in Paris in 1896, the poet William Butler Yeats believed that he had seen the birth of a new ”Savage God” of art. Had he attended Wednesday night`s opening of the play at Chicago Actors Ensemble, he ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel issued dramatists around the world a challenge for Presidents’ Day: Write a five-page sketch placing the Trump administration in the land of Ubu Roi, an ...

Hystopolis Productions already proved that puppets aren’t just for children with its long-running production of Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine.” Now it more than reconfirms that concept with “Ubu ...

Lights rise on a grotesque couple perched on matching commodes. Pa Ubu farts lustily; his long-suffering wife suggests killing the king to improve their station. Pa mulls it over, farts again, and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This new adaptation of the absurdist classic Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry brings the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned To Drive, Indecent) has thrown down the gantlet, or at least the rolling pin, to writers across the U.S.: Come up with a short ...

French playwright Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi" caused a riot when it premiered in Paris in 1896 - as startling for its complete break with stage naturalism as for beginning the play with a scatalogical ...

“Ubu Roi” may have been written in 1896, but make no mistake: It’s a punk play. This surreal satire about a malevolent couple that betrays, steals and kills for money and power is as ...