This season’s Broadway hits have included plays translated from Russian (Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya) and Norwegian (Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People). This might suggest that plays in translation can thrive in US theatre, but that is only true...
Jean: Do you take roughly the same approach you've just described for each novel you’ve adapted for the stage?Caridad: Yes. House of Lagoon by Rosario Ferré was the most recent. I read it. Then, I responded in my own language....
Look at the credits for any Anglophone production of the musical juggernaut Les Misérables, and you may notice something curious: while Alain Boublil is credited for the “original French lyrics,” it is the late Herbert Kretzmer who is listed as...
The playwright, Leslie Kaplan, was gracious enough not only to invite me to meet her in her home tucked up on a hill near the Pantheon, but to read my translation and share her feedback. That spring, I traveled to...
Join HowlRound and Company One for a roundtable conversation that will explore how Boston’s commitment to expanding public access to the arts has redefined what constitutes public art and its impact on placemaking efforts. This event will feature Boston-based arts...
Cast Physically Disabled Actors Disabled RolesWhile disabled characters have existed for centuries, they have rarely been played by disabled actors. Many famous non-disabled Hollywood actors have won Oscars playing disabled roles. Scholar and theatremaker Claudia Alick calls this practice “disability...
This doesn’t mean all the Native people who came to Constitution felt good. Some let us know how painful it was to sit in the audience of mostly non-Native people at this particular show. No matter what Adrienne and Oliver did to tweak the language, the play was not written by an Indigenous writer or for an explicitly Indigenous audience. Our...
Deen Rawlins-Harris: The first question I have is, how did we create the festival during the summer of 2023 and spring 2024? Let's start with the summer.Antionne Showels II: We started coming up with the festival last summer at the Vortex. We...
In support of the upcoming performance of renowned theatre artist Milo Rau's Antigone in the Amazon at the NYU Skirball Center (27-28 September), the Segal will be screening films of the two previous productions in Rau's myth meets modern-day activism...
One of the first people we connected with was Dr. David Jortner (full professor of theatre and graduate program director, Baylor University), who has been tracking the department closings for the past four to five years. In 2022, he presented...
