An Abandoned Italian Newsstand Just Became the World's Smallest Theatre
In a quiet corner of San Severo, a small city in Italy's Puglia region, a long-abandoned newsstand has been reborn as what may be the most radically intimate playhouse on earth. It's called Teatro Edicola - Italian for "Newsstand Theatre" - and it lays claim to the title of the world's smallest theatre. The venue, the brainchild of artistic director Francesco Gravino and his company Foyer '97, opened to coincide w…