“Tattooer” At Atelier Shunpusha: “Tattooer” Reworks Tanizaki’s Japanese Tale Of Desire And Power With Subtlety And Verve
Tattooer is a playful yet critical adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki’s (1886-1965) debut short...
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Theatre and Gender
Pari Saberi: A Pioneering Woman In Iranian Theatre Passes Away At 92
Pari Saberi, an influential Iranian playwright, director, novelist, translator, and actress, was...
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Representation Of Women In Iraqi Theatre: An Interview With Playwright And Director Dr. Awatif Naeem
Awatif Naeem is an award-winning TV and theatre actress, director, playwright, and critic. She...
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“Laughs In Spanish” Review
Laughs in Spanish by Miami native Alexis Scheer is a love letter to her city, specifically the...
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“Gunter,” Royal Court
Readers who don’t think much of football won’t be surprised to hear that this tale of murder and...
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‘Strong Theatre With Unwavering Precision’: Into The Shimmering World Asks Us What Does It Mean To Be Good?
Angus Cerini’s Into the Shimmering World is an unforgiving and, frankly, bleak meditation on what...
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The Silent Service of Women: Cayenne Douglass’s “Maiden Voyage” at The Flea
“What kind of service do submarines provide?” asks the machine’s captain, Ricky Martin. “Silent...
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“Teeth” Bites Back Against Purity Culture: On Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacob’s Musical
Last year I went to the dentist for a toothache and was told that somehow, to my extreme...
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“I Killed My Mother/It Wasn’t My Fault.” Which Way Does One Get to Come-of-Age?
The question of universality faces entire series of utterly new answers, but not all of them find...
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What Can I Say?
Rachel Bonds’s Jonah—directed by Danya Taymor at the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre— is one of...
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Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution
In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...
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On the “POTUS” Trail with Bekah Walsh
Every day is a cunty day for Bekah Walsh. The Baltimore-based theatre nerd turned prolific...
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Interview with Brilliant Les Dramaturx (Germany): Playfully, In the Sense of Autonomous Art, or Politically, In the Sense of Artivism.
Christian Tschirner aka Soeren Voima (he/him – author, theater maker, Schauspielhaus...
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Shifting the Spotlight: Exploring the Scarcity of Female Voices in Iraqi Theatre
Upon the release of Contemporary Plays from Iraq in 2017, my focus shifted to translating works...
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“The Maids” by Genet: The Logic of the Paradox
Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the first publication and production of Jean Genet’s unique...
Read More“Faded:” Beyond the Dance
Nabaggala Lillian Maximilian has outdone herself by covering a lot of ground recently. A few months ago, she premiered a dance theatre production, Nambi, and exhibited a short film, Faded in Berlin. And barely a month after the...
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“Vudú (3318) Blixen” or a Complex Naïve Way to Exorcise Pain
There is nothing like going to a world premiere. Being one of the first to see something brand...
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Timelier Every Day: Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”
“I do not know how to write,” Agnieszka Kazimierska’s Katie tells her audience. At this...
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Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful
Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...
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SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY
To begin as we proceed, with full transparency, I have to admit how big a fan I am of SheNYC Arts...
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