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TheWrap magazine: "People ask me what happens in the last scene," says Ruben Östlund, "but I have not decided. I really don’t know"

From stages to runways, dirt has become a go-to metaphor.

Female-led productions in Hamburg and Munich — including an Annie Ernaux adaptation and a reworking of Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” — pack both a theatrical and a moral punch.

Thomas Ostermeier’s production of “Hamlet,” presented as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave festival, unleashes more madness than what Shakespeare has already offered.

I’m a senior news assistant on the Culture desk. Here are five things I've been watching, reading and listening to lately.

How the foreign-language content craze is making its way to the stage. 

He might be the greatest Shakespearean actor you’ve never heard of. At last, New Yorkers will get to see his no-holds-barred portrayal of Hamlet in Thomas Ostermeier’s production at BAM.

Several Paris theaters geared up to open their seasons with the most famous English playwright. How would the plays be tackled if a woman’s name were attached to them?

A charmless pariah city for 20 years, the Serbian capital is finally reclaiming its standing and artistry. Belgrade's residents are torn between pride in their city and dreams of leaving it.

The French literary star talks about growing up in poverty and his mother’s escape from the abusive marriage that haunted his childhood