"Acts of War: Iraq and Afghanistan in Seven Plays" A book edited by Karen Malpede, Michael Messina and Bob Shuman The plays included in this collection are: Guantanamo: "Honor Bound to Defen…
(Karen Finker's article appeared in The Toronto Star, 7/24, 26; Photo: Toronto Star.) If you're wondering where all the pink petunias in Ontario are, head to Stratford. The city's flowerpots…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In a series of variegated exercises I tried to develop in my pupils not the outward rhythm of movement and action, but the inner rhythm of th…
(Sandra Sarala's article appeared on ExBerliner, 7/15; Photo from Exberliner.) Michael Kohlhaas is relentless. Just as the character " based on a version of 16th-century merchant Hans Kohlha…
(Michael Schulman's article appeared in The New Yorker, 8/16; Illustration by Zhenya Oliinyk.) Last spring's doomed Broadway season is revived, along with plays by Lynn Nottage, Alice Childr…
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 8/11; Photo:Â Spasskoye-Lutovinovo/Legion Media.) Russians love to spend time in nature's lap and escape from the stuf…
Irish Rep, along with Pat Moylan Productions, is proud to present the North American premiere of  Angela's Ashes: The Musical A two week special streaming event Music and Lyrics…
(Elizabeth Weitzman's article appeared in the Wrap 8/8. Photo:Â Quantrell D. Colbert/MGM.) It's more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance and…
(Lyndsey Winship's article appeared in the Guarddian, 8/5;Â Photo:Â Full-beam lustre … Sutton Foster, centre, with, from left, Robert Lindsay, Jack Wilcox, Haydn Oakley and Samuel Edw…
(Linda Morris's article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 8/6; Photo: Sydney Fringe director Kerri Glasscock says the festival's cancellation is "just devastating".CREDIT:LOUIE DOUVIS.)…
(Jason Fraley's article appeared on WTOP News, 8/5.) If you're planing on attending a local theater production, you better get vaccinated. An alliance of theaters across the D.C. area announ…
(From Shakespeare & Beyond; Photo: Savory Cogs Biscuits. Photo by Brittany Diliberto.) With the Folger's four-year Before 'Farm to Table' project drawing to a close, we're revisiti…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: It is better not to read verse at all, than read it in the way which is considered lawful, requisite, and patented in the sense of poetry and…
(Tom Rees's article appeared in the Telegraph, 7/31. Photo: A street entertainer performs on the Royal Mile during a previous Fringe Festival. Organisers are concerned another bad year for t…
(Kate Wyver's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/30; Photo: 'Uniquely startling' … Kunst und Revolution. Photograph: Imagno/Getty Images.) A history of theatre's most controversial mom…
By Bob Shuman Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Delacorte with a new version of The Merry Wives of Windsor, called Merry Wives, which is suited less for the outdoors than for small scre…
(via Jim Byk/Kelly Guiod, The Press Room) The Wooster Group's production of Bertolt Brecht's The Mother to make US debut  The Performing Garage October 2021  Photo: The Wooster G…
(Mark Fisher's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/22; Photo: Michael Hugo, Kira McPherson and Corinna Brown in Coppelia: A Mystery, directed by Theresa Heskins. Photographer: Jenny Harper.)…
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/26; Photo: Waiting for Poirot performed at the People's Park, Limerick. Photograph: Keith Wiseman.) The daring murder mystery is full o…
(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency; Photo: (c) Daniel M. Weiss.) Based on Real-Life Struggles of Runners, One Woman Show Celebrates Resilience Through The Stories of Athletes  "Bracin…
30th Anniversary!! JULY 28 " AUGUST 14, 2021 HOT! began at Dixon Place in 1992 as the first inclusive all-embracing month-long LGBTQ+ festival of theater, dance, music, literature, performan…
(Dimiter Kenarov's article appeared in The New Yorker, 7/23; Photo: During the coronavirus pandemic, Ivo Dimchev embarked on a series of small-scale shows in private homes. Photographs by Mi…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The auditorium was filled by a crowd of simple workingmen and peasants. They listened to what was going on on the stage in the deepest of sil…
(Anna Galayda's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 7/7; Photo: Olga Kereluk.) Â Young dancers from other countries frequently come to study at Russia's prestigious ballet sc…
(Sally Weale's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/20; Photo: The education secretary, Gavin Williamson. Arts groups have warned cuts would affect the viability of some courses at universiti…