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“His Brechtian sensibility, his belief in theater as a political force to shape a culture, and his embrace of direct theatricality has left an indelible mark on a whole generation of theater-makers and audiences.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

The project, she said, had an approach similar to “Killers”: “a self-awareness, a self-indictment … almost Brechtian, a great respect for the audience.”

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

The Greek filmmaker built a name for a sort of anti-acting style, an almost Brechtian distancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

There are Brechtian gestures and live looping and Groucho Marx glasses and plastic fish littering the stage, which rob the story of momentum.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

I know that sounds like a desperate postmodern gambit, but it pays hilarious and chilling dividends by turning episodes previously recounted only in disputed legal proceedings into confrontational Brechtian theater.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2017