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“As You Like It”at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Posted by Taylor L. Ciambra | 11th Jun 2019 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

To take the title of dramaturg Amrita Ramanan’s program note, As You Like It is “a comedy that...

Shakespeare and India

Posted by Poonam Trivedi | 6th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Essay, India

The most striking aspect of Shakespeare in India today is that it seems to have at last got over...

Shakespeare, Sinatra, And The Philosophy Of Aging

Posted by Saul Levmore and Martha C. Nussbaum | 4th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Chicago, Theatre and Age, United States of America

Aging in the world of entertainment is portrayed in a variety of ways. In some cases it’s graceful...

“The Modern on Stage / The Dream of the House”: An Interview with Jan Pappelbaum, Set Designer at the Schaubühne, Berlin

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 24th May 2019 | Design, Germany, Interview

Jan Pappelbaum is one of the most inventive and internationally renowned set designers, from the...

“King Lear” at Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh PA

Posted by Wendy Arons | 20th May 2019 | Pittsburgh, Review, The Pittsburgh Tatler, United States of America

Quantum’s marketing slogan for this season is “theater that moves you,” and its production of...

It’s Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” But Not As You Know It

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 16th May 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Transcultural Collaborations

With praise for his Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2016 still ringing in his ears —...

Passion Play: The Often Fraught History Of The Theatre And Christianity

Posted by Julian Meyrick and Elizabeth Schafer | 7th May 2019 | Essay, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

During Holy Week – the run-up to Easter – theatrical versions of religious narratives abound....

Absurdist Comedy “Every Good Boy Deserves Favour” Gets Its Japan Debut

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th May 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Transcultural Collaborations

Tom Stoppard is one of the most influential figures in theater today and one of the most...

New Play Examines Shakespeare’s Gender Politics: Sarah Delahunty’s “This Long Winter”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 29th Apr 2019 | New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

Despite being dead for 400 years and having lived and worked on the far side of Planet Earth,...

On Broadway, “Kiss Me, Kate” Is True To Fashion, For Better Or Worse

Posted by Michael Appler | 19th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Anyone who tells you that Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate isn’t, or can’t be, a kick in the teeth to...

The Development Of Israeli Theater–A Brief Overview

Posted by Shimon Levy | 15th Mar 2019 | Essay, Israel

In comparison with West European theater, Hebrew theater is young: only a century separates the...

Ravi Jain’s “Prince Hamlet”: A Meta-theatrical Reversal Of Disability And Gender

Posted by Abhimanyu Acharya and Sheetala Bhat | 2nd Mar 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Disability

Why Not Theatre’s Prince Hamlet, adapted and directed by Ravi Jain, is a performative exploration of the relationship between aesthetics and disability. Prince Hamlet is a gender-bent, bilingual play which uses English and American Sign Language (ASL).