No Ordinary Days
After a century of internationalism, Chinese spoken drama goes global in a new way.
Category Archives: Global
The Power and the Glory
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.
Crumbs From the Global Table
Who’s depriving American audiences of the great foreign-language theatre of the world?
Star of India
Master director Ratan Thiyam brings an eye-filling saga of good versus evil to America.
Apocalypse Avignon
The World Cup meets the collapse Western civilization.
Istanbul Looking West: Art or Politics?
A Turkish festival mirrors the nation’s cultural crisis.
Building ‘Fences’ in Beijing
August Wilson’s Pittsburgh, and the black American experience, translated into Chinese and transposed to China.
Brecht Our Contemporary: Berlin in Crisis
A new production of ‘Good Woman of Sezuan’ offers cautionary parallels for post-reunification Germany.
An Uber-Musical From Robert Wilson
‘The Black Rider’ testifies to his great love for theatre in all its manifestations. Can audiences relax and enjoy it?
Nuoxi, Uixi, and Today’s Chinese Experimental Theatre
Masked ritual folk theatre is becoming more prevalent in the country’s interior provinces.
