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Beckett Shorts

I just got back from the Beckett Shorts production – a collection of short Beckett plays at the New York Theatre Workshop directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and featuring new music by Philip Glass with video by my good friend Mirit Tal. Eh Joe is the fourth play in the lineup, and is [...]

Theatre vs. New media :: on breaking the fourth wall

In theatre, when an actor performs, he receives immediate feedback from the audience. His presence feeds the audience, who then react back. In theatre, presence usually refers to the relationship between the actor and the audience.

The fourth wall is a theatrical term which refers to an imaginary wall at the front of the stage, through [...]

The Red Tent

Last night I saw this great theatre production of The Red Tent, an interesting look at the biblical story of Jacob through the eyes of his one and only daughter, Dinah. It took part in the Arab-Hebrew theatre, in the old city of Jaffa. What was so spectacular about the performance was how the story [...]