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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

‘Les Misérables’ Returns Home by Laura Cappelle

The most famous French musical has never been popular in Paris. A major new production hopes to change that, reworking it for a contemporary French audience.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

‘The Vegetarian’ Review: Putting a Nobel Prize Winner’s Work Onstage by Laura Cappelle

After Han Kang won the Prize in Literature last month, a stage version of her novel “The Vegetarian” sold out its run at a struggling Paris theater.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Festival d’Automne in Paris Honors Rabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie by Laura Cappelle

A retrospective in Paris honors Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué, whose theater works have examined the region’s troubles for decades.

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

With ‘Drag Race France Live,’ France’s Drag Queens Answer Hatred With Glitter by Laura Cappelle

Answering hatred with glitter is a time-honored drag tradition that France’s answer to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is keeping alive in a new stage spectacle.

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: Putting Putin’s Rise Onstage by Laura Cappelle

The best-selling, much discussed French novel is now a play. It gives a similarly humanizing view of the Russian leader and his inner circle.

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Monday, August 5, 2024

Female Gymnasts Have to Dance. What if the Sport Actually Valued It? by Laura Cappelle

Olympic gymnastics would be more enjoyable on TV and in the arena if choreography were less of an afterthought, our critic writes.

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Monday, July 8, 2024

At Avignon Festival, Theater’s World Gets Wider by Laura Cappelle

Under its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages.

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Friday, July 5, 2024

At Avignon Festival, Resisting the Far Right by Laura Cappelle

Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become “a festival of resistance,” juggling activism with the premiere of a new play.

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Success Eluded Him in Dance. Then Came Gymnastics and Simone Biles. by Laura Cappelle

Grégory Milan, who works with Biles and the French national team, has found a home in gymnastics, though his pure dance background is unusual in the sport.

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Monday, July 1, 2024

Angélica Liddell Brings Electricity to Avignon Festival by Laura Cappelle

The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

‘Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons’’ Review: A Bittersweet Premiere by Laura Cappelle

An Arabic production of Wajdi Mouawad’s 1991 work, planned to open in Lebanon, was canceled because of his perceived ties to Israel. It found a home in France.

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

‘Terraces’ Review: A Stunning Tragedy Revisits the Paris Terror Attacks by Laura Cappelle

The French writer Laurent Gaudé taps into collective trauma from the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist outrage and channels it into something like catharsis.

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Friday, April 26, 2024

‘Harlequin, Refined by Love’ Review: A French Showman’s First Steps by Laura Cappelle

The revival of a 2006 work by Thomas Jolly, the director masterminding the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, shows his gift for visual flamboyance.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Two Shakespearean Triumphs in Paris, or a Plague on Both Their Houses? by Laura Cappelle

New productions of “Macbeth” and “Hamlet” follow a French tradition of adapting familiar works. The results are innovative, and sometimes cryptic.

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Friday, March 8, 2024

Dominique Blanc, at 67, Is in Her Prime by Laura Cappelle

After roles dried up, Dominique Blanc reclaimed her artistic agency by taking a one-woman play on the road. Now she’s making a rare appearance in Manhattan.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

‘Bérénice’ Review: Crushed by Isabelle Huppert’s Star Power by Laura Cappelle

Romeo Castellucci’s production of the classic play by Jean Racine is all about the lead performer — and that’s it.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

‘Hors Pistes’ Is an Arts Festival About Sports, for People Who Don’t Like Sports by Laura Cappelle

A series of events in preparation for the Paris Olympics explores a paradox, since arts and sports rarely mix in France.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

‘Passport’ Review: A Master of Comedy in a Migrant Camp by Laura Cappelle

The new show by Alexis Michalik, a star of commercial theater, wades into political battles in France, where immigration restrictions have been at the forefront of the government’s agenda.

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

‘The Emigrants’ Review: A Troubled Show Finally Debuts by Laura Cappelle

Krystian Lupa’s latest work had its premiere in Paris after an earlier attempt collapsed. The delay would have been a good time to rethink the four-and-a-half-hour show.

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Friday, January 12, 2024

Review: In ‘Cosmos,’ Female Astronauts Dance Toward the Stars by Laura Cappelle

A new show in Paris by Maëlle Poésy tells the story of the Mercury 13 space program, with choreographed movement and acrobatic sequences.

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

‘Our Life in Art’ Review: Stanislavski’s Work and Times by Laura Cappelle

In Paris, a new production from Richard Nelson imagines a day on tour with Konstantin Stanislavski’s theater company in 1923, but misses the historical context.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

In a Gender-Flipped Production of Cinderella, a Princess Rescues by Laura Cappelle

For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled “Cinders!,” some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers “were all kind of like: ‘OK. How does that work?…

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Friday, December 1, 2023

A Play About Black Women’s Experiences, Met With Violence by Laura Cappelle

Rébecca Chaillon’s “Carte Noire Named Desire” provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris.

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Review: In Milo Rau’s ‘120 Days of Sodom,’ Sadism Gets in the Way by Laura Cappelle

The provocations in Milo Rau’s stage adaptation, featuring actors with Down syndrome, confuse the production as it grapples with weighty issues.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Théâtre de la Ville Reopens After 7 Years of Renovations by Laura Cappelle

The Théâtre de la Ville, now named for Sarah Bernhardt, reopened after a seven-year renovation. But its once-radical approach to dance is now less of a calling card.

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Monday, October 9, 2023

‘Holidays,’ a Madonna Musical, Pays Tribute to the Star by Laura Cappelle

“Holidays,” the first musical to include the pop icon’s songs, arrives just days before her “Celebration” tour starts. But matching the star’s talents is a challenge.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

‘The Confessions’ Review: A Mother’s Tale, Told With Empathy and Care by Laura Cappelle

A new play by Alexander Zeldin recreates his mother’s winding, painful path to a life of her own.

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

GENEVA by Laura Cappelle

The American choreographer has 46 engagements this year, including a monthslong retrospective of his work in Paris. But he is making plans for a “second act” away from the dance world.

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

A French Festival Focuses (Timidly) on English by Laura Cappelle

The Avignon Festival’s new director wants to spotlight drama in a different language each year. This year’s first installment had some conventional choices.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

‘A Noiva e o Boa Noite Cinderela’ Review: A Performer Drugs Herself by Laura Cappelle

In an ethically murky show at the Avignon Festival, the Brazilian performer Carolina Bianchi opens up about how she was drugged and abused, then knocks herself out with a spiked cocktail.

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

French Choreographer Bintou Dembélé Opens the Avignon Festival by Laura Cappelle

The French choreographer Bintou Dembélé brings her desire to create “a fair ecosystem” to the Avignon Festival, which she opened with “G.R.O.O.V.E.”

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime