Sigmund Freud

Interview: Christy Watkins of FREUD'S LAST SESSION at A.D. Players
by Armando Urdiales - Sep 19, 2025

A.D. Players continues its tradition of thought-provoking theatre with Freud’s Last Session, a play that imagines an extraordinary meeting between Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, and C.S. Lewis, the beloved author and Christian apologist. As the two men wrestle with questions of faith, reason, and the meaning of life on the brink of World War II, audiences are invited into a dialogue that feels strikingly relevant to our own polarized times. We spoke with Christy Watkins, who brings this intellectual and emotional journey to life on stage, about the play’s enduring resonance, the challenges of embodying such weighty historical figures, and the importance of listening across differences.

Composers Concordance Will Host THE ART OF THE ART SONG Featuring Ljiljana Winkler
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2025

Composers Concordance will present at Westbeth a concert program propelling an age-old compositional form into the 21st Century. 'The Art of the Art Song' features soprano Ljiljana Winkler.

World Premiere of DR FREUD WILL SEE YOU NOW, MRS HITLER to Debut at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 1, 2025

The cast has been announced for the world premiere of Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler, a new dark comedy by BAFTA Award-winning writing duo Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

Review: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Robin & Clark's SNOW WHITE with Some Twists
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jul 21, 2025

Magic mirrors, an evil stepmother, forest creatures who sing and chatter prettily- all familiar fairytale tropes – but then add an empowered maiden, a narcissistic prince, and seven “dwarfs,” who are actually icons of ancient wisdom and culture, and you have a new, delightful musical version of the Brothers’ Grimm tale of Snow White created by Marc Robin & Curt Dale Clark for audiences young and young at heart.  MSMT’s new production sparkles with wit, energy, and visual splendor, featuring a first-rate cast of young professional performers who bring this tale to life with new meaning.

World Premiere ACHILLES IN ARCADIA to Open at Skylight Theatre
by Emmy Rice - Jul 6, 2025

Achilles in Arcadia, a orld premiere engagement of a new play, will open at Skylight Theatre,  1816 ½ N. Vermont Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90027. The play was written by Chris Collins, directed by Kiff Scholl, and produced by Frier McCollister for Black Bough Productions. 

Review: SALOME Times Seven Doesn’t Add Up to Extra Enjoyment in New Met Production
by Richard Sasanow - May 1, 2025

Even without an over-the-top production—and the Met has had a couple of those—Richard Strauss’s SALOME has been outraging audiences for more than 120 years. This week’s new take by director Claus Guth in his Met debut was no exception.

A.D. Players at the George Theater Reveals �¿59th Season of Exploration
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2025

A.D. Players at the George Theater has announced their 59th Season of Exploration, featuring beloved classics and two world-premieres.   The Season of Exploration opens with Mark St. Germain's Freud's Last Session.

A.D. Players at the George Theater Unveils Season Featuring Two World Premieres
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 26, 2025

A.D. Players at the George Theater has announced their 59th Season of Exploration, featuring beloved classics and two world-premieres. The Season opens with Mark St. Germain's Freud's Last Session.

Stephanie Okoye Joins THE PSYCHIATRIST at the White Bear Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2025

Stephanie Okoye joins the cast of The Psychiatrist, a play by psychiatrist and physician Julian Bird based on his experience in practice. The play receives its world premiere at The White Bear Theatre in Kennington.

San Francisco State University School of Theatre & Dance To Present THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT 
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025

San Francisco State University will present an immersive and unconventional production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis.

THE PSYCHIATRIST To Receive World Premiere At White Bear Theatre, Kennington
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2025

The Psychiatrist to receive world premiere at The White Bear Theatre Kennington. The Psychiatrist, a play by psychiatrist and physician Julian Bird based on his experience in practice, centres on a very challenging case.

Service and Celebration for Writer and Producer Ken Wydro to Take Place in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2025

The service and celebration of life for Ken will be on Saturday, February 15 at 3:30PM at The Bethel Gospel Assembly Ministry Complex - The Destiny Worship Pavilion at 1483 Fifth Avenue. Learn more.

Writer and Producer Ken Wydro Passes Away at 81
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2025

Ken Wydro, writer, producer and creator of Off-Broadway’s “Mama, I Want to Sing,” died on Tuesday, January 21 at his home in Harlem, New York. He was 81 years old. Learn more about Hydro's life and legacy.

Masterpiece of Brazilian Literature, Musical Version of Machado de Assis’ DOM CASMURRO Opens in São Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - Nov 7, 2024

A masterpiece and one of the fundamental novels of Brazilian literature, Dom Casmurro, has its musical version signed by the duo formed by Guilherme Gila, author of the award-winning musical “A Igreja do Diabo” and Davi Novaes, author of the play “O Que Restou de Mim em Você”, who joined forces with director Zé Henrique de Paula to bring Machado de Assis's work to the stage, with music and drama.

Musical Theater Creator Daniel Henri Emond Will Perform at Adelphi PAC
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2024

Musical theater creator and 2023 Jonathan Larson grant recipient Daniel Henri Emond will bring excerpts from his latest musical to life at Adelphi University's Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Saturday, September 14 at 3 p.m.

AN INTERPRETATION OF ANNA To Be Presented At The Neurodivergent New Play Series This June
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 12, 2024

AN INTERPRETATION OF ANNA will be presented on Sunday at 2pm as part of the Neurodivergent New Play Series.

Review: Trauma in Two Nights, as SALOME follows TURANDOT to the Analyst's Couch in Vienna
by Richard Sasanow - Jun 12, 2024

I couldn’t help but wondering whether the scheduling last week of two recent productions at the Vienna State Opera, Claus Guth’s TURANDOT and Cyril Teste’s SALOME, on subsequent nights had anything more than the availability of the stars behind it. After all, both portrayed the title characters as abused women scarred by powerful men—not exactly the business-as-usual for these works by Puccini and Strauss, respectively—in pared-down productions that hearkened to the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, as well as to #MeToo.

Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Kansas City Actors Theatre
by Alan Portner - May 26, 2024

The Lehman Trilogy studies American Dream Mythology as seen through the eyes of Italian playwright and poet Stefano Massini. The English translation by Ben Power transfigures itself into an absorbing and poignant exercise in stellar storytelling as one might imagine it by three brothers around a metaphorical campfire.

Ariana DeBose, Alan Cumming, Darren Criss, Shoshana Bean, & Aaron Lazar Headline BROADWAY AND VINE Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2024

Broadway and Vine kicks off its 2024 season on July 9 and 10 at 7:30PM, with Academy Award-winner Ariana DeBose at Carneros Resort Vineyard Lawn.

Long Beach Opera Presents West Coast Premiere Of Kate Soper's IPSA DIXIT With Martha Graham Dance Company
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2024

Long Beach Opera continues its 2024 season with the staged West Coast premiere of trailblazing composer Kate Soper's IPSA DIXIT, a 90-minute performance that explores the integration of music, drama, and rhetoric, and was a finalist for a 2017 Pulitzer Prize.