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Macbeth by William Shakespeare (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Paul Innes
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Macbeth by William Shakespeare Paul Innes MACBETH. By William Shakespeare. Directed by Richard Twyman. Dubai Opera House, Dubai. November 4, 2023. Major theatrical productions were understandably on hiatus in the United Arab Emirates during the COVID-19 emergency. Large-scale events are beginning to resume, however, and the
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Pageant By Joan FitzPatrick Dean (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 David J. Eshelman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Pageant By Joan FitzPatrick Dean David J. Eshelman PAGEANT. By Joan FitzPatrick Dean. Forms of Drama Series. London: Methuen, 2021; pp. 177. Pageants are large-scale scripted events designed to appeal to, include, and build communities. Joan FitzPatrick Dean’s book serves as an introduction to the pageant form, with three
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Marginality Beyond Return: Us Cuban Performances in the 1980s and 1990s by Lillian Manzor (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Eric Mayer-García
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Marginality Beyond Return: Us Cuban Performances in the 1980s and 1990s by Lillian Manzor Eric Mayer-García MARGINALITY BEYOND RETURN: US CUBAN PERFORMANCES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s. By Lillian Manzor. Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies. London: Routledge, 2023; pp. 321. Lillian Manzor’s Marginality beyond Return:
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Professional Wrestling: Politics and Populism ed. by Sharon Mazer, Heather Levi, Eero Laine, and Nell Haynes (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Scott Magelssen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Professional Wrestling: Politics and Populism ed. by Sharon Mazer, Heather Levi, Eero Laine, and Nell Haynes Scott Magelssen PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING: POLITICS AND POPULISM. Edited by Sharon Mazer, Heather Levi, Eero Laine, and Nell Haynes. Enactment Series. London: Seagull Books, 2020; pp. 241. Professional wrestling might
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Editorial Comment: More Life Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Laura Edmondson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editorial Comment: More Life Laura Edmondson I write this comment in the midst of rage. Earlier this month, on May 1, students at my home institution of Dartmouth College erected five tents in the college’s central green space as part of a pro-Palestine protest. In the context of widespread police action on US campuses, Dartmouth’s administration
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The Many Voices of Sissieretta Jones: Opera and the Sonic Necromancy of the Black Phonographic Archive Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Westley Montgomery
Abstract: Sissieretta Jones (1868-1933) is perhaps best remembered as one of the first Black opera singers, despite having never performed on the operatic stage. Exploring race and phonography as interlinking technologies of perception underlying and structuring the ability of audiences to perceive black performers, this essay analyzes the multiple Joneses produced through her archive—in reviews, promotional
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To the Life: Resurrection and Presence in The Second Maiden's Tragedy, Hamlet, and Fat Ham Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Lauren Robertson
Abstract: Occupying a central place in Jacques Derrida’s formulation of hauntology, Hamlet’s Ghost is familiar to contemporary performance theory, standing in for the secondariness and self-division that define dramatic representation. But there was another figure more emblematic of performance in the early modern English playhouse: the revenant. Examining the convention of resurrection as it was frequently
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Augmented Reality and Theatre Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 E. B. Hunter
Abstract: The technology industry’s recent spatial turn presents new opportunities for theatre and performance in the twenty-first century. One such opportunity is augmented reality (AR), a technology that overlays digitally rendered assets onto the user’s physical space, giving the appearance that those assets populate the physical world. Through an analysis of The Builders Association’s Elements
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A Visceral and Temporal Remix: Performing Reza Abdoh's Archives Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Nazli Akhtari
Abstract: This essay takes as its central concern the historical transmission of Reza Abdoh’s performance works via their circulation in the artist’s retrospective exhibit at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in 2019. I analyze two interlaced defining features in the KW exhibition—archival remixing and viscerality—that the curators used to honor Abdoh’s artistic legacy. Focusing on the exhibit
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Stereophonic by David Adjmi (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Elizabeth L. Wollman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Stereophonic by David Adjmi Elizabeth L. Wollman STEREOPHONIC. By David Adjmi, with music by Will Butler. Directed by Daniel Aukin. Playwrights Horizons, New York. October 15 and November 26, 2023. When Stereophonic began previews in October 2023, David Adjmi argued that despite its setting in a 1970s recording studio and
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Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Adam Day Howard
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy Adam Day Howard NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. Book, music, and lyrics by Dave Malloy. Directed by Victoria Bussert. Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland. September 24, 2023. The Great Lakes Theater needs no introduction. It has been at the forefront of the regional
