The Puppet's The Thing
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater rethinks Shakespeare, at 16 inches.
Enda Walsh's Mad Old Ballroom
"Theater as a form of expression is just bizarre, everything shouldn't work. It only works on the basis of the audience wanting it to work."
This Future Feels Familiar...
Anne Marie Healy's What Once We Felt sets the death of print in a sci-fi future.
Something's Amiss with Miss Julie
August Strindberg's sexy Scandinavian cross-class romance gets a stiff British update.
The Horror of the Human Animal
Robert Wilson's Quartett might be the most beautifully ugly theater you'll ever see.
Nov 9, 2009
Misunderstanding The Misunderstanding
A new production of Albert Camus' torturous family tragedy can't grasp its destructive energy.
Nov 5, 2009
Richard Foreman's Truly Brilliant Idiot
Idiot Savant is experimental theater bliss, especially thanks to Willem Dafoe's spectacular performance(s).
Nov 4, 2009
Americana Kamikaze Self-Destructs
Temporary Distortion's de-construction of Japanese horror movies doesn't know what to make of the bits and pieces.
Oct 29, 2009
The Emperor's New Race
Irish Rep's production of Eugene O'Neill's controversial The Emperor Jones engages the play's identity politics indiscriminately.
Oct 27, 2009
A Romantic Equation on Strings
Hanne Tierney's My Life in a Nutshell redefines the quintessential love triangle, with giant puppets!
Oct 25, 2009
Teaching Mamet-Speak in School
David Mamet does David Mamet well enough in two new short plays, but what's with all the gay jokes?
Oct 21, 2009
