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The Ally at the Public Theater in New York: Back to the Agora

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 27th Mar 2024 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Can one truly be sympathetic until the ultimate consequences to the problems of someone who is not...

The Blackest Raisin: “A Raisin in the Sun” at The Public Theatre

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 9th Dec 2022 | New York, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, as anyone reading this knows, is a cornerstone of...

Performing Shakespeare in the Era of COVID-19

Posted by Alexa Alice Joubin | 7th Jun 2021 | Canada, Essay, Transmedia

Although tragedy is not usually the preferred companion for hard times, Anglophone pop culture...

Interview with James Shapiro on Adaptation of Shakespeare Plays on the Contemporary Stage

Posted by Niloofar Mohtadi | 24th Apr 2021 | Adaptation, Interview, Iran

James Shapiro is a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English and Comparative Literature at...

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...

Bowled Over: Suzan-Lori Parks’ “White Noise”

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 3rd May 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

Suzan-Lori Parks has written a dark and disturbing allegory about the seemingly impossible dream...

“Eve’s Song” Makes An Ambitious Attempt at Tackling Family and Violence in Black America

Posted by Michael Appler | 7th Nov 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America

While Eve’s Song hopes to confront systemic issues of violence and race in America, it looks to do so amidst the microscopic setting of the family table — not a microcosm of these problems but an island that seeks to distance itself from them.

In “Midsummer” The Mobile Unit Delivers a Joyous Celebration of Life and Shakespeare

Posted by Michael Appler | 1st Nov 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America

Joe Papp would be proud had he lived to see what his Mobile Theater had become: a brimming, joyous sanctuary of inclusivity and plurality, of Shakespearean excellence armed with subtle and striking mindfulness, no longer a struggling caravan of the American theater’s earliest pioneers, but a rag-tag group of brilliant players all the same.

“Teenage Dick”: A Study Of The Stereotypical Villain

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 30th Jun 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

Produced in conjunction with Ma-Yi Theater Company, the world premiere of Teenage Dick at The...

“Miss You Like Hell”: New York Premiere Musical

Posted by The Theatre Times | 14th Apr 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

There’s no curtain to create the traditional pomp and circumstance of American theatre. The stage...

“The Pursuit Of Happiness” At Under The Radar Festival

Posted by Jack Wernick | 29th Jan 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

New York-based experimental troupe Nature Theater of Oklahoma (NTO) teams up with Slovenia’s...

The Delicate Side of Heavy Metal: Philippe Quesne’s “La Mélancolie des Dragons”

Posted by Amanda Boekelheide | 14th Jan 2017 | France, New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

Striking visual images from French director Philippe Quesne’s “La Mélancolie des Dragons,” presented by The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival.