The door slams. What next? Loren Noveck explores how three New York playwrights are reimagining Ibsen’s feminist classic.
Features
19 August 2017
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The TEAM: “Towards collective liberation”
By Nicole Serratore
New York collaborative theatre heroes The TEAM are staging ‘Primer for a Failed Superpower’, a multi-generational pop concert of protest songs. Nicole Serratore sits in on rehearsals.
10 April 2017
Features • Dialogues and debates
Roundtable: Is Jesse Green the right choice for the New York Times?
By Exeunt Staff
As yet another white man is hired to the most prestigious job in US theatre criticism, Exeunt’s New York writers ask when the conversation will really change.
9 March 2017
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Dialogue: Should Theatremakers Respond to Reviews?
By Exeunt Staff
After the furore over a very public dialogue about the New York Times review of Big River, Exeunt’s writers debate whether and how theatremakers should respond to reviews.
9 January 2017
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A dialogue on theatre criticism in the digital age
By Alice Saville
Last month, debates on online theatre criticism raged after incendiary pieces by Michael Billington and Matt Trueman. In their wake, critics and academics Duška Radosavljević, Mark Fisher and Karen Fricker hold an international conversation about theatre, democracy and the role of criticality.
31 December 2016
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Exeunt New York’s Most Memorable Shows of 2016
By Exeunt Staff
The New York critics name the 2016 shows that will linger in their minds well into 2017.
21 November 2016
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Jordan Seavey: “I’m not interested in naturalism”
By Kev Berry
Kev Berry interviews the writer of ‘HOMOS, or Everyone in America’ about his work, ‘gay leaning’, and what makes a writer a writer.
31 October 2016
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Hamilton: A Critics’ Dialogue
By Exeunt Staff
Overwhelming levels of Hamil-hype have surrounded Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Founding Fathers musical since it opened Off-Broadway. Exeunt’s New York team debate how the Hamilton phenomenon influences their relationship with the show – and how, as it opens in London, its story has renewed political bite.
26 September 2016
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Acting and Disability: A Transatlantic Dialogue
By Nicole Serratore
“Don’t give me place on the panel. Give me a fucking job.” Mat Fraser and Gregg Mozgala discuss the frustrations of working as a disabled performer, a gamechanging decision from the BBC, and why we need more disabled writers.
5 September 2016
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Anne Peter: “Theatre criticism won’t die out.”
By Duska Radosavljevic
Duška Radosavljević interviews Anne Peter, editor at German theatre publication nachtkritik.de, about how the site’s new model of criticism works – and the challenges of supporting high-quality journalism online.