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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Misanthrope’ from Molière in the Park
A crack cast brings fresh life to the 17th-century classic, outdoors and in-the-round in Prospect Park.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Masks Can’t Mask Love in ‘André & Dorine’
In André & Dorine masked actors tell a story of dementia in a brilliantly original way: without dialogue. There’s something painfully appropriate about using a wordless and facial expression-free medium to depict the decline of a mind. Presented by Kulunka Teatro, a company from the Basque country of Spain, the …
Read More »Theatre Interview: Belinda Lang, Director, ‘The Children’ at Salisbury Playhouse
"The play asks a lot of questions about the way we live now."
Read More »Theatre Interview: Tonderai Munyevu, ‘Mugabe, My Dad & Me’
"I was really compelled to write this story and speak from the heart," said actor and writer Tonderai Munyevu about his play, which is currently on tour in the UK.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): August Strindberg’s ‘Dance of Death’ Parts I and II Complete
The two parts of Strindberg's marriage-from-hell play are performed together in English for the first time.
Read More »Theater Interview: Donna Simone Johnson from ‘Power of Sail’ with Bryan Cranston at the Geffen Playhouse
Donna Simone Johnson talks about making her Geffen Playhouse debut, playing an FBI agent, and actively leading in community theater.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Seeing Place Theater’s Searing Revival of ‘Wit’ by Margaret Edson
A new production of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Wit' about a dying cancer patient is particularly poignant now.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Candlelight’ by John Patrick Shanley
The Pulitzer Prize winner offers a funny and dark fairy-tale love story in a colorful production by Nylon Fusion.
Read More »Theater Interview: Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
"It's an incredibly appealing play for everybody no matter what your beliefs are and your religion. It embraces all the good parts about humanity."
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