Angels in America) as Gaev, and Nael Nacer as Lopakhin. BAC Founder and Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov makes an appearance in the role of Anton Chekhov.
Arlekin Players Theatre Founder and Director Igor Golyakâs latest work fuses film, theatre, and video game technology to create a new medium where viewers are able to interact with the performers. Drawing from scenes from the play and recordings of Chekhovâs letters and dreams, the online event accesses Chekhovâs desktop computer, where viewers discover six of his classic characters living in a virtual space, searching for happiness.
âThe post-pandemic theatre has to reexamine and re-imagine itself. Through this experiment we are finding out how humankind can find each other in the virtual while continuing to treasure the in-person encounter, which makes for a new kind of site-specific theatre, said Golyak in a recent statement. âAnd I find myself in constant dialogue with
Theater critics Jacquinn Sinclair and Ed Siegel selected their favorite theater productions from the year, including David Byrne s American Utopia, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom on Netflix, Mala from the Huntington Theatre Company and Hamilton, which is available to stream on Disney+. (Courtesy)
Theater gave up what many consider its essence in 2020 the communality of gathering together to experience the benediction of artistic expression along with the challenge of confronting our inner demons and social transgressions together.
That didn’t, however, stop artists from bringing us together in unique digitally-enhanced groupings, often through Zoom. ARTery critic at large Ed Siegel found himself sitting on a jury with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht in “State vs. Natasha Banina” from the Arlekin Players while ARTery theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair had a one-on-one telephone experience curled under her dining room table in the dark in “Baby Jessica’s Well-Made P