Patti Smith was certainly busy during her whirlwind trip to Berlin this weekend. As well as attending a press conference, giving a concert, talking to reporters, opening an exhibition and presenting a ...

A longtime admirer of Bertolt Brecht, documentary maker John Walter goes behind the scenes at the Public Theater’s 2006 staging of Mother Courage and Her Children in Central Park. Meryl Streep, who ...

Bertolt Brecht is still celebrated worldwide today. His plays are performed in various Theaters around the world, his texts are read, the International Brecht Society publishes the Brecht Yearbook ...

Brecht’s 1944 play “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” is set to challenge its performers and audiences, just as a once-banned Brecht would have liked. By David Belcher As a playwright and director, Bertolt ...