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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...
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...
The Annoyance’s “Splatter Theater:” Sharing a Chicago Halloween Tradition with an Online Audience
While theaters around the United States typically produce The Rocky Horror Picture Show around...
On Screen And On Stage, Disability Continues To Be Depicted In Outdated, Cliched Ways
The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have forced Hollywood and other artists and filmmakers...
Radical Representation: “Hi, Are You Single” Engages and Triumphs
Hypnotically charming, exquisitely flamboyant and the very embodiment of wit, Ryan J. Haddad wrote...
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...
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,...
“Chicago:” Presenting Crime as a Show
Chicago combines passion, adultery, crime, murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation and...
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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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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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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Theatre Shows How The Art of Inclusion Can Help Build a Better Canada in 2021
As we bid the pandemic year goodbye and herald the new year, it’s worth asking about the kind of...
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The Rise of the Ridiculous in “Circle Jerk” by Fake Friends
Lights up. Enter a troll. Literally. Circle Jerk, returning to stream on demand January 1 –...
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Amir Nizar Zuabi’s “This Is Who I Am:” A Reminder of Family, Humanity, and the Power of Theatre
The issue with Zoom theatre is that, oftentimes, the two do not comply: theatrical performance is...
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About “December”
Yesterday, I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott,...
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New Musicals Presented at the National Alliance of Musical Theatre’s 32nd Annual Festival
*Content Warning: This article discusses and describes new musicals that deal with such topics as...
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Maintaining Whoville: Interview with Designers Chris Rynne and Shelly Williams
For the past twenty-three years, The Old Globe’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole...
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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...
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Radio-Drama Vibe of Resounding’s “Treasure Island: LIVE” Captivates
Based on Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play and adapted by Creative Director Steve Wargo,...
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“Imagining Marvin”: A Tribute to How Far (and Not Far) We’ve Come
An interview with Ryan Shaw In our new digital era, it was an honor to have a Zoom sit-down with...
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Embrace The Chaos: “Readymade Cabaret 2.0”
Given the year’s unsettling mixed-bag of a global pandemic, racial reckoning, political strife,...
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Afro-Latinidad And The Greater Good Of The Latinx Playwrights Circle
In October 2017, a group of Latinx playwrights came together in New York City to share space,...
Read MoreA Marriage of Art and Cultures: Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly
Written by: Elizabeth Kerr Sitting in a decidedly Hong Kong-flavoured café in Prince Edward, Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly present as an old married couple, even if they’ve only been bound in matrimony for seven years. They...
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Leaving Reality with “Dave’s Roleplays”: An Interview with Actor David French
At first glance, one might consider portraying someone’s older brother, boyfriend, or therapist,...
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Under the Influence of Dada: Readymade Cabaret 2.0 Breaks Out of Linear Time, Celebrates Chance
The brilliant performance reaffirms its disregard for conventional attitudes and unjustified inequalities—a nod to the social and political context from which the work sprang.
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On Screen And On Stage, Disability Continues To Be Depicted In Outdated, Cliched Ways
The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have forced Hollywood and other artists and filmmakers...
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“Keely and Du” at The Seeing Place
Keely and Du, Jane Martin’s seminal work from 1993, is a piece often touted for its emotional...
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Of Wizards and Trolls: “Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy”
Co-workers Masha and Nikolai sit side by side in separate black boxes on my laptop screen. Their...
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For Youth, Theatre is Action
Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of inviting a group of teenagers in Canada, ages...
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“Señor Ruiseño (Monsieur Rossignol)”: Ce Commentaire Féroce Sur la Politique Catalane Actuelle Ouvre Une Nouvelle Voie de la Critique au Canada!
La compagnie catalane Els Joglars, crée en 1962 par Albert Boadella, Carlota Soldevila, propose...
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Lessons Wanted, But Not Found, in “Daisy”
On September 7, 1964, during an NBC Monday night movie, the democratic campaign to reelect...
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“All Hallows Eve”
All Hallows Eve is one of those rare productions that contain all the spicy ingredients of a...
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Creative Freedom and the Craft of Acting: Interview with Scott Fielding, Founder of Michael Chekhov Actor Studio in Boston.
Michael Chekhov Actor Studio Boston, or MCASB, has been one of the leading New England acting...
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Hybrid Vigor: Frankenthaler and Ravel, Part of the “Hearing Color, Seeing Time” Series
To the right of the piano, hung on the far wall of the space, was the ravishing 103 x 172.5 inch acrylic on canvas. The Frankenthaler abstract painting dominated the space with a wash of undulating colors and shapes. Rothenberg opened with commentary about the connections between these two works of art explaining that while it’s challenging to talk about abstract works, as Baudelaire wrote, sometimes the combination of two difficult pieces can clarify and reveal the heart of the works.
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“Inside the Box” at the Geffen Playhouse – A Puzzler’s Delight
I won’t be the first or last person to note that 2020 has been a challenging year. It has...
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