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The Gate Theatre Dublin is synonymous with the works of Samuel Beckett, having toured productions throughout the world from Beijing to New York, Sydney to Toronto and London to Melbourne. Leslie Stainton interviews Gate’s artistic director Michael Colgan. Topics covered: Do actors think of Beckett as a sadist? Is theatre the art of loss? And what of Beckett’s genius?

Samuel Beckett once said about adapting from text to theater: “to ‘act’ it is to kill it.” Akiva Gottlieb explores the audacity of Gate Theatre Dublin’s adaptation, featuring Barry McGovern, of Beckett’s novel WATT.

Editor’s Note: Gate Theatre Dublin will perform Samuel Beckett’s Watt and Endgame on October 27-29. Below, Akiva Gottlieb takes a closer look at Film, a film by Samuel Beckett. Samuel Beckett’s Film….

Editor’s Note: UMS presents Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, performing “Water Stains on the Wall,” on Oct 21 & 22 at the Power Center. Rani Kotha and Howard Hu are co-sponsoring…

In a long-awaited performance, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan presents Lin Hwai-min’s newest work, Water Stains on the Wall, on October 21 & 22 at the Power Center. Below, Cloud Gate…

It is serendipitous, even ironic, that here in Ann Arbor, Michigan I will see perform, for the first time, my neighbor from Sarajevo. Balkan music icon and acclaimed film composer Goran Bregovic,…

Our 5 film picks for the 11/12 UMS Season!

Part of the excitement of coming back to town at the end of summer is collecting all the calendars—Ann Arbor Public School’s holiday and half-day calendar, Huron High School’s band calendar, Clague…

We asked you to send us your questions for pianist Yuja Wang. Her answers are below. Yuja is performing at Hill Auditorium on Sunday, October 9. Q: You’re often described as a…