United States of America Archives

“Fires” This Time

Posted by Donald Brown | 24th Jan 2022 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut stages a revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the...

Artist Entrance: Kelly Copper

Posted by Etcetera | 21st Jan 2022 | Interview, New York, United States of America

Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over...

Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2021 Retrospective

Posted by Suzi Elnaggar | 13th Jan 2022 | Covid-19, Dramaturgy, Mexico, Review, United States of America

In the face of many challenges in Summer 2021, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...

“As Soon As Impossible”: An Arab-American Comedy of Errors

Posted by Adam Ashraf Elsayigh | 12th Jan 2022 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Where and when: Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater at Stanford University from November 11, 12, 13, 18,...

Here’s to the Ladies who Lunch: One of Sondheim’s Greatest Achievements was Writing Complex Women

Posted by Narelle Yeo | 10th Jan 2022 | Essay, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The most eclectic of music theatre composers was not only a gifted wordsmith and lyricist, but...

Hollywood Has Got Method Acting All Wrong, Here’s What the Process is Really About

Posted by Eric Hetzler | 6th Jan 2022 | Acting, Essay, United States of America

So-called method acting seems to be having a moment. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten...

Stephen Sondheim Showed Me the Beauty, Terror and Exquisite Pain of Being Alive

Posted by Sonya Suares | 4th Jan 2022 | Musical Theatre, News, United States of America

What did Stephen Sondheim mean to me? This is an attempt to bring order to the chaos. My first...

Realities Blend Together in Arlekin Players’ “Witness”

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 3rd Jan 2022 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Art, Transmedia, United States of America

A daring and nuanced documentary virtual theatre piece about Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany...

Five of Stephen Sondheim’s Best Shows

Posted by Christopher Wiley | 17th Dec 2021 | Musical Theatre, News, United States of America

A musical theatre legend has died. Stephen Sondheim, the greatest composer-lyricist of his...

The Music of Words: The Metropolitan Opera’s “Eurydice”

Posted by Fareeda Pyracha Ahmed | 16th Dec 2021 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

If you’ve never seen an opera before, start here. If you’ve seen a ton of opera before, re-start...

Women in Science in Theater – Transforma Theatre Paves a New Crossroads with Stunning Insight

Posted by Fareeda Pyracha Ahmed | 1st Dec 2021 | Review, Theatre and Science, United States of America

For anyone wondering if live theater offers nothing but escapism from our mini-plague—or worse—on...

“By Heart”: Can One Poem Save the World?

Posted by Julia Sirmons | 27th Nov 2021 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

“I have an aversion to ‘immersive theater,’” Tiago Rodrigues says at the beginning of By Heart. He...

RE: Encuentro: Interview with “Paletas de Coco” Playwright Franky D. Gonzalez

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 26th Nov 2021 | Festivals, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

In 2014, the Latino Theater Company (LTC) re-ignited the Latinx theatre festival tradition, a...

Whole New World: Indian-American Actors Proud in “Aladdin” Play

Posted by Associated Press | 22nd Nov 2021 | Musical Theatre, New York, News, United States of America

Diversity in film is important, but in animation, it carries an even heavier, different message....

Midwest Melancholy: “Girl From the North Country” at the Belasco Theatre

Posted by Andrew Agress | 17th Nov 2021 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

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.

Tony Awards Return: “Moulin Rouge!”, “The Inheritance” Win Big

Posted by Associated Press | 15th Nov 2021 | New York, News, United States of America

Recognizing excellence in live Broadway theater, the Tony Awards bestowed the jukebox adaptation...

One Actor, One Audience Member: Innovations in the Time of COVID

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 12th Nov 2021 | Interview, Kenya, Management, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

‘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.’