Lars von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves” Opera at PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now
Both postmodern tragedy and ageless love story, Lars von Trier’s 1996 film seemed inevitable...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 9th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Festivals, New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
Both postmodern tragedy and ageless love story, Lars von Trier’s 1996 film seemed inevitable...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Rizzo | 9th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Devised Theatre, New York, North America, Review
Reading J. D. Salinger’s 1951 The Catcher in the Rye marks the moment in the lives of countless...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 31st Dec 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
TRUE: Daniel Craig has real acting chops. If you doubted this because you thought the role of...
Read MorePosted by Anne Hamilton | 21st Dec 2016 | Dramaturgy, Essay, Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America
It is much more challenging to dramaturg a musical than a straight play because there are so many more elements to consider, assess, and attempt to balance out. I examine each song in the score in terms of style, tempo, tone, melody, and length.
Read MorePosted by Jessica Rizzo | 20th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Once every four years most Americans sheepishly admit to trusted friends of similar political...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, United States of America
Anyone so inclined could find plenty of reasons to carp about The Babylon Line, Richard...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Rizzo | 15th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, United States of America
Chekhov’s Three Sisters is distilled into vibration and iteration in The Hummm, a radical...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 14th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, United States of America
What a journey Lynn Nottage’s Sweat has had. When this gorgeously incisive play about heartbreak...
Read MorePosted by Ana-Maria Bandean | 9th Dec 2016 | New York, News, Romania, United States of America
On the nights of November 18 & November 20, 2016, at Here Arts Centre, NYC, I was being...
Read MorePosted by Rachel E. Diken | 29th Nov 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Helluva Theatre Company—newly formed under the mission to produce plays from the traditional canon...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 26th Nov 2016 | New York, Review, United States of America
The Encounter, Simon McBurney’s two-hour intermissionless solo show on Broadway, which many...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 25th Nov 2016 | New York, Review, United States of America
Although the PR images of leaping, lunging and levitating female soccer players seem to promise...
Read MorePosted by Marcina Zaccaria | 18th Nov 2016 | Japan, New York, News, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
It is a musical piece without words. At Japan Society on Nov. 11, Sounds to Summon the Japanese...
Read MorePosted by Amir Farjoun | 8th Nov 2016 | New York, United States of America
The non-Broadway performing arts scene in New York is characterized by a painful lack of funding...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 6th Nov 2016 | New York, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad, Review, United States of America
It’s hard to think of a play more diabolically suited to the era of reality TV, vanished privacy...
Read MorePosted by Marcina Zaccaria | 28th Oct 2016 | New York, News, Theatre and Opera, Transmedia, United States of America
Returning to the Met’s Live in HD series is a moving production of Don Giovanni. Part of the charm...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Rizzo | 28th Oct 2016 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
The Maids, September 29-October 23, The INTAR Theatre, New York City Invoking the...
Read MorePosted by Marcina Zaccaria | 20th Oct 2016 | New York, News, Theatre and Opera, Transmedia, United States of America
Live – what is it and why does it matter? The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series brings opera...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 14th Oct 2016 | New York, News, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
The Seedling Project is an original play inspired by the true stories of women and men as they...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 8th Oct 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Richard Gilman, an old teacher of mine and a terrific critic, used to say that whenever he read...
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