A critic evaluating TWO TRAINS RUNNING is not an anthropologist studying another culture through their artifacts.
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Category: Review of Reviews
The fault, dear Brutus, Act II: Interview with Makoto Hirano about “Super Racist” Julius Caesar
You may have seen the Lantern Theater Company’s JULIUS CAESAR, which recast Shakespeare’s political tragedy in Feudal Japan. You may also have seen the open letter that local playwright and performer Makoto Hirano hand-delivered to The Lantern on “How to Stage Your Show Without Being Super Racist,” which he signed “Makoto Hirano, Dance-theatre artist, actual Japanese person, and actual Samurai descendent,” reposted on Phindie with Hirano’s consent.
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An Evening Without Woody Allen
Not everyone likes Woody Allen’s comedy, it can be a bit high-brow, idiosyncratic, or vulgar for some tastes, and like any comedy, some of his…
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Theatre Exile’s "Shining City" at Plays and Players
The past year has seen some great stagings by Irish playwright Colin McPherson in Philadelphia. The Arden’s brilliant Seafarer was followed by a stripped down…
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