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Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Joseph A. Heissan Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Joseph A. Heissan Jr. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Directed and choreographed by Simon McBurney. Metropolitan Opera House, New York. May 25, 2023. In Mozart’s singspiel Die Zauberflöte, the characters struggle to distinguish truth from
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Byggmeister Solness by Henrik Ibsen (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Andrew Friedman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Byggmeister Solness by Henrik Ibsen Andrew Friedman BYGGMEISTER SOLNESS. By Henrik Ibsen. Created by Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller, with music by Trond Reinholdtsen. Det Norske Teatret, Oslo. September 12 and 14, 2023. The words “Byggmeister Angst” flashed in neon above the stage throughout Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller’s eight-and-a-half-hour
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Lindsey Mantoan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Oregon Shakespeare Festival Lindsey Mantoan OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. Ashland, OR. September 21-23, 2023. In the wake of tremendous upheaval at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), from leadership turnover to the COVID-19 pandemic to wildfires to audiences balking at a reduction in plays by Shakespeare in favor of new
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National Arts Festival (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 April Sizemore-Barber
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: National Arts Festival April Sizemore-Barber NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL. Makhanda, South Africa. June 22-July 2, 2023. For nearly half a century, South Africa’s National Arts Festival (NAF) has been the premier platform for the artistic state of the nation. Its most recent outing in 2023 marked a hearty post-pandemic rebound,
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Root Beer Lady the Musical by Barbara Cary Hall (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Eero Laine
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Root Beer Lady the Musical by Barbara Cary Hall Eero Laine ROOT BEER LADY THE MUSICAL. Book, music, and lyrics by Barbara Cary Hall. Directed by Laurie Kess. Ely’s Historic State Theater, Ely, MN. September 8, 2023. If you drive far enough, you eventually run out of road. And if you’re driving north through Minnesota, you
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Watch Night by Marc Bamuthi Joseph (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Sonja Arsham Kuftinec
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Watch Night by Marc Bamuthi Joseph Sonja Arsham Kuftinec WATCH NIGHT. Co-conceived and libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Co-conceived and directed by Bill T. Jones. Music by Tamar-kali. Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York. November 12, 2023. Where are we? A marbled cube of cultural life in lower Manhattan, Perelman Performing
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The Second Wave: Reflections on The Pandemic Through Photography, Performance and Public Culture by Rustom Bharucha (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Amanda Culp
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Second Wave: Reflections on The Pandemic Through Photography, Performance and Public Culture by Rustom Bharucha Amanda Culp THE SECOND WAVE: REFLECTIONS ON THE PANDEMIC THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC CULTURE. By Rustom Bharucha. Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2022; pp. 230. Rustom Bharucha begins The Second Wave
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Shakespeare and Latinidad ed. by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Dennis Sloan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Shakespeare and Latinidad ed. by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta Dennis Sloan SHAKESPEARE AND LATINIDAD. Edited by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021; pp. 236. In Shakespeare and Latinidad, editors Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta join twenty-three additional contributors
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Tom Stoppard In Context ed. by David Kornhaber and James N. Loehlin (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Katherine Weiss
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Tom Stoppard In Context ed. by David Kornhaber and James N. Loehlin Katherine Weiss TOM STOPPARD IN CONTEXT. Edited by David Kornhaber and James N. Loehlin. Literature in Context Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp. 269. Tom Stoppard in Context, a collection of thirty-one short essays, is part of Cambridge
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Cultures of Witnessing: Law and The York Plays by Emma Lipton (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Gillian Redfern
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cultures of Witnessing: Law and The York Plays by Emma Lipton Gillian Redfern CULTURES OF WITNESSING: LAW AND THE YORK PLAYS. By Emma Lipton. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022; pp. 200. Written in lively, engaging prose that is equally authoritative and accessible, the central argument
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The Taylor Mac Book: Ritual, Realness and Radical Performance ed by David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Benjamin Gillespie
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Taylor Mac Book: Ritual, Realness and Radical Performance ed by David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb Benjamin Gillespie THE TAYLOR MAC BOOK: RITUAL, REALNESS AND RADICAL PERFORMANCE. Edited by David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb. Triangulations Series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023; pp. 307. Written and compiled
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Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in The Us by Courtney B. Ryan (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Jonah Winn-Lenetsky
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in The Us by Courtney B. Ryan Jonah Winn-Lenetsky ECO-PERFORMANCE, ART, AND SPATIAL JUSTICE IN THE US. By Courtney B. Ryan. Routledge Environmental Humanities Series. New York: Routledge, 2023; pp. 182. How can we use small instances of material performance to address the global crises
