When the choreographer decided to stop flying, it raised eyebrows. But a year and a pandemic later he has become a master at virtual rehearsals Jérôme Bel may be the only choreographer w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AM[SHARE]This year's edition of the festival, held under social distancing measures, is devoted to works made on a limited budget by under-the-radar Italian theater-makers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]Most plays aren't masterpieces. As audiences emerge from lockdown and return to normal, there's comfort in seeing a show that may not be great, but isn't bad, either.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18AM[SHARE]The firing of the British artistic director of one of Paris's most famous venues exposes fault lines between globalization and local tradition.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PM[SHARE]The company Les Tréteaux de France has been meeting the challenges of social distancing with a variety of measures, including voice-overs and unusual settings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:32AM[SHARE]Audience members seemed to be asking one another, "Are we really doing this?" But the over-the-top physicality of "Ionesco Suite" was worth it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36AM[SHARE]A theme park's whiz-bang performances are an odd mix of high-quality production values and one-dimensional storytelling. Historians have long disputed the narratives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]The first professional production in France since stages went dark in March was a back-to-basics affair, but more memorable than many slick Paris shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36AM[SHARE]Times have changed, but the revered French theater director has always stayed true to her beliefs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]Our Paris theater critic looked though a new online archive to discover what was on offer for French theatergoers in 1970.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AM[SHARE]Several French theater companies, closed in the coronavirus outbreak, have rushed to put content online. Much of it is underwhelming.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06AM[SHARE]The French star's fearless performances " and work ethic " are the stuff of legend. In her dressing room, she talks about the pain of theatre, acting in English and #MeToo In 2005, days befo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PM[SHARE]The Canadian director's "The Seven Streams of the River Ota" is set for a world tour, after his most recent productions were embroiled in debates about cultural appropriation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24AM[SHARE]France's movie business is consumed by debates about gender inequality. Onstage, female theatermakers are bringing women's stories to the fore.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM[SHARE]Peter Brook and Thomas Ostermeier are presenting unfinished shows in Paris, offering a rare chance to see how their productions come together.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AM[SHARE]And elsewhere in Paris, smaller theaters take more radical cues from the L.G.B.T.Q. world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:42AM[SHARE]Milo Rau's latest work is inspired by a French family whose members took their own lives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AM[SHARE]The revered film director vowed never to touch theatre. So why is he staging the great Aids epic Angels in America? Apparently, it's all a misunderstanding Arnaud Desplechin looks surprising…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM[SHARE]Do you have to be British to get panto? We sent a French critic to three shows full of cross-dressing dames and adults playing cows. Will she ever forget the experience? Oh no she won't! Sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM[SHARE]The genre has long been seen as minor in the French capital, but a string of English-language productions is creating a pleasingly upbeat dynamic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54AM[SHARE]Several French theater productions are putting dark spins on everyday events.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]In Paris, the mythological Greek character Electra can once again be found in a theater, while the heroine of a quirky new play is inspired by "Rocky III."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24AM[SHARE]Kate Mitchell's adaptation of the 1928 novel is consistently one step behind Virginia Woolf's mercurial prose.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36AM[SHARE]The long-awaited spectacle that relaunched the Théâtre du Châtelet was cheerful, but disappointing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42AM[SHARE]There is a cross-dressing show for everyone in the city, from traditional cabarets to RuPaul-inspired productions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42AM[SHARE]Despite a history stretching to 1934, it feels like a David to the art exhibition's Goliath. But its program is all the better for that.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AM[SHARE]The Northern-Irish choreographer's raw and powerful work examines gender, identity and religion, but it all happens by accident, she says. Oona Doherty is finding out about the law of uninte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AM[SHARE]An underwhelming official lineup led many festivalgoers to branch out into the less well-known complimentary program.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:36AM[SHARE]Two adaptations of works by the writer Marguerite Duras are playing as one-woman shows in Paris.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:42AM[SHARE]The Parisian theatre company is on a rare visit to the UK with Ivo van Hove's The Damned. What are the secrets of the world's oldest active troupe? Companies like nothing more than to refer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM[SHARE]The Printemps des Comédiens festival features productions uniquely crafted for, and occasionally by, their performers.
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