Interview with Gia Forakis
Gia Forakis is the Founder and Artistic Director of GF&CO in Brooklyn, NY. Gia is also the...
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“From the Fishbowl”: Devising Theatre in a World Interrupted
This year, the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television partnered with The...
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Jimmy Fallon, Addison Rae, and the Issue of TikTok Dance Credit
On March 26, 2021, ultra-famous TikTok star Addison Rae Easterling appeared on The Tonight Show...
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“Black Dove” – Chekhov in Mexico
The world premiere of Paloma Negra (Black Dove) by Alberto Conejero at the Theatre of the Canal...
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Isolation to Creation: Guggenheim Works Process, Parts 2-4
These artists are passionate and insightful, yet the dancers and musicians are not acclimated to speaking their minds to audiences. What emerges is a raw and thoughtful narrative with a sense of the vulnerability beneath the passion.
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Poignant and Delightful, “A Brimful of Asha” is an Honest Look into One Family’s Debate On Marriage, Career, and Way of Life
“You are not here to see a play. You are here to see me settle a dispute with Ravi,” Asha Jain,...
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Women in the Lead: Julie Proudfoot on Artemisia Theatre’s 2021 Digital Season
As a female-identifying artist deeply invested in women’s stories (and as a staunch feminist),...
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New York’s Secret Theatre Brings an Experiential Horror-Thriller Play to India
Redemption Room, an experiential horror-thriller theatre performance by New York-based Secret...
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Radical Representation: “Hi, Are You Single” Engages and Triumphs
Hypnotically charming, exquisitely flamboyant and the very embodiment of wit, Ryan J. Haddad wrote...
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Playwright Tara Beagan Wins 2020 Siminovitch Prize In Theatre
November 26, 2020 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Ntlaka’pamux playwright Tara Beagan has been named the 2020...
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The Story Of Shakuntala And Dushyant Set In Contemporary Times Reaches Broadway
The Mahabharata’s Shakuntala and Dushyant find themselves in a modern-day setting, addressing the...
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A Point and Click Music Session With “Modulation”
I was mesmerized by Courtney Love, performing in Kansas City Choir Boy at Prototype in 2015....
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Don’t Worry, Guy: Toronto’s Indie Theatre Community Stays Resilient
On February 20th at 7pm, Sebastian Biasucci’s family will be in their kitchen eating dinner. One...
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Iceland’s “Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists” Undergoes Metamorphosis by Means of Metaphor
Composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson and directed by Sara Martí, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists is an...
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Works Process at The Guggenheim: Isolation to Creation Docuseries
Midway through the first episode of Isolation to Creation, a docuseries produced as part of this...
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“A Strange Loop” by Michael R. Jackson
Jackson’s brave and ingenious dismantling of race and sexuality norms provides a portal from which those who have experienced discrimination based on their identity can readily embrace his insight and wit.
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In Space, No-One Can Hear you Quarantine: San Diego Fringe Theatre Artists Discuss a Year-Long Collaborative Online Monologue Project.
The works of San-Diego-based theatre company Lonesome Whistle Productions thrive in the...
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Review: Tarragon Theatre’s “Orestes” by Rick Roberts
Tarragon Theatre’s technological foray into the virtual reality of a Covid-19 lockdown begins with...
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Exploring and Humanizing the Nuances of Black American History Through Theatre: Conversation With Playwright and Actor Stephen Sampson.
Driven by his appreciation for authenticity and history, Stephen Sampson created his theatre...
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Cinematic Opera Unveiled: Philip Glass and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Speaking to a class in Rome years ago, I heard Tito Schipa Jr. speak about how opera is simply too...
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Ten Ableist Tropes to Jettison in 2021
Disabled people need people who live in privileged bodies to do better. People with disabilities...
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“A Black and White Cookie” at TNC
Gary Morgenstein’s nostalgic yet au courant play A Black and White Cookie is an invigorating...
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“Times3 (Times x Times x Times)” Takes Bite Out of Big Apple
Created by theatre-artist Geoff Sobelle and composer-performer Pamela Z, Times3 (Times x Times x...
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On Changing The Disability Inclusion Narrative: An Interview With Theater Breaking Through Barriers’ Nick Viselli
Inclusion has quickly become the commanding narrative in the theater world, but when it comes to...
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“The Book of Magdalene” at Main Street Theater: Interview with Playwright Caridad Svich
When Rebecca Greene Udden graduated from Rice University, she decided to make Houston her...
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Digital Ghost: The Modern Vignette Between Two Worlds. Ansky’s “The Dybbuk” on Zoom
This article has been translated from it’s original Yiddish by Vassili Schedrin The year...
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Interactive Online Theater – “Life on Earth”
Charles Mee’s Heaven on Earth conveys the message that our civilization, too, has come to an end;...
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Cards For Humanity: “Social Alchemix (Live!)” by Wil Petre
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an interesting social paradox: even as online platforms have...
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“The Dybbuk” Or a Play Possessing Audiences for a Century
December 9, 2020, marked an important anniversary in Jewish theater history: a centennial of the...
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Intriguing and Peculiar Immersive Theater with Grounded Aerial’s “The Insectinside”
An intriguing, quirky, movement and aerial experience, The Insectinside performed by the company...
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Choosing the Stories You Tell: An Interview with Kelley Girod
We live in a world that is demanding change, moving at a rapid pace while simultaneously crawling...
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2021 Flying Start For Human Rights Art Festival
First of the block is ‘Human Freedom 2021- A Theater for Human Rights Campaign’. This initiative is spearheaded by newly-appointed 2021 IHRAF International Fellow, Alessandro Lenzi. It is organized through a global collaboration between Raizes Teatro (Palermo), International Human Rights Art Festival (NYC), Avant – Garde Lawyers (Paris), and Global Campus of Human Rights (Venice). Alessandro Lenzi is the Director of Raizes Teatro. The Last Era, a play written by Alessandro Ienzi will be one of the features of the campaign.
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Minecraft Plays in Covid Times with Director/Artist Susie Lawrence
Artist and Director, Susie Lawrence, takes on the challenging aspects of Covid-theatre to a new...
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Out of the Darkness: A “Visit” with Lighting Designer Japhy Weideman
“That’s what we as lighting designers do – we observe, interpret, and find ways to recreate...
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