Thank goodness for Conor McPherson, a playwright who is keeping alive the tradition of Irish playwrights who mixed poetry with realism. In “The Seafarer,” McPherson begins with the lyrical, homespun ...

After presenting the critically acclaimed The Magnolia Ballet and Burst earlier this year, Alleyway Theatre, the incubator for bold, visceral new theatre in Buffalo, is set to premiere The Aleph ...

If you haven’t already learned that wealth won’t make you happy, then you haven’t been to the theater much. Watching people who live economically comfortable lives realize that they’re miserable is a ...

Walking into Durham Studio Theater, audiences are immediately transported to the Amazon River as the enduring ambiance of rushing water, chirping bugs and singing birds rushes through their ears. The ...

This month marks 170 years since the birth of the Yiddish playwright and journalist Jacob Gordin, who was born in the Ukrainian city of Mirgorodon on May 5, 1853. Gordin is credited with having ...

An attic is a blank canvas for artistic expression and endless imagination in the Impostors Theatre Company’s Footholds Vol. 5. This is the fifth installment of the annual anthology series developed ...

In his original 2021 work "Wheels," playwright and actor Jess Westman brought realism to the Behrens Auditorium stage at Hardin-Simmons University. Not only were actors in wheelchairs, those who use ...

Entering the humble space of The Alice Collective in Oakland, the first word that comes to mind is “intimacy.” It’s minutes before the show, and the actors are seen stretching, their voices dropping ...

Since its premiere in 1958, Teahouse, written by Lao She and first directed by Jiao and Xia Chun, has been staged over 700 ...

Iakovos Kambanellis, born on this day, was one of the most influential and deeply human playwrights in modern Greek history.

HUNTINGTON — The Marshall University School of Theatre and Dance will present “A Doll’s House” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16-19 in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts ...

Here’s an eclectic Star Trek home theater with a touch of realism, and for very good reason: Its owner actually bought props from Paramount Pictures used in a variety of the Star Trek series. Gary ...