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John Bell

Theater Interview: John Bell on Bread and Puppet’s Staging of Aeschylus’s “The Persians”

“The play challenges us to think about those we consider our enemies, and to think of them with compassion and understanding.”

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Theater Tagged: Bread and Puppet Theater, John Bell, Peter Schumann, The Persians

Book Review: “Theatrum Mundi: Masks and Masquerades in Mexico and the Andes” — Utterly 21st Century

In this deeply enlightening study, Anthony Alan Shelton aims to set the record straight about how mask culture developed in Mexico as well as in Andean cultures.

By: John Bell Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Anthony Alan Shelton, Figure 1, John Bell, Theatrum Mundi

Visual Arts Review: “Living Objects — African American Puppetry,” Challenging Cultural Erasure

Playful and political, eerie and goofy by turns, this exhibition brings together puppets, performing objects, masks, and puppet (and doll) performances on video.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Ballard Institute, John Bell, Living Objects: African American Puppetry, Paulette Richards

Visual Arts Commentary: The Telling Anonymity of Political Street Art

Highlighting the identity of artists is essential in art world journalism, but it appears to be unimportant when reporting on the artistic contributions to political street demonstrations.

By: John Bell Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: John Bell, Jr, new-york-times, political street demonstrations, street art, street processions

Theater Feature: The Bread & Puppet Theater Turns 50

For me, the fact that Bread and Puppet Theater has survived for 50 years is very hopeful, essentially because company members have never wavered from their principles. Imagine that. You can be radically principled and survive!

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Bread & Puppet Theater, Bread and Puppet, John Bell, Linda Elbow, Peter Schumann, Trudi Cohen

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