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Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary Art by Mechtild Widrich (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Rebecca Jackson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary Art by Mechtild Widrich Rebecca Jackson MONUMENTAL CARES: SITES OF HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ART. By Mechtild Widrich. Rethinking Art’s Histories Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023; pp. 228. Mechtild Widrich, professor of art history, theory, and criticism
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Theatre and Translation, Again Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Avishek Ganguly
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Theatre and Translation, Again Avishek Ganguly In 2007, Jean Graham-Jones coordinated a special issue of Theatre Journal dedicated to the topic of translation vis-à-vis theatre and performance. To my knowledge, it still remains the only occasion when a substantial discussion of that topic has taken place in the pages of the journal, including
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Digital Scholarship Roundtable: The State of the Field Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Sissi Liu, Derek Miller, Erin B Mee, Kate Elswit, Sarah Bay-Cheng
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Digital Scholarship Roundtable: The State of the Field Sissi Liu, Derek Miller, Erin B Mee, Kate Elswit, and Sarah Bay-Cheng In the seventy-fifth anniversary issue of Theatre Journal, former editor Joanne Tompkins in her essay “The Digital Turn: Research and Publishing in Theatre Journal” presents a grippingly thorough historization of
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Translating Simon Stone’s Radical Rewritings into German Contemporary Theatre Review (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Brangwen Stone
Translation (and rewriting) has been central to Simon Stone’s artistic practice since his first major directing success, an adaptation of the play Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening) by the Germa...
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If you call for papers, the papers call back at you: some thoughts on CfP and selection processes Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Tobi Poster-Su
In her ‘Manifesto to Decentre Theatre and Performance Studies’ (2021), Swati Arora explores the intangible and invisible borders that function to exclude certain people and knowledges, usually inde...
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Irish rebellion in-yer-face or consigned to history: Seán O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars in 2016 Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Eglantina Remport
This article considers two revisions of Seán O’Casey’s play The Plough and the Stars (1926) for the 2016 centenary commemoration of the 1916 Rising in Dublin: Sean Holmes’s robust new version stage...
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Divorced, beheaded, defied: solidarity in individual and collective herstories in SIX the Musical (2017) Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Leah Everquill
Recent television shows and specials, films, and biographical musicals such as SIX the Musical (2017), signal an ongoing preoccupation with the British monarchy, particularly as it intersects with ...
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Dance teaching in HE: further thoughts on the possibilities of artistic citizenship for decolonial practice Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 ‘Funmi Adewole Elliott
Building on my argument in a recently published book chapter, ‘Toward Decoloniality and Artistic Citizenship’ (2023), this article discusses how the concept of artistic citizenship could create a c...
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Decolonisation and contemporary dance Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Alethia Antonia
Thinking about decolonisation and solidarity within the context of contemporary dance, if we consider decolonising and self-authoring as a process of self-actualisation, what role can peer and inst...
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Decolonisation and solidarity roundtable discussion Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 ‘ Funmi Adewole Elliott, Alethia Antonia, Ramsay Burt, Tobi Poster-Su, Víctor Ladrón de Guevara, Thea Stanton, Negar Tahsili
‘Funmi Adewole Elliott, Alethia Antonia, Ramsay Burt, Tobi Poster-Su, Thea Stanton, and Negar Tahsili were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion on ‘Decolonisation and Solidarity’, chai...
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Sites of multiplicity: anarchiving, feminism, and performance Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Hannah Waters
Jean Spencer (1942–1998) was an artist working in the late constructivist period in the UK, making painting and relief works characterised by geometric precision, sequential change, and, later, det...
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Am I really the only one dancing? Seeking solidarity in wit(h)ness Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Marguerite Galizia
This performative paper interweaves contextual and theoretical discourse alongside the poetic, reflective text, to capture what Gherardi et al describe as the ‘sociomaterial traces’ of a practice o...
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Hyper-femininity as radical resistance: re-envisaging the starlet through a feminist practice of solidarity in It’s Sophie! (2018) Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Sophie Swoffer
This article challenges the often-derided role of the young and apparently naive ‘starlet’ figure in film and stage performance. My engagement with the concept of the starlet originates from Laura ...
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Physical solidarity as feeling the feeling Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Ramsay Burt
This provocation reflects on the experience of taking a class in contemporary African dance in Senegal, arguing that it represents a physicalisation of solidarity. The class included dance students...
