The Printemps des Comédiens festival features productions uniquely crafted for, and occasionally by, their performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:12AM[SHARE]Tales of women losing their grip on reality don't exist in a void. They fit into broader cultural narratives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06AM[SHARE]Two productions in Paris with their roots in the Greek playwright's works explore the nature of human brutality. But without any CGI effects.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:15AM[SHARE]Liam Scarlett's raunchy staging of the novel for Queensland Ballet is partly a response to its distance from London, he says It's not often you see sex on top of a coffin on stage, but that'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AM[SHARE]The actor turned playwright is taking his work to the UK for the first time. He talks about his Shakespeare in Love-style comedy riffing on Cyrano de Bergerac Alexis Michalik has much in com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AM[SHARE]The annual Reims Scènes d'Europe festival showcases contemporary creation from around Europe. This year, it is focused on emerging artists from Spain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:48AM[SHARE]A new theatrical work by Christophe Honoré and an adaptation of a novel by Didier Eribon see prominent French gay artists reclaim their origins with striking honesty.
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Our three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year " plus a turkey for the festive season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:04AM[SHARE]The Canadian stage director has seen some of his productions derailed by accusations of cultural insensitivity. In a new show in Paris, he can't resist pointing to his own suffering.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AM[SHARE]The "Japonismes 2018" season in Paris offers an intriguing, if occasionally puzzling, window onto Japan's rich theater scene.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48AM[SHARE]La Scala Paris opened with a production in which the playwright Yasmina Reza also acts. But a theater focused on new writing in French from abroad faces an uncertain future.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48AM[SHARE]He has put an Isis fighter's mother in the Ghent Altarpiece and restaged a murder. Now the Swiss director plans to get radicalWhen Milo Rau first saw the Ghent Altarpiece, one detail leapt o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AM[SHARE]Thomas Ostermeier and Krystian Lupa present works at the city's major playhouses at the beginning of a new theater season.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:12AM[SHARE]Many visitors to Paris take in a cabaret. But it gives them a strange view of the city, women and what theater is, our critic says.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54AM[SHARE]Despite some eye-catching dramatics, the paucity of female directors and protagonists at the most important event in the French theater calendar sticks out.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18AM[SHARE]Contrasting approaches to France's national playwright have been on view this month.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48AM[SHARE]Two plays in Paris deal with angry and violent themes. But only one is a success.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54AM[SHARE]Paris is full of exhibitions and talks to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the student uprising. But the theater world's contribution has been remarkably subdued.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12AM[SHARE]Three theatrical productions in Paris show that legends can still speak to audiences today.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:40AM[SHARE]Theaters in France and in the English-speaking world couldn't be more different. But they can learn from each other, as three productions in Paris show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:52AM[SHARE]The mood is downbeat in two plays by the Swedish playwright Lars Noren currently on stage in Paris.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:40AM[SHARE]The proportion of French plays written and directed by women is low. But four Paris productions show a great diversity of talent.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:31AM[SHARE]Yasmina Reza wrote "Bella Figura" for the Schaubühne in Berlin, and the Moscow Art Theater commissioned Pascal Rambert's "Actrice." The two authors are now directing their works on Paris st…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18AM[SHARE]Recent productions in the French capital examine the response to terrorism, deep loss and questions of national identity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:04PM[SHARE]The Avignon Festival is a central event in the French theatre calendar. Every July, hundreds of productions are presented between the official
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