United States of America Archives

“Gary” Isn’t Queer Enough

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 26th May 2019 | LGBTQ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

The critical responses to Taylor Mac’s debut, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, have been...

“Happy Days” at the Mark Taper Forum – Sorrow Keeps Breaking In

Posted by Christine Deitner | 25th May 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

For the most part, Ms. Wiest seems to place Winnie’s voice at the upper end of the vocal range giving her a light, airy, pitched tone that all but says, ‘I mean no harm’. When the emotion takes the character or the story turns on her unexpectedly, a sudden drop into her lower register is more impactful than a sea of tears could ever be and it makes us feel for this poor character that Beckett has trapped in a mound of what feels like years of disappointment.

Interview with Saviana Stănescu: “One could say that I am a 17-year-old American playwright”

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 24th May 2019 | Interview, Playwriting, Romania, United States of America

A well-known poet and journalist, Saviana Stănescu left Romania for the US thanks to a Fulbright...

“The Last Day of the Sun” at In Scena

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 20th May 2019 | Festivals, Italy, New York, News

Brave Actress Chiara Buratti has a perfect command of the text, performed completely in Italian. Sometimes in a green camouflage shirt, she finds herself, like a modern dancer, rooted into the floor, pacing through the space, finding gesture after gesture. At times, the piece has a precision that is alarming. Like a serpent striking at exactly the right prey, the words sting. Discussions of revenge, intermixed with revelations about one’s first love or finding the feminine, are delivered in a freshly recalled sequence of events, with a quick-witted revelation.

“King Lear” at Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh PA

Posted by Wendy Arons | 20th May 2019 | Pittsburgh, Review, The Pittsburgh Tatler, United States of America

Quantum’s marketing slogan for this season is “theater that moves you,” and its production of...

“Indecent”: A Play That Deals With Love And Hate In The Past And In Our Time

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 20th May 2019 | Boston, Review, United States of America

Boston is privileged to welcome Indecent, Paula Vogel’s and Rebecca Taichman’s adaptation of...

Transcending Michael Chekhov From the Classroom to the Stage

Posted by Timothy Allen | 17th May 2019 | Acting, Essay, New York, United States of America

Of the many precepts in developing a work for the stage, commonly method acting can be of the...

Retro Productions’ “Mary, Mary”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 16th May 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The makeover story arc is a time-honored Hollywood tradition. Audrey Hepburn made several (Funny...

Wounds Of Tradition In Huntington’s “Indecent”

Posted by Matthew McMahan | 15th May 2019 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

The Huntington Theatre Company has given the city of Boston a priceless gift by remounting the...

“black odyssey:” An Intimate Epic

Posted by Rem Myers | 14th May 2019 | Boston, Review, United States of America

The poetic epic by Marcus Gardley, black odyssey, presented at the Central Square Theater in a...

Mass Opera’s Production Of “Die Fledermaus” Is The Life Of The Party

Posted by Megan McCormick | 13th May 2019 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

She begins the opera as an uptight TV star concerned with looking perfect, annoyed with her husband for messing with her image. As Orlofsky’s party unfolds, she enters as the mysterious belle of the ball, determined to catch her husband red handed in his infidelity. Ultimately, she engages in a high-energy argument with Einstein resulting in her commitment to being more present rather than so concerned with her image.