JONATHAN MANDELL
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When’s the Last Time You Tasted, Touched or Played at a Show?
A pair of offbeat world premieres challenge audiences to experience theatre in unexpected ways
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How Do You Remember the House You Grew Up In?
Theater Mitu’s latest experimental piece deconstructs the concept of home, with an assist from technology and Chekhov
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How African-American Classics Are Inspiring a New Generation of Black Writers
The work of Ntozake Shange fuels six new plays at the annual 48Hours in…™ Harlem
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Why Hannah Senesh’s Story Is So Important Right Now
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene revives David Schechter’s play about the “Israeli Joan of Arc”
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How Do You Tell the Stories of Missing and Murdered Women?
Playwright Isaac Gomez and Mexican screen star Kate del Castillo give voice to victims of violence in ‘the way she spoke’
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How Do You Write a Kung Fu Musical?
How Hollywood screenwriters worked with an international team to create Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise at The Shed
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5 Theatres You Need to Know: Puppet Theatres in NYC
Where to see marionettes and other puppets on stage, including cutting-edge shows for grown-ups
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Good Golly, Miss Mollys
In honor of Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce, two actresses take on his most iconic female character
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How Do You ‘Translate’ Shakespeare?
An impressive roster of playwrights redo the Bard in modern-day English for the Play On! Festival