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Mother Courage and Her Children is an epic piece of theatre - in all ways. It is political, musical, a parable, a lesson, a ...

The theater critic, playwright, and stage actor Eric Bentley is the foremost English-speaking authority on Bertolt Brecht. He collaborated with the contentious and brilliant German writer extensively ...

WATERTOWN — Playwright, poet, lyricist, and director Bertolt Brecht wrote dramas designed to provoke audiences to action, not reflection, says New Repertory Theatre artistic director Jim Petosa.

Bertold Brecht put Marxist collectivism and dialectical materialism into his art as few other Western writers. His avidness for money? No matter. The German poet-playwright belied any doubts about his ...

WATERTOWN — In her stirring speech last month at the Golden Globes, Meryl Streep underscored how much Donald Trump’s march to the White House has rekindled the spirit of resistance among many artists ...