Goodbye, Linda Elbow
We arrived at Bread.and Puppet Theater in Glover, Vermont, last Friday evening to learn that our friend Linda Elbow had just died. She began working with the theater in the…Continue Reading →
Wonderland Spectacle Co.’s ‘How To Walk Among The Stars’
“What are the wishes of fireflies? Can we summon fireflies to return to our backyards? What is the etiquette that will repair our relationship with our most magical neighbors?” asked Wonderland…Continue Reading →
Why American Repertory Theater Tells ‘The Odyssey’s Backstory With Puppets
How do you introduce the backstory of Homer’s epic ancient tale “The Odyssey”? How Odysseus, the legendary Greek king and the story’s namesake, tried to evade service in the Trojan…Continue Reading →
Photos: ‘Crankies Take New York’
“A crankie is basic in concept: it is a scroll that provides the visual narration to a story or song,” write the organizers of “Crankies Take New York!,” a weekend-long…Continue Reading →
Surrealist Leonora Carrington Conjured In Double Edge Theatre’s Hallucinatory Bio-Play
“I am as mysterious to myself as I am to everyone else,” Leonora Carrington (played by Jennifer Johnson) says near the beginning of Double Edge Theatre’s “Leonora, La maga y…Continue Reading →
Bread Puppet’s ‘Meditation On Grief, War And Resistance’
Bread and Puppet Theater describes its new performance, “Gray Lady Cantata #9,” as a “meditation on grief, war, and resistance.” It’s touring the show—along with “The Possibilitarian Everything Imperatives Show”—from…Continue Reading →
Photos: Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Beginning After The End Of Humanity Circus’
Our friends Bread and Puppet Theater performed its “The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus” on Cambridge Common on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. The show is part of a…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet’s ‘The Beginning After The End Of Humanity Circus’
Bread and Puppet Theater’s “The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus” is a satirical spectacle of papier-mâché beasts and stilt dancers haunted by Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.…Continue Reading →
In Double Edge’s ‘Heron’s Flight,’ A Bird Sheds Its Wings On A Transformative Quest For Wisdom
“Herons are believed to be symbols of good luck and transformation,” Travis Coe, who co-directed “The Heron’s Flight” with Jennifer Johnson at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts, says at…Continue Reading →
Honoring The Enslaved And Healing At Ifé Franklin’s ‘Ancestor Processions’
“We’re there to lift up the spirits and the vibrations of the thousands of free and enslaved Africans and African-Americans that are buried there,” Ifé Franklin says of her “Egun…Continue Reading →