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I was going to write up a little essay about the way Hamilton incorporates Brechtian performance techniques and whether Brecht still packs any punch in the twenty-first century.

But then for some reason it became a rap battle instead.
Recommended for theater theory geeks. Very well done, thought provoking ( Read more... )

I went to see the new play "Operation Epsilon" at the Central Square Theater tonight. It concerns a group of German nuclear scientists captured by the British at the close of WWII, and held at a country estate in Britain, under surveillance. The play, written by Alan Brody, was, to some unspecified extent, based on actual transcripts of their ( Read more... )

That totally did not go where I expected.

Whoa.

I just got the flier from ART for the upcoming season, and among other fascinating offerings, Diane Paulus will be directing Pippin, "Choreographed by Gypsy Snider of Les 7 Doigts de la Main[*], original Bob Fosse choreography re-created by Chet Walker." The description reads: A bold new staging of the dark and existential musical you ( Read more... )

Heads up, NYC peeps: Sleep No More is coming to your town.

Expect it to sell out really fast. Fans in Boston are already buying up tickets and arranging transport ( Read more... )

Heads up! Next to Normal, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about Bipolar D/o (no doubt an unfair oversimplification) currently on Broadway has launched a tour.

Selected dates and locations that may be of interest to my readership (the whole list is hereSan Francisco, CA: January 25 - February 20: Curran Theatre ( Read more... )