Theater Archives - arthereartnow.com https://arthereartnow.com/category/theater/ Art website - film, literature, music, theater, fine arts Sat, 07 Dec 2024 12:51:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 141696643 “Nye” Review: A Politician Who Truly Cares https://arthereartnow.com/2024/11/21/nye-review-a-politician-who-truly-cares/ https://arthereartnow.com/2024/11/21/nye-review-a-politician-who-truly-cares/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:47:03 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=5291 The play Nye is coming to cinemas internationally and to NT Live, thanks to National Theatre's five-star video production.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2024/11/21/nye-review-a-politician-who-truly-cares/feed/ 0 5291 Cabaret Revival at the August Wilson Theater: In Here, Life is Beautiful https://arthereartnow.com/2024/10/01/cabaret-revival-kit-kat-club/ https://arthereartnow.com/2024/10/01/cabaret-revival-kit-kat-club/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:50:45 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=5248 Before the show even begins, the mood is set—you are not just an audience member, you are a guest at the Kit Kat Club. Welcome to Berlin!

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2024/10/01/cabaret-revival-kit-kat-club/feed/ 0 5248 The Hills of California Review – Sisterhood and Strife by the Sea https://arthereartnow.com/2024/09/30/the-hills-of-california-review-sisterhood-and-strife-by-the-sea/ https://arthereartnow.com/2024/09/30/the-hills-of-california-review-sisterhood-and-strife-by-the-sea/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:40:13 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=5242 The multi-story guest house is meticulously crafted, with staircases that almost seem to lead to heaven—symbolic of the family’s dreams.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2024/09/30/the-hills-of-california-review-sisterhood-and-strife-by-the-sea/feed/ 0 5242 One-Man Shows and Square-Shaped Rows: Every Brilliant Thing and Please Do Not Touch https://arthereartnow.com/2024/09/15/one-man-shows-and-square-shaped-rows-every-brilliant-thing-and-please-do-not-touch/ https://arthereartnow.com/2024/09/15/one-man-shows-and-square-shaped-rows-every-brilliant-thing-and-please-do-not-touch/#respond Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:26:12 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=5213 A comparative review of performances of Every Brilliant Thing and Please Do Not Touch in two Coventry theatres.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2024/09/15/one-man-shows-and-square-shaped-rows-every-brilliant-thing-and-please-do-not-touch/feed/ 0 5213 Presentations of Representation: A Double Review of Two Coventry Shows https://arthereartnow.com/2024/07/28/presentations-of-representation-a-double-review-of-two-coventry-shows/ https://arthereartnow.com/2024/07/28/presentations-of-representation-a-double-review-of-two-coventry-shows/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2024 18:45:17 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=5169 In Darfur and My Mother's Funeral: The Show both ask uncomfortable yet quintessential questions of representation.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2024/07/28/presentations-of-representation-a-double-review-of-two-coventry-shows/feed/ 0 5169 From Screen to Stage: „The Hunt” Wows New York with a Terrifying Witch Trial https://arthereartnow.com/2024/03/13/from-screen-to-stage-the-hunt-wows-new-york-with-a-terrifying-witch-trial/ https://arthereartnow.com/2024/03/13/from-screen-to-stage-the-hunt-wows-new-york-with-a-terrifying-witch-trial/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:01:44 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=5062 St. Ann's Warehouse, transformed from an industrial warehouse to a contemporary theatre, serves as the perfect venue for The Hunt.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2024/03/13/from-screen-to-stage-the-hunt-wows-new-york-with-a-terrifying-witch-trial/feed/ 0 5062 Drip Canon: Heraclitus meets tai chi https://arthereartnow.com/2023/11/15/drip-canon-gabor-goda-heraclitus-tai-chi/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/11/15/drip-canon-gabor-goda-heraclitus-tai-chi/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:28:02 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4982 In the Drip Canon, the Eastern mindset is very strong, and Heraclitus is the most ‘Eastern’ Greek philosopher for me - says Gábor Goda.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/11/15/drip-canon-gabor-goda-heraclitus-tai-chi/feed/ 0 4982 Dóra Barta: I was pondering about time, whether it exists https://arthereartnow.com/2023/10/29/dora-barta-i-was-pondering-about-time-whether-it-exists/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/10/29/dora-barta-i-was-pondering-about-time-whether-it-exists/#respond Sun, 29 Oct 2023 13:21:42 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4959 The imagery, the music that creates a special atmosphere, and the theme itself, all take the viewer on a mythical journey - Dóra Barta says.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/10/29/dora-barta-i-was-pondering-about-time-whether-it-exists/feed/ 0 4959 Liszt Fest programme announced at unusual card game https://arthereartnow.com/2023/09/10/liszt-fest-programmes-announced-at-unusual-card-game/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/09/10/liszt-fest-programmes-announced-at-unusual-card-game/#respond Sun, 10 Sep 2023 18:25:33 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4851 Liszt Fest returns in 2023 too! The press was invited to attend a gathering where a card game was played and programmes announced.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/09/10/liszt-fest-programmes-announced-at-unusual-card-game/feed/ 0 4851 A “faithless wife” burnt, her love beheaded: the brutality of old ballads https://arthereartnow.com/2023/08/27/faithless-wife-burnt-her-lover-beheaded-brutality-of-old-ballads/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/08/27/faithless-wife-burnt-her-lover-beheaded-brutality-of-old-ballads/#respond Sun, 27 Aug 2023 08:50:37 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4842 The performance explains the infidelity of a woman who cannot forget her first and true love and flees her bad marriage.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/08/27/faithless-wife-burnt-her-lover-beheaded-brutality-of-old-ballads/feed/ 0 4842 There is too much singing in opera, Debussy said https://arthereartnow.com/2023/08/19/there-is-too-much-singing-in-opera-debussy-said/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/08/19/there-is-too-much-singing-in-opera-debussy-said/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:54:48 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4838 Debussy: "I wished music to have such freedom to which it is probably better suited than any other art form..."

