Peter Weiss

THE GOLDBERG-VARIATIONS By George Tabori to be Presented at Theater for the New City
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2024

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY will present THE GOLDBERG-VARIATIONS by George Tabori, running this fall. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Video: Glitterer Share Double Video For 'Recollection' and 'No One There'; EU Tour Begins Next Week
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 24, 2024

Glitterer is romping through fields and riding merry-go-rounds as they traverse the country on tour in the new double video for the tracks 'Recollection' and 'No One There,' directed by Jeff Cecere. Both songs are featured on their latest album, Rationale, released earlier this year. This release comes just in time for the highly anticipated start of their EU/UK tour next week. Watch the video now!

New Historical Revue AUSTRALIA FELIX Opens Next Month at Sydney Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2024

Australia Felix by Geoffrey Sykes will be performed March 22 - April 6 at the Richard Wherrett Studio, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay.

The Negro Ensemble Company to Premiere MECCA IS BURNING at Harlem Schoool Of The Arts In August
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 30, 2023

From August 10 to 26, the Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. (NEC), in conjunction with their residency at Penn Live Arts, will perform the world premiere of 'Mecca Is Burning' at Harlem School of the Arts.

Interview: Dustin Britt of St. John's Metropolitan Church's CORPUS CHRISTI
by Jeffrey Kare - Jun 1, 2023

Review: HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES at Tectonic Theater Project at Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Hall
by Mary Lincer - May 12, 2023

What did our critic think of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES at Tectonic Theater Project @ Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Hall?

Pianist Ursula Oppens To Honor Late Composer Frederic Rzewski In Kaufman Music Center's Marathon Concert Series, May 6
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2023

The internationally acclaimed American pianist Ursula Oppens will participate in Kaufman Music Center's marathon concert series The Pianists United: Rzewski in New York, on Saturday afternoon, May 6, 2023, at Merkin Concert Hall, at 3:00 p.m. EDT.

FUENTA OVEJUNA to be Presented at Theatre for a New Audience in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 29, 2023

Theatre for a New Audience will present the Off-Broadway premiere in English of the great Spanish author Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna (1612), translated by the late British poet, novelist, and playwright Adrian Mitchell.

PUBLIC OBSCENITIES Extends for a Second and Final Time at Soho Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2023

Soho Rep and the NAATCO National Partnership Project have announced a one-week final extension of the world premiere production of Public Obscenities. See how to purchase tickets!

World Premiere of PUBLIC OBSCENITIES Extends at Soho Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2023

Soho Rep and the NAATCO National Partnership Project have announced a two-week extension of the world premiere production of Public Obscenities, a bilingual play performed in Bangla and English from writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury, co-commissioned and produced by the two organizations.

World Premiere of Bangla/English Bilingual Play PUBLIC OBSCENITIES to be Presented at Soho Rep in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

Soho Rep and the NAATCO National Partnership Project will present Public Obscenities, a bilingual play performed in Bangla and English from writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury, co-commissioned and produced by the two organizations, February 15-March 26, 2023.

Review: MARAT/SADE at Teatr Wspolczesny Wroclaw
by Natalia Jarczynska - Dec 12, 2022

What did our critic think of MARAT/SADE at Teatr Wspolczesny Wroclaw? The play was written in 1963 by Peter Weiss, a German writer, and even though the fact that it's almost 60 years old, it hasn't lost any of its actuality. We deal here with the interpretation box. Marcin Liber interpreted the play that interprets the French Revolution but it's also about the revolution itself.

L'AMOUR `A PASSY Comes to A.R.T. Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2022

France's support of the nascent United States in 1778 is one of the great diplomatic triumphs of history, credited to the ambassadorial team of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. An exciting backstory to this miracle of statecraft is the platonic affair between Franklin and the flamboyant, beautiful Madame Brillon (Anne-Louise Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy).

BWW Interview: Dustin Britt of St. John's Metropolitan Church's MARAT/SADE
by Jeffrey Kare - Jul 20, 2021

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MARAT/SADE to Open at St. John's Metropolitan Community Church in July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 29, 2021

You will now have the chance to see the Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss.

Anne Sofie von Otter och Pierre Wilkner â€" Ã¥rets Gunn WÃ¥llgren-stipendiater
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 11, 2020

Från Kungliga Operan går stipendiet i år till hovsångerskan Anne Sofie von Otter: Anne Sofie von Otter tilldelas årets Gunn Wållgren stipendium 2020 utifrån följande motivering:

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)
by Peter Nason - Apr 7, 2020

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

Jesse Eisenberg to Star in THE INVESTIGATION at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 9, 2020

Theater of War Productions and the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in partnership with National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, will present a reading of scenes from Peter Weiss' play The Investigation, a searing piece of documentary theater adapted from the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-65 when 22 mid- and lower-level Nazi officials were tried for crimes against humanity in the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex.

Coney Island Ritual Cabaret Festival calls For Proposals
by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2019

International Culture Lab is calling for proposals from performance artists, actors, musicians, dancers, performers from the variety arts, and beyond... to present an original performance piece between 5 and 15 minutes in length. Deadline for applications: Sunday March 1, 2020 with Performances, Fri-Sun, April 24-26, 2020.

Theater Of War Productions Premieres THE INVESTIGATION
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 8, 2019

  Theater of War Productions and the Museum of Jewish Heritage a?" A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in partnership with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, will present readings of scenes from Peter Weiss' play The Investigation, a piece of documentary theater adapted from the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-65 when 22 mid- and lower-level Nazi officials were tried for crimes against humanity in the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex. The project will center on guided audience discussions about mass murder and its lasting impact upon individuals, families, communities, and countries throughout the world.