Andrei Kureichik’s “Insulted. Belarus”: One Year On
Alexei Nesterov, an actor in my wife Oksana Mysina’s film, Insulted. Belarus(sia), sent her a...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 2nd Sep 2021 | Belarus, Review, Theatre and Politics
Alexei Nesterov, an actor in my wife Oksana Mysina’s film, Insulted. Belarus(sia), sent her a...
Read MorePosted by Julia Secklehner | 7th Sep 2018 | News, Playwriting, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad
New Russian Drama Week by Xameleon Theatre Plays from the Russian speaking world. Series of...
Read MorePosted by Yan Chen | 30th Nov 2017 | Interview, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Transcultural Collaborations
John Freedman was Theatre Critic at The Moscow Times from 1992 to 2015 and is currently Assistant...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Hinds-Bond | 27th Oct 2017 | Directing, Interview, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, United States of America
An interview with Graham Schmidt, artistic director of Austin’s Breaking String Theater....
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 24th Nov 2015 | Directing, Review, Russia
After a 24 year hiatus, Russian director Kama Ginkas has again stepped into one of the most famous...
Read MorePosted by Aleena Karim | 18th Jun 2015 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
Aleena Karim interviews John Freedman, an acclaimed American critic, translator and playwright, on...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 17th Nov 2014 | Essay, Interview, Playwriting, Russia, Translation
Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 7th Oct 2014 | Directing, Essay, Russia
The death of Yury Lyubimov in Moscow on Sunday morning, October 5, 2014, at the age of 97, puts...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 26th Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
On occasion, rather than buried and hidden somewhere, essences lie right there on the surface,...
Read MorePosted by Raphael Schklowsky | 25th Sep 2014 | New York, Review, Russia, United States of America
Raphael Schklowsky writes about Nicole Kontolefa, an American actress trained in Russia, who is...
Read MorePosted by Kirill Serebrennikov | 3rd Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
Kirill Serebrennikov, the artistic director of Moscow’s innovative Gogol Center, and a...
Read MorePosted by Vladimir Kozlov | 2nd Jun 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
After a long period in which Russian theater productions avoided political themes, the last few...
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