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Oedipus Zoom: Remaking Tragedy, Now Via Video Conference

Posted by Kat Mustatea | 8th Jun 2020 | Covid-19, News, Participatory Theatre, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia, United States of America

The frame lingered some seconds too long on Frances McDormand, playing Jocasta, just long enough...

The Dangers of Optical Illusionary Performative Activism

Posted by Azudi Onyejekwe | 7th Jun 2020 | Essay, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Dear white folks (and institutions) seeking to be true allies, Resist the urge to pat yourselves...

Michelle Memran on Maria Irene Fornes and “The Rest I Make Up”

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 6th Jun 2020 | Interview, Theatre and Film, United States of America

Michelle Memran is the documentarian behind The Rest I Make Up (2018), a touchingly candid...

BLIXT Locally Grown on Community-Driven Theatre During COVID-19

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 18th May 2020 | Covid-19, Interview, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

BLIXT Locally Grown was born on “a car ride between Scottsbluff and Lincoln,” Becky Boesen...

Wit and Wisdom: “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Delacorte Theater

Posted by Andrew Agress | 11th May 2020 | New York, Review, United States of America

In this time of isolation, wouldn’t it be nice to take a virtual visit to the park? Fear...

Anya Richkind: The Spontaneous Playwright in Experimental Theatre

Posted by Ziming Jim Liu | 9th May 2020 | Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

Anya Richkind is an emerging Brooklyn-based playwright who has taken many different roles in...

Capturing the Ephemeral: Marc J. Franklin on Theatre Photography, Inspiration, and Community

Posted by Irina Yakubovskaya | 7th May 2020 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Art, United States of America

His photography is undoubtfully radiating, soulful, with a hint of edgy energy. Marc J. Franklin...

Drink From The Well of Yourself: “Play In Your Bathtub” as Quarantine Comfort Theatre

Posted by Emily Cordes | 30th Apr 2020 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

Individual tastes notwithstanding, it can be argued that the best theatre is that which connects...

The Magic is in the Miniature: Toy Theatre Thrives Online During Quarantine

Posted by Marisa C. Hayes | 26th Apr 2020 | New York, Puppetry, Review, Theatre and Art, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

In its simplest form, the proscenium is constructed of little more than cardboard. Small paper...

“Herrin Made” Used Theatre to Reflect Community History in Southern Illinois

Posted by Lavinia Roberts | 25th Apr 2020 | Documentary Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Herrin Made was a play written and performed in the United States’ deeply rural area of Southern...

A Celebration of Love, Nature, and German Lied with 92Y

Posted by Megan McCormick | 20th Apr 2020 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

On February 13th, 2020, 92Y celebrated German Lied with Beethoven and Schumann song cycles...

“Play In Your Bathtub” and “Life on Earth:” The Immersive and Digital Theatre in the Time of Social Distancing.

Posted by Asya Gorovits | 10th Apr 2020 | New York, Review, United States of America

Like many of us during the COVID-19 quarantine, I am nostalgic for the times when we could go to...

“New Dramaturgies:” Insights Into Mark Bly’s Playwriting Exercises. Interview with Mark Bly

Posted by Mary Davies | 4th Apr 2020 | Books, Dramaturgy, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

Mark Bly is an American dramaturg, editor, and lecturer. He was the chair of the MFA Playwriting...

Paranoia at the Fore in Steppenwolf’s Revival of Tracy Letts’s “Bug”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 2nd Apr 2020 | Chicago, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Tracy Letts’s Bug may be fourteen years old, but this tale of a couple convinced that they are...

Interviewing Crystal Field, Artistic Director or Theater for the New City

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 31st Mar 2020 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Art, United States of America

Life cannot exist without art. That is something that is hard to get into people’s heads, because they say ‘I have to eat. I have to pay the rent. I have to be warm in the Winter and cooler in the Summer, if possible.’ They don’t realize that if you took their art away, if their art got taken away, they would die. They only know it, when it gets taken away.

“Hair:” The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 23rd Mar 2020 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Hair the first Rock Musical opened in 1967 for six weeks at the New York Shakespeare Festival...

“Oliver” at The New Repertory Directed by Michael J. Bobbitt

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 17th Mar 2020 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

The winter holiday season generally brings a Charles Dickens’ play to theatres. At the New...

“The Children:” An Important and Timely Work

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 16th Mar 2020 | Boston, Review, United States of America

Lucy Kirkwood’s drama, now appearing at Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage, deals with climate...

Examining “A Black and White Cookie”

Posted by Cate Cammarata | 12th Mar 2020 | Interview, New York, Playwriting, United States of America

We can’t discuss unpleasant historical events or why you or I voted for that candidate without generating anger and accusations. A society which is afraid to think and respectfully consider different points of view will inevitably degrade its ability to understand. Then what?