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“I love Jermyn Street. It’s my third play here and I love the intimacy,” shares the legendary Scottish actor and writer Forbes Masson, who is currently playing there in Orphans. The play, written by the American playwright Lyle Kessler, is set in the North Philadelphia…
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A Minute with Forbes Masson
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Date January 8, 2026
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Turandot: Problematic Fave
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Problematic fave Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Turandot has been in repertory at the Met Opera on and off for nearly four decades, well after most of the Western world in theatre, cinema, and other arts had decided that race play -- both literally and in…
Date December 10, 2025
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KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT ON THE PROCESS OF DIRECTING
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Keenan Tyler Oliphant is a theatre-maker and director from Cape Town, South Africa. Melodrama’s Kate Purdum recently spoke to Oliphant over the phone about his work on Nazareth Hassan’s Practice, a buzzy and polarizing new play (which will conclude its wildly popular run at Playwrights…
Date December 8, 2025
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01
A Minute with Forbes Masson
Read
“I love Jermyn Street. It’s my third play here and I love the intimacy,” shares the legendary Scottish actor and writer Forbes Masson, who is currently playing there in Orphans. The play, written by the American playwright Lyle Kessler, is set in the North Philadelphia…
Date January 8, 2026
Read 5 min. read
02
Turandot: Problematic Fave
Read
Problematic fave Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Turandot has been in repertory at the Met Opera on and off for nearly four decades, well after most of the Western world in theatre, cinema, and other arts had decided that race play -- both literally and in…
Date December 10, 2025
Read 6 min. read
03
KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT ON THE PROCESS OF DIRECTING
Read
Keenan Tyler Oliphant is a theatre-maker and director from Cape Town, South Africa. Melodrama’s Kate Purdum recently spoke to Oliphant over the phone about his work on Nazareth Hassan’s Practice, a buzzy and polarizing new play (which will conclude its wildly popular run at Playwrights…
Date December 8, 2025
Read 5 min. read
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