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Theater Review: Satamian Group Mounts Lackluster ‘Liar’ at New Manoukian Arts...
From l to r: Aram Muradian, Artur Margaryan, and Peter Nishan in “The Liar” BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN The long-awaited Raffi and Tamar Manoukian Performing Arts Center, the stylish new venue with...
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Critics’ Forum: ‘Bashing’ Armenian Theater? A Critic’s Self-Assessment at...
Leslie Ayvazian (r.) both wrote and starred in “100 Aprils” at Rogue Machine. (Photo by Michelle Hanzelova) BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Over the past year, the feedback to my writings on theater included two...
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Theater Review: ‘Chigareli’ Marks Hamazkayin’s Second Foray Into Innovative...
From l to r: Hagop Dabbaghian, Maral Nashalian Arsenian, and Kevork Manoukian in “The Adventures of Chigareli” BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Three years ago, the Hamazkayin Theatre Company, which was then newly...
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Theater Review: Personal Stories in ‘1+2+3…’ Add Up to Diasporan History
Anahid Aramouni Keshishian performing “Ka Yev Chka 1+2+3…” BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Over the course of the past dozen years, Anahid Aramouni Keshishian has been sharing her autobiography through solo...
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Theater Review: East Coast Talents Offer Weighty ‘Khrimian,’ Airy ‘Groom’...
Herand Markarian as Khrimian Hayrig BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Southland Armenians enjoyed a double dose of East Coast talent last weekend as New York-based dramatist Herand Markarian performed his solo...
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Theater Review: An ‘Encounter’ Gone Awry
Raffi Sarian (left) as Daniel Varoujan and Heibert Sarian as Komitas in “Hantiboum” (Encounter) BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN The production: “Hantiboum” (Encounter), billed as “a play in three acts.” The...
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Theatre Review: Contrasting Styles on Display as Satamian Group, Armenian...
From l to r: Aram Muradian, Arpi Samuelian, and Narine Avakian in Satamian Group’s “Hotel Paradiso” BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Two vastly different Armenian-language plays (one in translation) arrived during...
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Theater Review: ‘Beast’ Reawakens in Long Beach
Rachel Weck and Travis Leland in “Beast on the Moon” at ITC in Long Beach. Photo by Tracey Roman BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN “Beast on the Moon” – Richard Kalinoski’s chamber play about two survivors of the...
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Critics’ Forum: 2020 Vision: Toward a Theater of Resilience
Rachel Weck and Travis Leland in “Beast on the Moon” at ITC in Long Beach. (Photo by Tracey Roman) BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN The dozen or so productions that comprised the 2019 “season” of Armenian theater...
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Theater Review: Joyous Update of Tumanyan Play Speaks to Our Times
Levon-Shant Demirjian leads a song-and-dance number in “Dern ou Dzaran” BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Over the past five years, the Hamazkayin Theatre Company has been slowly carving out for itself a niche role...
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