Category Archives: Deeper into American Theater
JAPAN SOCIETY’s wonder boy pitches “Baseball” in the U.S.
“God Bless Baseball marks the third time for Japan Society to present Toshiki Okada’s work,” said Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director of Japan Society
JAPAN SOCIETY’s wonder boy pitches “Baseball” in the U.S.
“God Bless Baseball marks the third time for Japan Society to present Toshiki Okada’s work,” said Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director of Japan Society
MEET THIS DEADLINE | Dramatists Guild seeks new fellows for 2016
The Fellows Program is a nine-month intensive in New York, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild
MEET THIS DEADLINE | Dramatists Guild seeks new fellows for 2016
The Fellows Program is a nine-month intensive in New York, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild
CAUSES | Gloria Estefan gets on her feet for Hispanic heritage, Sept. 14
Wouldn’t you now? There’s a new Broadway musical attached to this benefit concert.
CAUSES | Gloria Estefan gets on her feet for Hispanic heritage, Sept. 14
Wouldn’t you now? There’s a new Broadway musical attached to this benefit concert.
BROADWAY | In “Hedwig,” Taye Diggs got his queer grove back
How’s Taye Diggs in “Hedwig”? Oh nice work if you can queer it. And a str8 can queer it — if Taye tries.
BROADWAY | In “Hedwig,” Taye Diggs got his queer grove back
How’s Taye Diggs in “Hedwig”? Oh nice work if you can queer it. And a str8 can queer it — if Taye tries.
WHAT’S THE HAPS? At the Berkshires, acting powerhouse Tina Packer plays Joan of Arc’s mum
With Packer in the lead role, “Mother of the Maid” tells the story of Joan of Arc from an entirely fresh point of view.
WHAT’S THE HAPS? At the Berkshires, acting powerhouse Tina Packer plays Joan of Arc’s mum
With Packer in the lead role, “Mother of the Maid” tells the story of Joan of Arc from an entirely fresh point of view.
WITHOUT BORDERS | Screw Ingmar Bergman’s films. Go see his screen texts on stage, Sept. 3 to 5
What’s the point of seeking to certify a heartbreaking work of stagecraft by comparing it to Bergman’s cinema aesthetics?
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WITHOUT BORDERS | Screw Ingmar Bergman’s films. Go see his screen texts on stage, Sept. 3 to 5
What’s the point of seeking to certify a heartbreaking work of stagecraft by comparing it to Bergman’s cinema aesthetics?
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VIDEO | Monsieur Space on building theatre today
JEAN-GUY LECAT ON BUILDING THEATRE TODAY: “The difference between a true space and one that is not lies in the criteria that favours or disfavours life. That which favours this concentration is thus legitimate while that which shies away from it is not.
VIDEO | Monsieur Space on building theatre today
JEAN-GUY LECAT ON BUILDING THEATRE TODAY: “The difference between a true space and one that is not lies in the criteria that favours or disfavours life. That which favours this concentration is thus legitimate while that which shies away from it is not.
VIDEO | In Provincetown, a site-specific workshop re-imagining of “In the Summer House” by Jane Bowles
This post offers two videos. First, a video excerpt of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival’s workshop production of In the Summer House (Act 2). At the end of this post is a video recording of the post-performance conversation I moderated with the show’s director David Kaplan.
VIDEO | In Provincetown, a site-specific workshop re-imagining of “In the Summer House” by Jane Bowles
This post offers two videos. First, a video excerpt of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival’s workshop production of In the Summer House (Act 2). At the end of this post is a video recording of the post-performance conversation I moderated with the show’s director David Kaplan.
SOUTH KOREA | Seeking proposals for Center Stage Korea from presenters, performing arts centers and networks
The Korea Arts Management Service is considering project proposals submitted by international festivals, arts centers, and networks who will implement a project involving Korean performing groups/artists as part of their performance program.