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Queer communities, friendship, and moments of joy and wonder in Andrew Logan’s Alternative Miss World competition Studies in Theatre and Performance (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Karl McIntyre
UK artist Andrew Logan has been creating art in many forms for over 50 years. Arguably his most joyously inclusive event, the Alternative Miss World competition, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary...
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Editorial Comment Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Ariel Nereson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editorial Comment Ariel Nereson The March 2024 issue of Theatre Journal comes on the heels of the landmark seventy-fifth anniversary issue (December 2023, coedited by Laura Edmondson and Sean Metzger) and is my first issue as coeditor. To say that I sense the weight of the journal’s history as I step into this role is an understatement
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Democracy, "Democracy (Reprise)," and the Asian American Ambivalence of Soft Power Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Donatella Galella
Abstract: In Soft Power (2019), David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori deconstruct and demonstrate the affective power of American musicals by reversing The King and I (1951). Soft Power satirizes democracy, white supremacy, and gun violence with whiteface, meta-propaganda, and a sweeping Broadway-style score. In the torch song “Democracy” and its reprise, the artists articulate Asian American ambivalence
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Performing Sphagnum: Ecological Ethics in Cryptic's Below the Blanket Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Angenette Spalink
Abstract: Below the Blanket (2019), a performance installation at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, staged the enmeshed multispecies relationships present in the Flow Country, the largest blanket bog system in the world. While Below the Blanket represented the Flow Country through various artistic mediums, the physical matter—the sphagnum and peat mosses—that comprises the bog was conspicuously absent
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How to Be Human in Drone Culture: In Search of a Pharmacological Recompense through Performance Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Eirini Nedelkopoulou
Abstract: This article examines how performance represents, reflects on, and reimagines the function of technology in drone culture. From a pharmaco-phenomenological angle, I analyze drone art practices, focusing on how drone performances invite audiences to feel/make their way through a networked reality. I highlight human tension, vulnerability, and precarity in their digital thrownness in conditions
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Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Weston Twardowski
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza Weston Twardowski TORERA. By Monet Hurst-Mendoza. Directed and choreographed by Tatiana Pandiani. Alley Theatre, Houston. May 17, 2023. When Elena María Ramírez (Jacqueline Guillén) and Tanok Cárdenas (Jesse Castellanos) ran onto the stage at the opening of Torera, the Alley Theatre’s world premiere
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The Headlands by Christopher Chen (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Janine Sun Rogers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Headlands by Christopher Chen Janine Sun Rogers THE HEADLANDS. By Christopher Chen. Directed by Pam MacKinnon. American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco. March 4, 2023. Set between fog-shrouded locales on either end of the Golden Gate Bridge, Christopher Chen’s The Headlands contends with how the precarities of memory
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Miss Saigon by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Jayoon Byeon, Jodie Passey
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Miss Saigon by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg Jayoon Byeon and Jodie Passey MISS SAIGON. Book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg. Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. Directed by Robert Hastie and Anthony Lau. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK. August 2, 2023
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Shane by Karen Zacarías (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Robert Hubbard
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Shane by Karen Zacarías Robert Hubbard SHANE. By Karen Zacarías. Adapted from the novel by Jack Schaefer. Directed by Blake Robison. Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis. July 29, 2023. Revising beloved classics to adjust for changing cultural mores may inspire antipathy from audience members nostalgically invested in the original
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Fat Ham by James Ijames, and: White Girl in Danger by Michael R. Jackson (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Kevin Byrne
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Fat Ham by James Ijames, and: White Girl in Danger by Michael R. Jackson Kevin Byrne FAT HAM. By James Ijames. Directed by Saheem Ali. American Airlines Theatre, New York. May 13, 2023. WHITE GIRL IN DANGER. Book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Vineyard Theatre, New York. May 13, 2023
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Mahabharata by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Stephen Low
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Mahabharata by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes Stephen Low MAHABHARATA. Written and adapted by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes. Directed by Ravi Jain. Shaw Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. March 26, 2023. The Mahabharata is an ancient Sanskrit epic poem that is rarely performed on contemporary stages. Toronto’s
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The Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Carla Neuss
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith Carla Neuss THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN. By Zadie Smith. Directed by Indhu Rubasingham. Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. April 16, 2023. Zadie Smith’s The Wife of Willesden, which premiered in November 2021 at London’s Kiln Theatre, transposes Chaucer’s (in)famous Wife of Bath from The Canterbury
