Tuesday, July 23, 2024

“The Hope Theory:” A Recipe For Believing In Your Dreams by Azadeh Kangarani

“Don’t take freedom for granted!” This saying is what Helder Guimarães heard from his parents at the dinner table as they recounted stories of their oppressive past in Portugal. Born …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:41PM
Monday, July 22, 2024

TheTheatreTimes.com wins the 2024 ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship by The Theatre Times

The Theatre Times wins the 2024 ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and the American Society for Theatre Research. The…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:53AM
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Wajdi Mouawad’s “Littoral”: Searching for Peace Through the Devastation of War by Walter Byongsok Chon

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts (artistic director, Sun-Woong Koh) staged the play Littoral by Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad from June 14 to June 30. This was a Seoul Thea…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:50PM
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Back to the Updated Future: Rock Opera “Starmania” – 45th Anniversary by Lisa Monde

In 1979 the very first French iconic rock opera – Starmania, created by Michel Berger (composer) and Luc Plamondon (librettist), premiered at the Paris Congress Centre / Le Palais des Cong…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:13PM

The “ETC Theatre Green Book” and Theatre-making During Climate Crisis by Ilinca Todoruţ

The European Theatre Convention (ETC) in collaboration with Renew Culture officially launched in July 2024 the ETC Theatre Green Book (ETC TGB). The sixty-nine-page, freely available documen…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:33PM
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Jordan Cheng: The Genial Striver Of Hong Kong Musical Theatre by Molly Grogan

Is Jordan Cheng for real?  The 37-year-old actor, singer, and composer is everywhere these days. In 2023, he won two of the city’s top drama awards and was nominated for two more while ad…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:52PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

52nd Venice Theatre Biennale (15-30 June). Tim Crouch’s “Truth’s A Dog Must To Kennel” by Margaret Rose

After Brexit, UK productions very rarely play in Italy, but Biennale theatre directors Gianni Forte and Stefano Ricci have made an exception. The final days of the Festival put center stage …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:56PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Miss Julie: Amy Ng Brings A “Problem Play” To Hong Kong by Molly Grogan

Amy Ng has a problem. The Hong Kong-raised, London-based playwright is holed up in a Causeway Bay coffee shop in early January, working on her script for a new production of August Strindber…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:17PM
Monday, July 15, 2024

Make Your Classroom Multilingual: On Training Students For Rapidly Changing Cultural Landscapes by Kasia Lech

How do we train students for to work within landscapes that are rapidly changing and for theatre of future that does not exist yet and already is an accumulation of multiple-multi-things? In…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:34AM
Saturday, July 13, 2024

“Cats”: The Jellicle Ball is near Purrfect by Morgan Skolnik

Alright, I’ll level with you. Maligned as it is (and oh is it ever) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1982 musical Cats is what first made me fall in love with theater. When I was five, I went to a …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:41AM
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Medea as a Border-Body [Part I] by Deniz Bașar

Perhaps the 2024 production of La MaMa’s Medea, under Zishan Ugurlu’s direction and reimagining, is an ode to our times like Achille Mbembe’s Brutalism (2024), in which he developed th…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:35AM

Medea as a Border-Body [Part II] by Deniz Bașar

To read PART I of this essay, go to this link.    The snake that Medea uses to make her potion, which is a real snake on stage, is worn by her as a necklace around her own neck – showing…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:35AM
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally. An Interview with Ukrainian Playwright and Theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Part 1. by John Freedman

I first encountered Dmytro Ternoviy through my Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings project. His play, On the Eve, set in the last hours before Russia launched its full-scale invasion on 24 Feb…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:49AM

Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally. An Interview with Ukrainian Playwright and Theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Part 2. by John Freedman

This is Part 2 of the interview with Dmytro Ternoviy. For Part 1, go here. Dmytro Ternoviy’s answers are translated from Ukrainian into English. John Freedman: Kharkiv is one of the oldest…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:49AM

At the Intersection of Interactive Mediums: “DIRT” Blends Games and Theater at The Tank by Andrew Agress

Do you ever wish you could have a say in how your city developed its land? Well, this month, New Yorkers finally can. At least, in the theoretical theatrical exercise of DIRT. The interactiv…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:40AM

“Invisible Lands,” Bodies, Gods, and… People by Teodora Medeleanu

Invisible Lands, a two-performer act, initially presents itself as a nonverbal production with countless tiny props, almost indiscernible for the spectator seated farther away from the stage…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:37AM
Thursday, July 4, 2024

Water for Elephants: a Musical or a Circus Drama? by Lisa Monde

Everyone knows that musical is a synthetic genre in which a story is being told by means of acting, singing, and dancing. One of the main specifics in training for a musical theatre perform…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:37AM
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Miangaly Theatre Company: Defining the Stage in Madagascar by Lalatiana Andréa Rasamoelina

They say everyone can be an actor. Any location can transform into a theatre stage. Yet finding a theatre, or the Miangaly theatre company, is equivalent to meeting a president in a nightclu…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:39PM
Monday, July 1, 2024

“Pericles” – An Odyssey from Timișoara by Teodora Medeleanu

Depicting an odyssey on stage is rather a challenge, especially when the main means of transport is water. Distance needs to be not only suggested, but also interpreted, and convention can r…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:52AM

“Youth Without God;” Unkind, Realistic Reminder by Teodora Medeleanu

TESZT 2024 brings, from Zagreb Youth Theatre, Borut Šeparović’s production Youth Without God, on a text written by the director and Ivana Vuković. Technology, violence, Nazism, looking …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:52AM
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Death Is Funny, Death is Lame, Death is Sudden, Death Can Happen to “Anybody” by Teodora Medeleanu

A bitter-sweet, funny memento mori (and memento vivere, for that matter), Forte Company – Szkéné Theatre’s Anybody (written by Borbély Szilárd, directed by Horváth Csaba) presents t…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:52AM
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally [Part I] by John Freedman

An interview with Ukrainian playwright and theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Dmytro Ternoviy’s answers are translated from Ukrainian into English. I first encountered Dmytro Ternoviy through …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:06PM

Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally [Part II] by John Freedman

To read PART I of this interview, go to this link.  An interview with Ukrainian playwright and theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Let’s say you’re coming back from the store. Sirens begin t…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:06PM

New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 2 by The Prologue Center For New Plays

For Part 1 see here. Prologue Center for New Plays Having worked as a dramaturg, theatre critic, and educator for over ten years, Cheng-Han Wu noticed that in recent years, the theatre in Ta…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:35AM

New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 1 by Kuan-Ting Lin

New writing stretches the boundaries of theatre arts. Though writing may seem a solitary profession, many good plays were developed through multiple discussions, workshops, and readings. The…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:35AM

The Many Publics Of The Marché Des Arts Du Spectacle D’Abidjan by Brian Valente-Quinn

The Marché des Arts du Spectacle d’Abidjan (Abidjan Market for Performing Arts), or MASA, is one of the major biennial cultural events of francophone West Africa. It stands on par with si…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:42AM
Monday, June 24, 2024

“Laughs In Spanish” Review by Amelia Parenteau

Laughs in Spanish by Miami native Alexis Scheer is a love letter to her city, specifically the Wynwood neighborhood, home to Miami’s vibrant art scene. The relationship between the play’…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:15PM

TESZT 15: Euroregional Theatre Festival Timișoara, Romania (19-26 May, 2024) by Jozefina Komporaly and Katalin Demeter

Within the rich landscape of Romanian theatre festivals, TESZT has carved out a niche as an inclusive and regionally oriented forum, initially aimed at bringing together creatives from the g…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:04AM
Sunday, June 23, 2024

The Plasticity of Perception: “Babies on the Street: The Show” Brings Internet Drama to The Brick by Andrew Agress

Hillary Gao and Matthew Antoci adapt an internet tirade and examine perception and forgiveness with Babies on the Street, playing at The Brick in July. The full version of the article The P…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:37AM
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Exploring A Dystopian World: Where Water Reigns Supreme In Human Transactions by Azadeh Kangarani

In a world devastated by the apocalypse, where water has become the new currency of human exchange, the survival of those remaining on earth hinges on their resourcefulness in securing neces…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:03AM
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

When Sondheim Meets TikTok by Trevor Boffone

Does Stephen Sondheim make you want to throw ass? Does the score of Sunday in the Park with George make you want to hit the dance floor? Do Annaleigh Ashford’s vocals make you want to serv…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:03AM

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