Category Archives: Global

Memories of the Future

The International Theatre Institute continues its fight for the theatre of tomorrow.

After a century of internationalism, Chinese spoken drama goes global in a new way.

Times are changing at the world’s most famous—and infamous—passion play. Plus: Reflections of and on Obergammerau by Robert Wilson and Sarah Ruhl.

Who’s depriving American audiences of the great foreign-language theatre of the world?

Master director Ratan Thiyam brings an eye-filling saga of good versus evil to America.

The World Cup meets the collapse Western civilization.

A Turkish festival mirrors the nation’s cultural crisis.

August Wilson’s Pittsburgh, and the black American experience, translated into Chinese and transposed to China.

A new production of ‘Good Woman of Sezuan’ offers cautionary parallels for post-reunification Germany.

‘The Black Rider’ testifies to his great love for theatre in all its manifestations. Can audiences relax and enjoy it?