Sexual violence in the US military is all too frequent, under-reported, and rarely prosecuted. Writer-performer Mary Jane Wells’ one-woman show Heroine recounts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMSomewhere between lecture, cabaret and stand-up, Natalie Cutler’s one-woman show Not Yet Suffragette gives a history lesson on women’s rights, battles and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMSiblings share so much – whether it’s their make-believe games, whispered stories or their own brand of rough-housing. In Annie Saunders’ and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMAbortion in Ireland is a knotty subject. Laura Wyatt O’Keeffe’s play Vessel attempts to untangle some of that complexity. With careful, fine detail,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMNicole Serratore reviews Ulster American, a new play 'so wild it beggars belief'. The post Edinburgh Review: Ulster American at Traverse Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:08AMWriter-performer Kit Finnie explores the fascinating, tragic experiences of scandal-plagued Hollywood silent film star, Mabel Normand in Kit Finnie: Mabel and Mickey.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMReminiscent of the storytelling of Daniel Kitson, The Egg is a Lonely Hunter by Hannah Mamalis excavates loneliness and grief with tenderness,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMTheatre is by its nature manipulative. But in Daughter, written and performed by Adam Lazarus, such manipulation is not earned. Lazarus eases
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMWith her perceptive study of Straight White Men, Young Jean Lee becomes the first Asian-American female playwright on Broadway. Supported by director Anna
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMMaking theatre about US politics is fraught. Whether he is deliberately snubbed or consciously included, shades of Trump abound in narrative injustices,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM(Photo: Joan Marcus)Mart Crowley’s 1968 landmark play about gay men in New York does not feel like a 50 year-old play. While the film (from 1970) version is camp and heavy-handed, this pro…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 09:12PMMike Lew’s Teenage Dick is a high school-set tongue-in-cheek tragicomedy that riffs on Richard III. Discontent with being class secretary, and wanting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMIt’s always easy to find reasons to be grumpy about the Tony Awards. Whether it’s overcritical omissions (what do you mean there’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMLeaving Angels in America, I tingle. I am covered in tears and exhaling joy. The time has passed quickly. None of it has felt laborious. And I carry with me the feeling of religious devotion…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 06:41PMIn his one-man show John Lithgow: Stories by Heart, the charming stage legend recounts tales of his youth but at the heart
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMDue to job woes I was not able to get over to the UK much this year. So really...my list is a Top 10 of Edinburgh.1. Joan2. Lucy McCormick's Triple Threat3. Us/Them4. Letters to Windso…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 07:18PMSince I did not end up going to Edinburgh this year I did not have enough shows in the UK to make a separate top 10 list. So I'm combining US and UK shows this year because it's my lis…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 06:27PMThe Band's Visit is a gentle exploration of the unexamined lives of ordinary people from artists David Yazbek and David Cromer. The post Review: The Band’s Visit at Barrymore Theatre …
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 02:23PMDavid Henry Hwang revises his M. Butterfly at a propitious moment. Nicole Serratore reviews The post Review: M. Butterfly at Cort Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 10:07PMAnna Ziegler explores the internal turmoil of tennis players on court and off in The Last Match. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: The Last Match at Laura Pels Theatre appeared fir…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 01:12PMDiana Oh makes an unapologetic call to arms to queer the world. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: {my lingerie play} at Rattlestick Theater appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:41AMBoom Bat Gesture's 'Do Your Worst' series asks artists to create deliberate flops. Nicole Serratore asks them about failure, DIY theatre, and Spiderman. The post Do Your Worst appeared first…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:00AMJB Priestley’s between-the-wars drama, Time and the Conways bears the hallmarks of a well-made play of the period. It’s suffused with class
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMJohn Doyle’s Off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a mild-mannered affair – a passable production of limited enchantments. It’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15PMPreserving performance is a challenge. How do you document multi-faceted work that involves sound, light, text, bodies, and music? Video may take images of it but rarely captures it. For Ann…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 02:00PMNew York collaborative theatre heroes The TEAM are staging 'Primer for a Failed Superpower', a multi-generational pop concert of protest songs. Nicole Serratore sits in on rehearsals. The po…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:43AMTheatre productions beamed into the cinema act as soft diplomacy for the industry. It expands access beyond physical theatres and national boundaries,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAndrew Garfield in Angels in America (Photo: Helen Maybanks)Sometimes a show is a time capsule to another part of your life. I saw Tony Kushner’s Angels in America on Broadway just after I…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 09:59PMPhoto: Play Co.Guillermo Calderón's play Villa is about three women asked to resolve the impossible--how should they treat the remains of General Pinochet's demolished Villa Grimaldi, …
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 06:20PM(Photo: Johan Persson)Can a play be both rich and slight? Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman makes me believe so. Set in Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1981, it is inevitable that The Fe…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 05:48PMWhen it opened Off Broadway in 1991, Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room was viewed through the lens of the Aids crisis – the
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