2,099 stories from The Theatre Times
At the end of the 1960s, American soul poet Gil Scott-Heron said that the revolution will not be televised. Maybe that's right, but a lot of other things were being broadcast in that decade,…
In the face of many challenges in Summer 2021, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts moved forward with its 10th annual Dramaturgy Intensive deploying a virtual mode. As the Cen…
Where and when: Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater at Stanford University from November 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 20, 2021. Ramsey is a pretentious, Iraqi-American polyglot and Berkeley professor. Art…
All the rage in Beijing's stand-up circuit, Pazilye Parhat says much of comedy stems from genuine anger she's experienced all her life. A little after 8 p.m. on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Fes…
Head to London's West End and you are likely to find all sorts of plays for families, inspired by some of the most loved children stories. There is JK Rowling's Harry Potter And The Curse…
What did Stephen Sondheim mean to me? This is an attempt to bring order to the chaos. My first encounter with his work is a rerun of the 1962 film adaptation of West Side Story (1957). I am …
It could be easy to assume that The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories written in Middle English at the end of the 14th century, would not hold much relevance to contemporary debates …
So-called method acting seems to be having a moment. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst apparently didn't speak to each other on the set of their new film, Power of the Dog, to …
A daring and nuanced documentary virtual theatre piece about Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany for Cuba by means of the M.S. St. Louis"a diesel-powered passenger ship in 1939"is a chapter…
The classic play 'Dance Like a Man' captures the subtle undertones found in familial relationships. On the surface, Mahesh Dattani's play, Dance Like a Man explores relationships withi…
Metsi, staged at the State Theatre is a daring and brave production in how it includes elements of dance, music and drama into one tapestry of creativity. In doing this, it creates two…
A couple of days ago, I watched a live stream of Milk and Gall, an American-based playwright and screenwriter Mathilde Dratwa's new play at Theatre 503. Set in a Brooklyn apartment, the plot…
Ten mentor Mothers and one Father, devised theatre, drama therapy, healing, and community performances. This is You Will Never Walk Alone. It is beyond theatre, storytelling, and perfo…
Is the Bosnian conflict of 1992"95 the war that Europe forgot? Maybe, although most fans of new writing for the British stage will remember its massacres as the inciting incident for Sarah K…
Italian theatre director Anna Dora Dorno talks about her project, Dante Beyond Borders. Italy was among the initial sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than the numbers, the sights of o…
After lockdown, the stage monologue saved British theatre. At venue after venue, cash-strapped companies put single actors into simple playing spaces to deliver good stories for audiences th…
Every three years 1000 young dancers from all over the world audition for PARTS, the renowned school for contemporary dance in Brussels, directed by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.…
A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) marks Chilean playwright Pablo Manzi's English-language debut. Translated by William Gregory, it's a timely look at how violence acts as a catalyst f…
Louis Siu is performing the oldest known musical practice in the world, in a coffee shop in North Point. "This is percussion," he says, tapping the table. "This is percussion," he demonstrat…
Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over human interest. This time, we are happy to give the word to Florentina Holzinger (1986). Sh…
A few days ago, I lost one of my dearest theatre friends, my most avid and soul-searching correspondent over the years, Alaknanda Samarth. In a way, her death was a blessing because she was …
The National Theatre has a good record in staging classic American drama by black playwrights. James Baldwin's The Amen Corner, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Lorraine…
A day at the National Children's Theatre in the magical IMAGINATION Outdoor Theatre is a day like no other especially for children, young adults and their parents or guardians who throng the…
Chinese cities have established thousands of new museums over the past two decades, but construction is all too often motivated by dreams of real estate riches rather than accessibility. Eve…
A musical theatre legend has died. Stephen Sondheim, the greatest composer-lyricist of his generation, passed away on November 26 at the age of 91. His dramatic genius combined a rare ble…
