Tag Archives: Yale Repertory Theatre

Well-Laid Plans

Jimonn Cole and Harris Yulin in THE PLOT by Will Eno, directed by Oliver Butler, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2019. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Everyone’s plotting in The Plot. (more…)

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What a Night

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“What country, friends, is this?” (more…)

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Lines of Fire

Rob Demery, Laura Heisler, Billy Eugene Jones, and Ian Bedford in the world premiere of GOOD FAITH by Karen Hartman, directed by Kenny Leon, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2019. Photo by Carol Rosegg.

Good Faith: Four Chats about Race and the New Haven Fire Department unfolded last week on a bare stage at the Yale Rep, just minutes from the firehouses where (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (December 17 – 23)

A Christmas Carol (1951)

Magical realism: a genre of storytelling, yes, but also a fair summation of the week ahead.  (more…)

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Captive Ingredient

Hiran Abeysekera in the U.S. premiere of THE PRISONER, text and stage direction by Peter Brook and Marié-Hélène Estienne, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2018. Photo by Joan Marcus.

The Prisoner, now enjoying its US premiere on Yale Repertory Theatre’s stage, is more parable than play, though it’s a parable that declines to reveal a clear lesson. (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (October 8 – 14)

Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein

Frights and delights and even a little costuming signal that it’s officially Halloween season.  (more…)

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Open to Interpretation

The cast of KISS by Guillermo Calderón, directed by Evan Yionoulis. Photo by Joan Marcus, 2018.

From the first moments of Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of Kiss, there are clues that boundaries will be broken. (more…)

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This Week in New Have (January 29 – February 4)

2014 Run for Refugees. Photographed by Uma Ramiah.

Two substantive panel discussions, two hard-hitting rock shows, two marquee sporting events and two very confused hitmen share the spotlight (more…)

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Oh the Humanity

Enrico Colantoni (foreground) and the cast of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, new translation by Paul Walsh, directed by James Bundy. Photo by Joan Marcus, 2017.

Fake news. Groupthink. Entrenched party politics. Distrust in science. The bitter struggle between elites and everymen.  (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (October 9 – 15)

Work by Jesse Peck

A harvest dance, a visual arts bonanza, kids in costumes and other local October staples highlight a week that’s busy and dynamic even by New Haven standards.  (more…)

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