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Friday, September 24, 2021

Ken Reynolds: 1938–2021. A Personal and Professional Remembrance of East European Theatre’s Finest Photographer by John Freedman

“Stop now! See that? You see that cloud? That beautiful shape?” That is what Ken Reynolds would say to his daughter Adele when they went for walks in the countryside in her youth. “He …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 07:53AM

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Andrei Kureichik’s “Insulted. Belarus”: One Year On by John Freedman

Alexei Nesterov, an actor in my wife Oksana Mysina’s film, Insulted. Belarus(sia), sent her a thank-you email after the film’s premiere. “I am so grateful you reached out to me,” he …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:18AM

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Sarah Kane Through a Russian Prism by John Freedman

Of all the unexpected things I think I might be able to imagine, one I could never have imagined for a minute was Alexander Zeldovich’s production of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis at the S…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:39PM

Thursday, March 16, 2017

The dark side of Russia’s theatre boom by John Freedman

Any story about Russian theatre today is a tale of two cities. Which tale you encounter depends on where you look. On

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

'This system produces rebels': Russian theatre troupe honours jailed protestors by Reuters and John Freedman For The Moscow Times, Part Of The New East Network

Moscow’s ‘smallest but noisiest playhouse’ perseveres with latest documentary project in the face of legal threats and eviction by the authorities Peering at the audience from behind m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11AM

Monday, May 25, 2015

Martha Coigney Recalls Marilyn Monroe and More by John Freedman

If just one person were chosen to serve as American theater's prime link to every other theater tradition in the world, it surely would be Martha Coigney. Martha was an employee of the Inter…

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 05:58PM

Contemporary Writers Strong for New Season by John Freedman

The real season is about to begin in Moscow. Let the film, music and art pundits take potshots at me -- I don't care. Because when Moscow's drama theaters start gearing up for a new season, …

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 05:58PM

Festival Is Host to New Plays, Free Expression by John Freedman

It has now become a tradition that Moscow's theater season begins with a daunting dose of new drama. This year, according to Yelena Kovalskaya, the art director of the Lyubimovka playwriting…

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 05:58PM

Taking Russian Drama to Extremes by John Freedman

Few discussions stir as much fire, smoke and hot air as one that the Russian theater community has been having for the last decade about the so-called "new drama."

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 05:58PM

Tale of 2 Generations in ‘Machine Gunner' by John Freedman

If you don't like spoilers, fold this newspaper up and don't look at this page again until you have seen Vladimir Pankov's production of Yury Klavdiyev's “I Am the Machine Gunner”…

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 05:58PM

Friday, August 8, 2014

Russian-language, Ukrainian Playwrights Cope with the Ukraine-Russia Conflict by John Freedman

(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon, curated by Caridad Svich. Pictured: Maksym Kurochkin speaking at an anti-war rall…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 06:39PM

Friday, May 6, 2011

A Critic Pays His Dues | Theater Plus | Blogs | The Moscow Times by John Freedman

I am the last person you would expect to see on a stage. Unless I'm holding a baseball bat I haven't the vaguest notion what to do with my hands. (And at this point in my life, I hardly reme…

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 11:05AM

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

An American Director Meets Russian Theater | Theater Plus | Blogs | The Moscow Times by John Freedman

In the New York theater world, Lear deBessonet hangs out in that territory where the future is headed. What that means is that she doesn't do things the way everyone else does, and, in my bo…

SOURCE: The Moscow Times at 06:26AM

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