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76th Festival D'avignon (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Ljubiša Matić
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: 76th Festival D’avignon Ljubiša Matić 76TH FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON. Palais des Papes and various other venues, Avignon, France. July 7–26, 2022. After the collective trauma that made the live (co-) presence of people in public irrelevant, or even dangerous, the breath of a certain freedom soared afresh along the ramparts of Avignon
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Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Ryan McKinney
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber Ryan McKinney EVITA. Book and lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Directed by Sammi Cannold. American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts. June 16, 2023. As audience members settled into their seats for the American Repertory Theater’s revival of Evita, a white, shimmering
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Parade by Alfred Uhry (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 I. B. Hopkins
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Parade by Alfred Uhry I. B. Hopkins PARADE. Book by Alfred Uhry. Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Directed by Michael Arden. New York City Center, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York. May 3, 2023. Time moves peculiarly in Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s sobering Parade, which was revived on Broadway in 2023 for
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Kpop by Jason Kim (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Kyungjin Jo
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Kpop by Jason Kim Kyungjin Jo KPOP. Book by Jason Kim. Music and lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon. Directed by Teddy Bergman. Circle in the Square Theatre, New York. November 27, 2022. When KPOP opened in 2017 as an immersive off Broadway production, curious audience members moved from room to room in a two-story building
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Stars: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey by Mojisola Adebayo (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Isabel Stuart
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Stars: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey by Mojisola Adebayo Isabel Stuart STARS: AN AFROFUTURIST SPACE ODYSSEY. By Mojisola Adebayo. Directed by Gail Babb and S. Ama Wray. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. May 3, 2023. STARS, a play by Mojisola Adebayo, centers around an older Black woman, Mrs, who has spent her life searching
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Visualising Lost Theatres: Virtual Praxis and the Recovery of Performance Spaces by Joanne Tompkins (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Sarah Bay-Cheng
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Visualising Lost Theatres: Virtual Praxis and the Recovery of Performance Spaces by Joanne Tompkins Sarah Bay-Cheng VISUALISING LOST THEATRES: VIRTUAL PRAXIS AND THE RECOVERY OF PERFORMANCE SPACES. By Joanne Tompkins, Julie Holledge, Jonathan Bollen, and Liyang Xia. Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge
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Macbeth in Harlem: Black Theater in America From The Beginning to Raisin in the Sun by Clifford Mason (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Cheryl Black
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Macbeth in Harlem: Black Theater in America From The Beginning to Raisin in the Sun by Clifford Mason Cheryl Black MACBETH IN HARLEM: BLACK THEATER IN AMERICA FROM THE BEGINNING TO RAISIN IN THE SUN. By Clifford Mason. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2020; pp. 234. As indicated by its subtitle, Clifford Mason’s
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The Theater of Narration: From the Peripheries of History to the Main Stages of Italy by Juliet Guzzetta (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Stefano Boselli
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Theater of Narration: From the Peripheries of History to the Main Stages of Italy by Juliet Guzzetta Stefano Boselli THE THEATER OF NARRATION: FROM THE PERIPHERIES OF HISTORY TO THE MAIN STAGES OF ITALY. By Juliet Guzzetta. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2021; pp. 239, 21 illustrations. Despite its minimalist
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Mussolini's Theatre: Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics by Patricia Gaborik (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Alessandro Clericuzio
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Mussolini’s Theatre: Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics by Patricia Gaborik Alessandro Clericuzio MUSSOLINI’S THEATRE: FASCIST EXPERIMENTS IN ART AND POLITICS. By Patricia Gaborik. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp. 312. While much has been written about fascism and cinema, architecture, and literature,
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Robert Lepage's Original Stage Productions: Making Theatre Global by Karen Fricker (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Aleksandar Dundjerovic
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Robert Lepage’s Original Stage Productions: Making Theatre Global by Karen Fricker Aleksandar Dundjerovic ROBERT LEPAGE’S ORIGINAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS: MAKING THEATRE GLOBAL. By Karen Fricker. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020; pp. 272. It has been twenty-seven years since Remy Charest’s book of interviews with Robert
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Theatre in Market Economies by Michael McKinnie (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Alex Ferrone
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Theatre in Market Economies by Michael McKinnie Alex Ferrone THEATRE IN MARKET ECONOMIES. By Michael McKinnie. Theatre and Performance Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp. 203. In his lucid and insightful book Theatre in Market Economies, Michael McKinnie pulls no punches, something immediately evident