German Theater Review: In Munich and Stuttgart, Directors Give the Classics a Twist
Restrained stagings of Schiller and Shakespeare are vital and exciting, but a production based on the New Testament falls flat.
Restrained stagings of Schiller and Shakespeare are vital and exciting, but a production based on the New Testament falls flat.
A German residency for the Gogol Center, a leading Moscow avant-garde group, drew attention to the plight of its leader, Kirill S. Serebrennikov.
Three plays in Munich and Berlin explore revolutionary ideas and utopian dreams.
High drama and deep moral questions are at the heart of two outstanding productions in Vienna: "The Ten Commandments" and "The Oresteia."
In Berlin and Munich, theater companies explore themes of exile and return in classics and new work, each directly addressing today's refugee influx.