SOUTH KOREA | Seeking proposals for Center Stage Korea from presenters, performing arts centers and networks
The Korea Arts Management Service is considering project proposals submitted by international festivals, arts centers, and networks who will implement a project involving Korean performing groups/artists as part of their performance program.
THEATER COMMENTARY | Viewing Jane Bowles and her “In the Summer House” through the prism of Tennessee Williams
You’ve likely not heard of Jane Bowles, but she wrote a cock-eyed, mesmerizing play that was one of the signal achievements of postwar American drama. It’s right up there with the classic works of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Gertrude Stein, late Eugene O’Neill, Lillian Hellman, and Sam Shepard. This post is about Jane Bowles’s unjustly neglected play: “In the Summer House.”
THEATER COMMENTARY | Viewing Jane Bowles and her “In the Summer House” through the prism of Tennessee Williams
You’ve likely not heard of Jane Bowles, but she wrote a cock-eyed, mesmerizing play that was one of the signal achievements of postwar American drama. It’s right up there with the classic works of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Gertrude Stein, late Eugene O’Neill, Lillian Hellman, and Sam Shepard. This post is about Jane Bowles’s unjustly neglected play: “In the Summer House.”
ART & POLITICS | Hope lingers in Sarajevo’s Festival MESS, one of the Balkan region’s most important festivals
Dino Mustafic, director of Festival MESS, describes this year’s Festival as conquest for happiness and hope. Mustafic, one of the most important theater directors in the region, adds that the theater in the Balkans is “struggling to survive.” Over the last five years, Festival MESS’s budget was slashed by 73 percent.
ART & POLITICS | Hope lingers in Sarajevo’s Festival MESS, one of the Balkan region’s most important festivals
Dino Mustafic, director of Festival MESS, describes this year’s Festival as conquest for happiness and hope. Mustafic, one of the most important theater directors in the region, adds that the theater in the Balkans is “struggling to survive.” Over the last five years, Festival MESS’s budget was slashed by 73 percent.
FESTIVAL WATCH | Documentary theater seeks social change via international “Theater of the Voiceless”
To track this creative upswing, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Goethe-Institut Washington, Embassy of Switzerland and Georgetown University’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics have launched “Theater of the Voiceless,” an international symposium and festival on documentary theater that runs June 16 to June 19 at various venues in Washington, D.C.
FESTIVAL WATCH | Documentary theater seeks social change via international “Theater of the Voiceless”
To track this creative upswing, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Goethe-Institut Washington, Embassy of Switzerland and Georgetown University’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics have launched “Theater of the Voiceless,” an international symposium and festival on documentary theater that runs June 16 to June 19 at various venues in Washington, D.C.
CAUSES | Boston’s storied “Downtown Crossing” theater history revealed in hands-on talk/tour
BOSTON | You’ve heard of “Downton Abbey.” Do you know about Downtown Crossing? If the Englishness of the PBS series “Downton Abbey” fascinates most of us, Boston theater historian Susan Roberts hopes to intrigue us with the theatricality of Downtown Crossing,
CAUSES | Boston’s storied “Downtown Crossing” theater history revealed in hands-on talk/tour
BOSTON | You’ve heard of “Downton Abbey.” Do you know about Downtown Crossing? If the Englishness of the PBS series “Downton Abbey” fascinates most of us, Boston theater historian Susan Roberts hopes to intrigue us with the theatricality of Downtown Crossing,
Performance review | Diverse City Theater’s nervy revival of Lee Blessing’s “Two Rooms” gives voice to voiceless
Diverse City Theater’s nervy production argues that Two Rooms has not lost an inch of topical relevance. The play has not lost its eloquence. It is a muted cry of rage.
Performance review | Diverse City Theater’s nervy revival of Lee Blessing’s “Two Rooms” gives voice to voiceless
Diverse City Theater’s nervy production argues that Two Rooms has not lost an inch of topical relevance. The play has not lost its eloquence. It is a muted cry of rage.