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/08/19/there-is-too-much-singing-in-opera-debussy-said/feed/ 0 4838 Frau Holle is a children’s opera this time https://arthereartnow.com/2023/04/13/frau-holle-childrens-opera-bartok-spring/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/04/13/frau-holle-childrens-opera-bartok-spring/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:58:45 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4680 The story of Frau Holle describes an important characteristic of being ready for school - a sense of responsibility.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/04/13/frau-holle-childrens-opera-bartok-spring/feed/ 0 4680 A wise woman gives up her younger love for the heiress https://arthereartnow.com/2023/04/12/rosenkavalier-richard-strauss-metropolitan-broadcast-mupa/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/04/12/rosenkavalier-richard-strauss-metropolitan-broadcast-mupa/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:51:32 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4671 A wise woman who, realising her age, gives up her much younger love for a young and beautiful heiress in Der Rosenkavalier.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/04/12/rosenkavalier-richard-strauss-metropolitan-broadcast-mupa/feed/ 0 4671 Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter https://arthereartnow.com/2023/03/12/easter-traditions-hungary-state-folk-ensemble-dance-drama-show/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/03/12/easter-traditions-hungary-state-folk-ensemble-dance-drama-show/#respond Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:45:43 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4645 There are different variations for the Easter “splashing”, from immersing the person in a lot of water to to some slight sprinkling.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/03/12/easter-traditions-hungary-state-folk-ensemble-dance-drama-show/feed/ 0 4645 A love triangle between brothers – Rameau’s Castor and Pollux https://arthereartnow.com/2023/03/02/castor-pollux-rameau-baroque-opera/ https://arthereartnow.com/2023/03/02/castor-pollux-rameau-baroque-opera/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:13:10 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4621 Castor and Pollux are indeed twin brothers, but from two different fathers. Pollux, Zeus' son, is immortal, but Castor is mortal...

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2023/03/02/castor-pollux-rameau-baroque-opera/feed/ 0 4621 Wonderful Nativity by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble https://arthereartnow.com/2022/12/15/wonderful-nativity-dance-play-performances-mupa/ https://arthereartnow.com/2022/12/15/wonderful-nativity-dance-play-performances-mupa/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:46:52 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4538 This production was born from a mixture of peasant folklore and imagination, and was first performed at Müpa Budapest in 2018.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2022/12/15/wonderful-nativity-dance-play-performances-mupa/feed/ 0 4538 Bence Vági: most of all, Kristály is a story of love https://arthereartnow.com/2022/11/30/kristaly-crystal-recirquel-show-bence-vagi-interview-mupa/ https://arthereartnow.com/2022/11/30/kristaly-crystal-recirquel-show-bence-vagi-interview-mupa/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:10:27 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4522 Kristály is an ice queen who suffers from a broken heart and freezes the world around her, not wanting to let any emotion in anymore.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2022/11/30/kristaly-crystal-recirquel-show-bence-vagi-interview-mupa/feed/ 0 4522 King Pomádé: György Ránki’s children’s opera is a parody of power https://arthereartnow.com/2022/10/26/king-pomade-new-clothes-gyorgy-ranki-children-opera-andersen-mupa/ https://arthereartnow.com/2022/10/26/king-pomade-new-clothes-gyorgy-ranki-children-opera-andersen-mupa/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:49:04 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4455 Ránki originally wrote King Pomádé as a children's radio opera in 1950, and three years later adapted it into a full-length stage work.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2022/10/26/king-pomade-new-clothes-gyorgy-ranki-children-opera-andersen-mupa/feed/ 0 4455 The Face in the Mirror: two men fall in love with the female clone https://arthereartnow.com/2022/10/06/face-in-the-mirror-two-men-cloned-woman-contemporary-opera-mupa/ https://arthereartnow.com/2022/10/06/face-in-the-mirror-two-men-cloned-woman-contemporary-opera-mupa/#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:48:53 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4440 Face in the Mirror turns our image of the world upside down: the clone is more human than the person coming from a mother’s womb.

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]]> https://arthereartnow.com/2022/10/06/face-in-the-mirror-two-men-cloned-woman-contemporary-opera-mupa/feed/ 0 4440 Sleepless: gloomy yet beautiful Péter Eötvös opera in the Müpa https://arthereartnow.com/2022/04/10/peter-eotvos-sleepless-opera-norway-jon-fosse-berlin-bartok-spring-mupa-budapest/ https://arthereartnow.com/2022/04/10/peter-eotvos-sleepless-opera-norway-jon-fosse-berlin-bartok-spring-mupa-budapest/#respond Sun, 10 Apr 2022 20:00:35 +0000 https://arthereartnow.com/?p=4169 Péter Eötvös adapted Jon Fosse's Trilogy. The story of precarious couple Alida and Asle is childishly innocent yet deeply sinful...

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