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Circle Jerk Takes the Absurdity of Modern Existence to the Extreme
Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the hybrid film/theatrical production is a dense and irreverent look at the performance of queerness.
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Denzel Washington Stars in a New Black-and-White Macbeth
Working for the first time without his brother Ethan, Coen’s film adaptation, featuring Denzel Washington as Macbeth, embraces the text with unusual faithfulness.
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Theater Ensemble Targeted in Turkey for Kurdish Performances; Accused of “Terrorist Propaganda”
“The government views us as political because we believe that the almost 20 million Kurds living in Turkey have the right to experience theater in their own language,” said actor Cihad Ekinci.
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Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda deconstructs the Broadway play’s abolitionist portrayal of the founding father with incisive, impeccably-researched satire.
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Debating Whether the US Constitution Should Be Abolished
The film version of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me has all the stage show’s strengths — and flaws.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Hanako Wada Is Hosting LGBTQ Study Groups for Theater Folks
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Raja Feather Kelly Wants Sustainability to Become “Actual Practice”
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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The Inheritance, a Play Haunted by Outdated Gay Archetypes
Having now announced it will close on March 15 (earlier than expected), we might look at exactly why The Inheritance failed to connect with New York audiences.
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A Minimalist Take on Medea Delivers Maximal Drama
In Simon Stone’s adaptation, the conflict is not cultural but psychological, and viewers can’t help but empathize with her.
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Probing the Tensions Between the Universal and the Specific in Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls
Then and now, Shange’s work responds to an urgent fever pitch humming beneath the taut surface of pain and respectability. A dazzling revival at the Public Theater reminds us of its timelessness.
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What Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls Means in the Age of #MeToo
If you are surprised or stunned by recent revelations concerning sexual assault and harassment, it is because you have been, like most of American culture, ignoring Black women. Shange’s choreopoem, now running as a revival at the Public Theater, reminds us to pay attention.