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After Han Kang won the Prize in Literature last month, a stage version of her novel “The Vegetarian” sold out its run at a struggling Paris theater. Other Paris theaters [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle A retrospective in Paris honors Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué, whose theater works have examined the region's troubles for decades. The theater-makers Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle Answering hatred with glitter is a time-honored drag tradition that France's answer to 'RuPaul's Drag Race' is keeping alive in a new stage spectacle. The Paris Olympics [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle The best-selling, much discussed French novel is now a play. It gives a similarly humanizing view of the Russian leader and his inner circle. Perhaps it was [...]

The best-selling, much discussed French novel is now a play. It gives a similarly humanizing view of the Russian leader and his inner circle. Perhaps it was just a matter [...]

Olympic gymnastics would be more enjoyable on TV and in the arena if choreography were less of an afterthought, our critic writes. Women's artistic gymnastics may be one of the [...]

Olympic gymnastics would be more enjoyable on TV and in the arena if choreography were less of an afterthought, our critic writes. Women’s artistic gymnastics may be one of the [...]

Now that she has mastered it, the uneven bars routine that the gymnast Kaylia Nemour has prepared for the Paris Olympics is a sight to behold: a fluid yet treacherous [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle Grégory Milan, who works with Biles and the French national team, has found a home in gymnastics, though his pure dance background is unusual in the sport. [...]

Under its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages. Who belongs onstage at an international theater festival? It's [...]

Under its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages. Who belongs onstage at an international theater festival? It’s [...]

Grégory Milan, who works with Biles and the French national team, has found a home in gymnastics, though his pure dance background is unusual in the sport. When the gymnastics [...]

Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become ''a festival of resistance,'' juggling activism with the premiere of a new play. There are two sides to Tiago [...]

Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become “a festival of resistance,” juggling activism with the premiere of a new play. There are two sides to https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/theater/tiago-rodrigues.html, [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics. Theater critics can be masochistic [...]

The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics. Theater critics can be masochistic creatures. On Saturday, [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle An Arabic production of Wajdi Mouawad's 1991 work, planned to open in Lebanon, was canceled because of his perceived ties to Israel. It found a home in [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle Even if you're visiting for the Games, you may want to take a cultural break like a local. Construction chaos, price hikes and now mandatory QR codes [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle The French writer Laurent Gaudé taps into collective trauma from the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist outrage and channels it into something like catharsis. Outdoor cafe terraces are [...]

The revival of a 2006 work by Thomas Jolly, the director masterminding the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, shows his gift for visual flamboyance. In three months, the French [...]

The revival of a 2006 work by Thomas Jolly, the director masterminding the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, shows his gift for visual flamboyance. In three months, the French [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle New productions of 'Macbeth' and 'Hamlet' follow a French tradition of adapting familiar works. The results are innovative, and sometimes cryptic. Two Paris playhouses, both alike in [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle Romeo Castellucci's production of the classic play by Jean Racine is all about the lead performer - and that's it. The Isabelle Huppert vehicle is a curious [...]

In 2003, three decades into her career, Dominique Blanc experienced every actor's worst nightmare: The phone stopped ringing. Approaching 50, she was one of France's most celebrated performers, fresh off [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle In 2003, three decades into her career, Dominique Blanc experienced every actor's worst nightmare: The phone stopped ringing. Approaching 50, she was one of France's most celebrated [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle A series of events in preparation for the Paris Olympics explores a paradox, since arts and sports rarely mix in France. When it comes to the biggest [...]

The new show by Alexis Michalik, a star of commercial theater, wades into political battles in France, where immigration restrictions have been at the forefront of the government’s agenda. Badly [...]

Krystian Lupa's latest work had its premiere in Paris after an earlier attempt collapsed. The delay would have been a good time to rethink the four-and-a-half-hour show. The spotlight is [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle Krystian Lupa's latest work had its premiere in Paris after an earlier attempt collapsed. The delay would have been a good time to rethink the four-and-a-half-hour show. [...]

A new show in Paris by Maëlle Poésy tells the story of the Mercury 13 space program, with choreographed movement and acrobatic sequences. Early on in ''Cosmos,'' a new production [...]

A new show in Paris by Maëlle Poésy tells the story of the Mercury 13 space program, with choreographed movement and acrobatic sequences. Early on in “Cosmos,” a new production [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle Rébecca Chaillon's 'Carte Noire Named Desire' provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris. One performer is [...]

In Paris, a new production from Richard Nelson imagines a day on tour with Konstantin Stanislavski’s theater company in 1923, but misses the historical context. What do you know about [...]

For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled ''Cinders!,'' some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers ''were all kind of like: 'OK. How does that work?''' At a [...]

For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled “Cinders!,” some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers “were all kind of like: ‘OK. How does that work?’” At a [...]

The provocations in Milo Rau’s stage adaptation, featuring actors with Down syndrome, confuse the production as it grapples with weighty issues. Is anything even shocking on a stage anymore? Simulated [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle The Théëtre de la Ville, now named for Sarah Bernhardt, reopened after a seven-year renovation. But its once-radical approach to dance is now less of a calling [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France's best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested in easy - and she expects her [...]

She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France's best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested in easy -- and she expects her readers to work, [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle 'Holidays,' the first musical to include the pop icon's songs, arrives just days before her 'Celebration' tour starts. But matching the star's talents is a challenge. Two [...]

''Holidays,'' the first musical to include the pop icon's songs, arrives just days before her ''Celebration'' tour starts. But matching the star's talents is a challenge. Two lovers belting ''Open [...]

Byline: Laura Cappelle A new play by Alexander Zeldin recreates his mother's winding, painful path to a life of her own. Minutes into 'The Confessions,' a new production by the [...]

The American choreographer has 46 engagements this year, including a monthslong retrospective of his work in Paris. But he is making plans for a ''second act'' away from the dance [...]

The American choreographer has 46 engagements this year, including a monthslong retrospective of his work in Paris. But he is making plans for a “second act” away from the dance [...]