Heiner Muller

Classic Hamlet gets modern Indian avatar

By Ipsitaa Panigrahi Shakespeare’s wo-rks have always fascinated every generation and continue to do so. His works have been tried and tested by different groups in unique styles and substance without altering their core....

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Arno Fischer Retrospective at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn

BONN.- Arno Fischer is one of the most significant photographers of the second half of the 20th-century. His pictures and his classes in Leipzig, Berlin and Dortmund have significantly influenced three generations of...

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Marquise a gem, but play fails to shine

At its worst, "Quartett" looks like a parody of '80s music videos. Minute sounds are overamplified. Actors in dramatic costumes freeze in Expressionist exaggeration. An old man in a nightshirt does the funky chicken. But then,...

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Quartett

A Brooklyn Academy of Music presentation of a play in one act by Heiner Muller, translated by Jean Jourdheuil and Beatrice Perregaux, based on the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Near the end of...

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Theater review: Peter Marks on Charles Mee's 'Full Circle' at Woolly Mammoth

The audience wanders during the multi-room staging of "Full Circle." Unfortunately, so does the mind. Director Michael Rohd hatches a whimsical scheme for experiencing Charles Mee's overstuffed play about a chaotic clash of...

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Ch. Menke, Tragic Play: Irony and Theater from Sophocles to Beckett

Christoph Menke, Tragic Play: Irony and Theater from Sophocles to Beckett (translated by James Phillips; first published 2005), New York: Columbia University Press, coll. "Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and...

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Backstage: What's going around in Charles Mee's 'Full Circle' at Woolly Mammoth

The large cast of "Full Circle" danced and sang "Everlasting Love" atop a long, high table in the lobby of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company during a rehearsal on Friday. The table then split down the middle, with some actors...

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Brooklyn Hearts Huppert

Europe’s grande dame of cinema finds her American niche. Video Portrait by Robert Wilson For Isabelle Huppert, American fame has never been in the cards. At 56, the European superstar is fast approaching 100 career films, and...

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Isabelle Huppert and Bob Wilson at French Institute 2009 Gala - Bernard Poussot to be Honored...

NewswireToday (newswire) - French Actress Isabelle Huppert to Present Theater and Visual Artist Robert Wilson with FIAF's 2009 Trophee des Arts Award. WYETH Chairman, President and CEO, Chairman and President Bernard Poussot...

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The German Issue

The German Issue Edited by Sylvère Lotringer A first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation, bridging art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America. October 2009 ISBN-13...

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