Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful
Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...
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The Tony Blair Rock Opera Features Bagpipes, Lady Macbeth and a Wrestling Match With Gordon Brown
If you’re looking for subtlety and sophistication, Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony! The Tony...
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“Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead” at the Barbican Theatre
Imagine yourself in a remote place: it could be a mountaintop, or a lost village, or the Amazon....
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“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative...
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Kathadi Ramamurthy’s Tamil Play “Jugalbandhi” Blends Humor with a Social Message
Two well-known theater groups, JB Creations and Stage Creations, collaborate for the first time to...
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“Bangers,” Soho Theatre
Is gig theater the latest sugar rush? Okay, it ups the brain’s serotonin levels and charges around...
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“A Strange Loop” by Michael R. Jackson
It’s rare when a musical wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Most recently it was cultural...
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Fake Friends’ “Jerk” in Brooklyn
Camp is very much in season in Circle Jerk, a pitched-to-the-rafters romp from new media and...
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Why Revive A Forgotten Australian Classic? Oriel Gray’s “The Torrents” Remains Relevant Today
Set in a regional Australian newsroom in the 1890s, Oriel Gray’s The Torrents is a play about...
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Five Stand Out Performances From Ottawa Fringe 2019
These performances were reviewed on June 16. The Ottawa Fringe Festival continues until June 23 at...
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“Mary, Queen Of Scots” Is Newly Relevant In The Age Of #MeToo
The dramatic life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots is a hot topic in popular culture. Josie Rourke’s...
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The Whispers Which Turned to Screams
The Whispers Behind the Battle Line, a tragicomedy by Ali Reza Naderi and directed by Mohammad...
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Political Adaptations: Raleigh Literary Society’s “Waiting for Godot” and “Hayadavana”
In his institutional history of literature in American colleges and universities, Gerald Graff...
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