Category Archives: Global

Jazz Hands in Moscow

Russians, who’ve begun to develop a taste for American-style musicals, recently downed a shot of Broadway.

Samantha Shay’s music-based piece finds a berth in the aesthetic home of Grotowski.

Is it better to plan or to improvise when attending Edinburgh’s outsized performance festival? Two correspondents answer: Yes.

How the story of Matthew Shepard’s murder in a small Wyoming town resonated in a nation where hate and hope are in heated contention.

A cross-cultural opera in Nepal isn’t just building dialogue—it’s also helping to rebuild a quake-ravaged city.

The Colombian theatre festival brought artists from all over, with a special Nordic track this year.

With the world’s extreme poor increasingly on the move for a better life, we need stories that can build bridges, not walls.

Attendees from more than 25 countries convened to share common issues and address persistent divisions.

Since improv comedy shows began cropping up in 2008, the Polish capital has become one of Europe’s new hotspots for the art form.

Acrobats, animations, naked dancers, fireworks, Ruhl in Icelandic, and Friel in German—must be summertime.