Body, Ritual, Time: Impressions From Portland’s TBA
Over 10 days of performance art, lines between performer and audience blurred, then disappeared altogether.
Category Archives: Critic’s Notebook
He Said, He Said, She Said: A Tale of 3 Hamlets
What a piece of work is ‘Hamlet,’ as sampled in London, New York, and Colorado.
Politics, Playmaking Collide at the Edinburgh Fringe
A dispatch from this year’s record-breaking festival, where 3,000 shows competed for theatregoers’ attention.
Our Reflection Talks Back
In the digital post-truth era; theatre of the real doesn’t just dramatize change—in some case it embodies it.
14 Lessons in 14 Days at the National Critics Institute
What I learned at the O’Neill Theater Center’s annual July boot camp for arts journalists.
Kirsten Childs Thinks Big
Her new musical ‘Bella’ is a tall tale about an unlikely Old West heroine.
Notes From a Celebration: Pacific Playwrights Festival Turns 20
South Coast’s rep for developing new work makes another strong showing.
New Black Fest: The Revolution May Be Theatricalized
Play reading festivals come and go, but there was something electric and urgent about this year, the fest’s 7th.
How One Song Changed the Arc of ‘Great Comet’
More than just a nice showcase for Josh Groban, ‘Dust and Ashes’ makes the non-linearity of mental illness dramatically compelling.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in ‘A Moveable Feast’?
The Book-It Repertory Theatre adaptation of the Hemingway classic takes audiences on a Parisian tour.
