In Little Children Dream of God, playwright Jeff Augustin uses aspects of magical realism, a style that originated in literature and visual art. The framework of his play is apparently realistic, ...

The third edition of the Guyana National Drama Festival ended its run of performances last Friday with plays entered by students of the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama. There are many points ...

Thank goodness for Conor McPherson, a playwright who is keeping alive the tradition of Irish playwrights who mixed poetry with realism. In “The Seafarer,” McPherson begins with the lyrical, homespun ...

A few weeks ago, the subject of this column was theatre previews: what their function is and whether, with audiences increasingly tweeting and blogging their responses, it's still practical or ...

Real versus natural might sound like a trick question (is oat milk real or natural, we wonder?), but in the case of historical theatrical movements, “realism” versus “naturalism” is the difference ...

Winnie (Natalie Schroeder) explores Jesse’s (Eddie Grey) world in the treetops in “Tuck Everlasting,” presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto through Dec. 30, ...

Kitchen-sink drama, the genre that brought social realism to the stage in a clatter of dirty dishes, is widely dismissed as a mid-20th century relic. What began as a revolution in the hands of such ...

(Which makes sense when you look at other cultures' "traditional theatre"- such as Noh in Japan). The realism we demand and enjoy from our actors simply didn't exist: instead, there was symbolism, ...

This December, six local actors will brace for the cold. In Match Girl, the actors portray the title character in various stages of her life. To add verisimilitude to the site-specific, outdoor ...

After too long in the under-achieving wilderness, it's heartening to see Soho Theatre shape up under new artistic director Steve Marmion. The building, recently divided into different spaces, has a ...