Chopin Theatre: A World Meeting Place Amidst a Changing Chicago
I’m sprinting down Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It’s nearly two o’clock on a sunny April...
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Jan Kott, City Garage, and the Polish Theatre in Los Angeles
“Does anyone still read Jan Kott?” asked Michael Billington, theatre critic, in his article in The...
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Where are Women’s Voices in Translation?
Our correspondent Amelia Parenteau attended a “consciousness-raising” discussion of...
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Built for Collapse: “Red Wednesday”
The evening that I saw Red Wednesday by Built for Collapse at the LaGuardia Performing Arts...
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#Wikiturgy Edit-A-Thon
Last year, on February 17, the online theater world exploded following candid remarks regarding...
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Comparing New York and Parisian Theatre
American playwright, translator, and journalist Amelia Parenteau is currently in residence in...
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Spectacle and Tradition at the 2014 Lincoln Center Festival
Eastern and Non-Western theater performances are not to be missed. In terms of seeing Asian art, Heisei Nakamura-za features some of the most impressive Kabuki theater in the world. Heisei Nakamura-za’s current production, Kaidan Chibusa no Enoki (The Ghost Tale of the Wet Nurse Tree), was a revelation. The performance was held from July 7th – 12th at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center.
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“I Am Me” Returns to Brooklyn After Russia
Raphael Schklowsky writes about Nicole Kontolefa, an American actress trained in Russia, who is...
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Between Art and Science: A Conversation with Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann was born in 1937 in Złoczów, Poland. Having survived the German Nazi occupation, in...
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Magda Romanska on Dramaturgy and Opera
BLO: What is a dramaturg? MR: In its broadest and earliest definition, dramaturgy means a...
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Workcenter of Grotowski and Richards’ Open Program in NYC
This winter, the Open Program team of the legendary Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas...
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The Case for a National Theatre
Mitt Romney’s offhanded crusade against Big Bird, announced in a presidential debate with...
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Adapting Gogol’s “Inspector” for D.C.
D.C.’s Shakespeare Theater Company presents its first Russian play in a quarter century and...
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Escape From Circus: Review Of Mabou Mines’ “Dollhouse”
During the ten years of its run, when asked what I thought of Mabou Mines’s Dollhouse, I’ve always...
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Russian Actress Wins Kudos In D.C.
Irina Koval, who was raised in St. Petersburg, brings her training from Lenfilm Studios and a...
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