Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 expressionist masterpiece, MACHINAL, is based on the highly publicized trial of Ruth Snyder, who was accused of conspiring with a lover to murder her husband. It follows the central character, an “ordinary young woman,” through nine episodes as she tries to navigate women’s limited options in a mechanized, dehumanizing world obsessed with Find out more »
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“Striptease / Catastrophe” has ended its successful run in the BDT!
From the late Polish playwright Sławomir Mrożek (1930-2013), STRIPTEASE is political satire: a tale of two men, a thinker and an activist, both similarly dressed and with matching briefcases, trapped in what appears to be a prison. In what amounts to a vaudeville routine, they try to escape their circumstances by convincing each other he’s Find out more »