Rising From the Ruins: An Opera Brings Healing to Nepal
A cross-cultural opera in Nepal isn’t just building dialogue—it’s also helping to rebuild a quake-ravaged city.
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Lev Dodin Plants Chekhov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ in the Eternal Present
The master director from St. Petersburg takes some liberties with the playwright’s final work, but the result is somehow all the more Chekhovian.
Front and Center This Month
Fairy tales, history both documented and reimagined, and works in translation are recurring themes this month.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From spiritual connections to channeling spirits, this month’s theatre pros run the gamut.
Thaddeus Phillips: Shape-Shifter on a Liquid Stage
The protean auteur makes a kind of puppet theatre in which his own intense, mercurial presence is the central object being manipulated.
Theatre During Wartime: Everything Is Different (Again)
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around.
Ivo van Hove Is Having a Moment
The Belgian director is making his Broadway debut with ‘A View from the Bridge’ and directing Bowie’s new musical at New York Theatre Workshop.
The Story About ‘Real Enemies’ They Don’t Want You to Read
Isaac Butler, Darcy James Argue, and Peter Nigrini conspire to create a musical/theatrical collage at the junction of paranoia, misinformation, and a Big Band jazz beat.
Brooklyn Academy of Music Announces 2016 Winter/Spring Season
The slate includes productions of new and classic works from the likes of Royal Shakespeare Company, Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, and Actors Theatre of Louisville.
All the World’s a Screen, and All the Men and Women Digital Players
Going beyond just projecting videos, new hybrid works like ‘Helen Lawrence’ and ‘The Return’ are live events mediated by digital technology.
