Tag: Theater
Eléonore Pancrazi and Romain Dumas make Parisian life sparkle
“La Vie parisienne” the flagship work of Jacques Offenbach is staged in his finest formal costume by Christian Lacroix at the Champs Elysées theater. An opera-bouffe presented in its entirety…
“Fat people skate well, cardboard cabaret”, a comedy to see at the Rond-Point theater
An incredible cardboard cabaret, a burlesque piece for two actors entitled Les gros patinent bien with Pierre Guillois and Olivier Martin-Salvan. The two friends had already won the Molière for…
Francis Huster declaims his love for Molière
Actor, director and member of the Comédie Française, Francis Huster has always been passionate about Molière. He publishes two books “The Dictionary of Molière’s Love” (Plon editions) and “Poquelin contre…
At the Théâtre du Châtelet, “Cole Porter in Paris” brings the Roaring Twenties to life
Cole Porter, star of the golden age of Broadway, arrives in Paris in the form of a musical show in his honor. To revive the Roaring Twenties, so formative for…
Cycle Théâtre du Soleil: Ariane Mnouchkine and Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Four programs recorded at the Théâtre du Soleil at the Cartoucherie in Vincennes, on the occasion of Mnouchkine’s new creation “l’Île d’Or”. On the occasion of this thirty-fourth creation, these…
Cycle Théâtre du Soleil: Ariane Mnouchkine and sinologist Marie Holzman
Four programs recorded at the Théâtre du Soleil at the Cartoucherie in Vincennes, on the occasion of Mnouchkine’s new creation “l’Île d’Or”. On the occasion of this thirty-fourth creation, these…
With “The Producers”, Alexis Michalik revisits a Broadway classic
It is a burlesque cabaret as the spectators adore them during this holiday season. Alexis Michalik, nicknamed “the prodigy of private theater”, directs “Les Producteurs” at the Théâtre de Paris.…
Russia: “Gorbachev”, the play that reveals the man behind the leader
Russia’s most hated politician has been filling a Moscow theater for almost two months, with seats up to 250 euros that sell out in an hour. The play that everyone…
Catherine Marnas and the theater, manifesto against fascist poison
Catherine Marnas directs “A bright room called day” by Tony Kushner at the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris. A play which brings together three eras and which warns against the…
Gaëlle Bourges and Noémie Makota, honor rolls for the black body
On the stage of the Théâtre des Abbesses, the choreographer Gaëlle Bourges and her four performers construct and deconstruct several master paintings on stage, and question our relationship to representations…