Crocodile Tears: The Problem of Empathetic Art
What controversies like Robert Lepage’s “SLĀV” reveal about the shortcomings of art practices
All posts by Jeremy M. Barker
On How Not to Adapt a Complicated Book
Tone-deaf and half-baked, Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of “The Fountainhead” flounders onstage
Technology Is Just a Tool
Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty discuss “Why Why Always,” a cine-performance
Weekend Reading: Oct. 6
Canada abandons the arts for “creative hubs”; exploring relevance in performance at Philly FringeArts; questioning the Guggenheim; and more.
Dickie Beau’s Imagined Self-Portrait From the Soup of Culture
The British artist discusses “Blackouts,” at Crossing the Line 2017
The “Violent Ambiguity” of Roberto Bolano
“Roberto Bolano’s appearance in the world is great for Latin American literature, for Latin American writers,” Javier Antonio Gonzalez, playwright and artistic director of the theater company Caborca, told me recently. “Even though his work is celebrated everywhere and people connect to it all over
Target Margin’s “Drunken With What” Tackles O’Neill’s Take On Greek Drama
David Herskovits’s latest investigation into the art of theater kicks off with a pared down adaptation of “Mourning Becomes Electra”
A Performance-Installation for the Antropocene Era
findlay//sandsmark + pettersen offer a bleak take in “o’ death”
Under the Radar 2016: 600 Highwaymen’s “Employee of the Year”
Working with a cast of five young women to reveal the richness of personal identity
Identity as Action in Daniel Fish’s “Who Left This Fork Here”
The director offers his latest multi-disciplinary exercise in task-based performance
Truth, Lies and Acting: Juliana Francis Kelly’s “The Reenactors”
In “The Reenactors,” theatrical realism is employed as deconstructionist technique
Stepping Out From the Chorus
A decade after he helped pioneer theater blogging, director Isaac Butler looks back