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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Theater Review: An Eclectic Lineup at a Festival Dogged by Scandal by A.J. Goldmann

The Ruhrtrienniale festival in Germany presents unpredictable works in postindustrial settings. But this year controversy has overshadowed the event.

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

At Salzburg Festival, High Passion and Redemption Onstage by A.J. Goldmann

It’s an event more associated with classical music, but drama is in its D.N.A. Two productions of German-language classics at the festival show differing approaches.

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Friday, July 13, 2018

In Conservative Munich, a Theater Turns Radical and Defends Refugees by A.J. Goldmann

Two plays at one of the city’s most important theaters make the case for accepting displaced people, as politics there is turning against them.

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Thursday, June 21, 2018

Berlin Theater: Books Spring to Life Onstage in Germany by A.J. Goldmann

From Édouard Louis’s novel “History of Violence” to Boccaccio’s 14th-century “Decameron,” German theaters love to mount literary adaptations.

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Berlin Festival Celebrates 25-Year Theatrical Reign With 7-Hour ‘Faust’ by A.J. Goldmann

Frank Castorf led Berlin’s Volksbühne for a quarter century. One of his last productions is being presented again in a showcase of the year’s best German theater.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

German Theater Review: In Munich and Stuttgart, Directors Give the Classics a Twist by A.J. Goldmann

Restrained stagings of Schiller and Shakespeare are vital and exciting, but a production based on the New Testament falls flat.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Theater Director Held in Russia Finds an Audience in Berlin by A.J. Goldmann

A German residency for the Gogol Center, a leading Moscow avant-garde group, drew attention to the plight of its leader, Kirill S. Serebrennikov.

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Revolution’s the Rage in German Theaters. But Don’t Expect Utopia. by A.J. Goldmann

Three plays in Munich and Berlin explore revolutionary ideas and utopian dreams.

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Jealousy, Infidelity, Murder, Lies: It’s All on Vienna’s Stages by A.J. Goldmann

High drama and deep moral questions are at the heart of two outstanding productions in Vienna: “The Ten Commandments” and “The Oresteia.”

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

In Germany’s Theaters, Stories of Exiles and Refugees by A.J. Goldmann

In Berlin and Munich, theater companies explore themes of exile and return in classics and new work, each directly addressing today’s refugee influx.

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards