(from RadioFree Europe, 11/29; photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (left) poses with Jamala in Kyiv on November 29, 2022. ) The Moscow prosecutor's office said on November 29 that…
Eddie Izzard Returns to New York with One-Person Hamlet by William Shakespeare From January 25 " March 3 At Off-Broadway's Greenwich House Theater Opening Night February 11 Adapted by Mar…
(Rachel Syme's article appeaed in The New Yorker, 11/14/2023. Photo: Trust is a big theme in the book, and perhaps its reason for existing. Photograph by Irving Penn / © Condé Nast) …
(Lauren Mechling's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/19; Photo: Maleah Joi Moon in Hell's Kitchen. Photograph: Photo Credit: Joan Marcus.)Â Â The Public Theater, New York The star he…
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd Abridged and adapted by Pauline Harris and Emma Smith Listen Spain is in the middle of a peace treaty with Portugal, when Marshall Hieronimo is forced down …
Theater for the New City Presents  Flawless, a tale of enchantment Written by Robin Goldfin Directed by Ed Chemaly  November 9-26, 2023 (12 performances) Thursdays, F…
(From Radio Free Europe, 11/10; Photo of Sasha Filipenka, from Radio Free Europe.) Self-exiled Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenka told RFE/RL on November 10 that a Minsk court sentenced his f…
(Dinara Khalilova's article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 10/25/23; Photo: Â Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval (top left), artist and researcher of Ukrainian cuisine Olha Pavl…
(Sam Kinshin-Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/1; Photo: Gifted generation … Auden and Britten. Photograph: Britten Pears Arts.) When they weren't having screaming rows, the …
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(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/24; Photo:  Pamela Rabe (left) and Eryn Jean Norvill in The Confessions. Photograph: Christophe Raynaud de Lage.) National Theat…
Bob Shuman I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, and set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut, were …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: There is far more bad taste in the world than good. In the place of nobility a sort of showiness has been created, prettiness in place of bea…
Dubbed "The villain of Broadway" by Playbill, Tony Award® Nominee and Grammy Award® Winner Patrick Page has never shied away from exploring his dark side. Now, with this tour …
(Jennifer Ben Brahimim's, Marion Chavali's, Â Aline Bottin's, Â Alison Sargent's Loic Chalavoni's, and Sonia Patricelli's article appeared on France24, 10/10/2023.) "A simple celebration…
(Veronika Fors's article appeared on DW, 10/6;Â Photo: The tragic play is still regularly restaged today. Shown here is a 2015 staging by Robert Wilson at the Berliner EnsembleImage: Maur…
(Philip Oltermann's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/5; Photo: A serious contender for a good decade … the Guardian.) The critically acclaimed author is the first ever laureate in the …
(Vinson Cunningham's article appeared in The New Yorkers, 9/30; Odom plays each of Purlie's notes with a musician's tonal perfection. Illustration by Amrita Marino.) Sophisticated comedic tu…
(By Boyan Tonchev and Ilian Ruzhin, from Radio Free Europe, Bulgarian Service, 9/26; Photo: The Washington Post. ) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his entourage face a war crimes tr…
Listen at:Â https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qmkx In Our Time In the 1000th edition of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the most celebrated film of the Swedish di…
(Mark Lawson's review appeared in the Guardian, 9/21/2023; Photo: The Guardian.) Marylebone theatre, London Set in a Polish ghetto, Dmitry Glukhovsky's superb play explores the terrible choi…
(Kate Wyver's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/9/23; Photo: The Guardian.) From the magician who stops his show to serve at the bar to the actor who drives entire plays around in his car,…
(Miriam Gillinson's article appeared in the Guardian 9/15. Photo: Sensitivity and restraint … Kasper Hilton-Hille and Ruby Stokes in That Face. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Orange Tree …
(from StudyFinds, 9/5; via Drudge eport) RAMAT-GAN, Israel "Â Kevin Bacon, this study is for you! In an exciting breakthrough, researchers from multiple countries have unraveled the myster…
(Stefan Dege's article appeared in DW, 8/26; Photo: Honored for promoting cultural exchange with Germany: Taiwanese dramaturge and theater festival curator Yi-Wei KengImage: Willie Schumann/…