Young actors from war-torn nations have created Exil Ensemble at the Gorki Theater in Berlin. Now they are starring in a play based on their lives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMThe Belgian playwright Ismaël Saidi writes comic plays that tour France and Belgium, and offer a message of multicultural tolerance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMThe letter, written by PEN America, reads in part: “Vibrant, open intercultural dialogue is indispensable in the fight against terror and oppression.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PMMuseums, film festivals, theaters and workshops are scrambling to figure out President Trump’s executive order on immigration and the effects it may have.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42PMThe authorities in Russia questioned the performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner after an actress accused them of sexual assault.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMIn Venice, a mock trial had the added appeal of seeing a production of “The Merchant of Venice” featuring Justice Ginsburg’s grandson.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:15PMBritain’s vote to leave the European Union has led to intense soul-searching for the country’s cultural establishment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:38PMHis play “The Father” comes to Broadway after successful runs in Paris and London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:02AMCultural figures in Russia describe a climate of anxiety as laws banning obscenities have made them compromise their work or face harsh penalties.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:26PMThe singers, Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak, were among the victims of the Germanwings crash on Tuesday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:15PMMs. Tempest — whose poems, plays and recordings about struggling Londoners have been winning acclaim in her native Britain — is about to tour America.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:34AMThe agreement, which the opera said would save 3 million euros a year, will keep the musicians on staff in exchange for pay cuts and a pledge not to go on strike.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:31AMSaying it has to cut costs, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma fires its orchestra and chorus and says it will replace them with contract performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:27AMRagnar Kjartansson brings his work “Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen,” or “The Explosive Sonics of Divinity,” to the Volksbühne theater in Berlin.
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