MIDDLE EASTERN AMERICAN THEATRE: COMMUNITIES, CULTURES AND ARTISTS. By Michael Malek Najjar. Methuen Drama Critical Companions. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2021; pp. 237 + xii
Reviewed by Robert Myers, American University of Beirut
Even for those who have been paying close …
SHAKESPEARE ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. By Katherine Hennessey. London: Palgrave, 2018; pp. 340 +xxi.
Reviewed by George Potter, Valparaiso University.
In English language writing, the Arabian Peninsula is primarily constructed as a site for politics and economics. As I write …
STORIES UNDER OCCUPATION AND OTHER PLAYS FROM PALESTINE. Edited by Samer Al-Saber and Gary M. English. In Performance. London: Seagull Books, 2020; pp 256 + xxxi
Reviewed by Zeina Salame, University of Vermont
Stories under Occupation and Other Plays from …
By Jonathan H. Shannon
It is nearing midnight on a summer evening in 2016 as I walk up the steep cobblestone hill from the Tophane tram stop toward the Galatasaray High School. The evening is pleasant …
HOTTER THAN EGYPT. By Yussef El Guindi. Directed by John Langs. ACT, Seattle. February 5, 2022.
Reviewed by Malek Najjar, University of Oregon
Yussef El Guindi’s play Hotter Than Egypt explores the lives of two couples, one American and …
ARMS AND THE MAN. By George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Hassan Hajiyah. Produced by Staged in Kuwait (SIK), Kaifan Theatre, Kuwait City. March 24, 2022.
Reviewed by Katherine Hennessey
(Review commissioned and edited by Edward Ziter)
First produced in 1894, …
ENGLISH. By Sanaz Toossi. Directed by Knud Adams. Linda Gross Theater, Atlantic Theater Company. February 18, 2022.
Reviewed by Marvin Carlson, Graduate Center, CUNY
In the new globalized society, language is one of the most important tools anyone can utilize, …
First Down. By SEVAN. Directed by Johanna McKeon. Performed at 59E59, produced, and commissioned by Noor Theater, New York City. March 4, 2022.
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Wish You Were Here. By Sanaz Toossi. Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Playwright’s Horizons, New York …
Birds Of A Kind. By Wajdi Mouawad. Directed by Robert Schuster. The Berliner Ensemble, Berlin. March 30, 2022.
Reviewed by Marvin Carlson, Graduate Center, CUNY
Probably the most popular contemporary author on the German stage at this moment is the …
Jogging. Written and Directed by Hanane Hajj Ali. 2022 Festival d’Avignon. July 20-26, 2022.
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Milk. Written and Directed by Bashar Murkus. Produced by Khashabi Theatre (Haifa), 2022 Festival d’Avignon. July 10-16, 2022.
Reviewed by Philippa Wehle.
In the Fall …
Introduction to It’s Only Funny with Stage Directions by Laila Sajir
By Andrew Goldberg
Following in the footsteps of actor-writers such as Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) but with a voice distinctly her …
