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Category: Theater Reviews

Kings of War

Kristine Johanson (University of Amsterdam) Kings of War: A Review Directed by Ivo van Hove with Toneelgroep Amsterdam February 12, […]

Bloody, Bawdy Villains: The Changeling at Red Bull Theater

What’s the price of a man’s life? This question lies at the heart of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s 1622 […]

King Charles III

King Charles III, a “future history play” by Mike Bartlett, opened on Broadway on November 1 and will close on January […]

“My large kingdom for a little grave”: Druid Theatre Company’s Henriad at Lincoln Center

A gravedigger working by a mound of dirt upstage left; the entire stage floor covered in a layer of peaty […]

The Fox-Trap

Laura Kolb (Baruch College) Ben Jonson’s Volpone, or the Fox is often read as a condemnation of greed. The title […]

Brief Take on RSC Volpone

Jonson’s comedies usually come in for large doses of updating, as his topical humor requires footnotes; with its substantial rewrites, […]

Welcome to Hell: Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus at the Classic Stage Company

Laura Kolb, Ph.D. (Baruch College) Early in the Classic Stage Company’s production of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, Mephistopheles makes his […]

Man is Wolf to Man: Review of Wolf Hall Parts 1 and 2

Amy D. Stackhouse, Ph.D. Iona College The Winter Garden Theater, New York City April 25, 2015 Full disclosure: I think […]

Laughing as Your Heart Breaks: Shakespeare Globe’s King Lear at NYU’s Skirball

Kim Paffenroth (Iona College) Perhaps the easiest way to begin reflecting on this production, directed by Bill Buckhurst, would be […]