The term was coined by critic Martin Esslin in his 1960 book “Theatre of the Absurd” to describe a new wave of plays that emerged in Europe in the 1940s and ’50s. These works were influenced ...

Sony's theater of the absurd: How "The Interview" became the most insane cultural-political spectacle in recent history A major Hollywood movie is dead because of North Korean cyberattacks, and ...

But Luigi Pirandello’s “Six Characters” is just that, a classic example of absurdist theater, as well as a clever aggregation of inside jokes for actors and veteran audiences.

Despite its reputation for being strange and even frustrating, absurdist theater has long had an audience. Director Jerry Casper is not exactly sure it will find one at RCTC — but he doesn’t ...

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In sifting Esslin’s text, three significant plays emerge as historic steps in the development of absurd theater. The first was Ubu Roi, performed in Paris in 1896, and written by Alfred Jarry, a ...

Absurd times call for absurdist theater, and luckily for us, two local theater companies have answered the call. Is it too much to hope that Strollers Theatre’s production of Eugène Ionesco’s ...

Things have been getting pretty absurd at Wells College this week. The college theater department is in the midst of a week-long program celebrating and exploring the absurdist movement. The ...