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Willem Dafoe on How Theater Can Unite People, His First Venice Fest Program and That Big Experiment
The star discusses why he just had to bring Davide Iodice's 'Pinocchio' with performers with special needs to his first ...
Richard Foreman was the Willy Wonka of weird theater
In 1992, for right-out-of-college New York experimental-theater makers like me, Richard Foreman was the unlikely Willy Wonka ...
Willem Dafoe on His First Venice Biennale Theater Program, With Whirling Dervishes and a Homage to Avant-Garde Icon Richard Foreman (That He Will Perform Himself)
Body is Poetry” is the title chosen by Willem Dafoe for his first edition as artistic director of the Venice Biennale’s ...
Breaking Baz: Willem Dafoe Warns Of Trump’s Interference In The Arts As He Launches Programme For Venice Biennale Theater Festival
Elizabeth LeCompte His friend and one-time partner, Elizabeth LeCompte, who co-founded Wooster Group with Spalding Gray (Swimming to Cambodia), will honor New York avant-garde pioneer Richard Foreman, ...
Willem Dafoe Sets Venice Theater Festival Program, Including ‘Pinocchio,’ and He Will Perform, Too
The star unveiled his first lineup as artistic director of the Venice Biennale: "My impulse was to present pieces that ...