Modern use: Today, theater-makers use masks in novel ways. Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski, who is considered one of the founders of experimental theater, often used masks in his teaching.

Mask performance: In ancient Greek theater, masks were essential to the performance. Actors used exaggerated masks to project their characters’ emotions to the audience, making it easier for ...

Their almond-shaped eyes stare blankly into space. The ambivalent corners of their mouths leave their moods utterly indiscernible. These wooden masks, used in an ancient form of Japanese theater ...

Denial is one method of grappling with an in-between state, and I used it well for many years ... AS WE COME BACK to the theater with our masks on, I find myself thinking about covered-up smiles.

which theatre fans have probably noticed is different from the iconic mask used in the musical’s ad campaigns and branding over the years. How did that happen? “The poster it’s cut across ...

ROSSENDALE Museum in Whitaker Park is hosting an exhibition of masks used by the Horse and Bamboo Theatre in Waterfoot. The exhibition, which begins next Wednesday, will display masks used in past ...

Theater venues in many major metropolitan areas still require their patrons to wear masks, including in cities such as Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The Rochester Broadway Theatre League (RBTL) said Tuesday that effective immediately, it is no longer requiring guests to wear masks at the Auditorium Theatre.