Monday, April 1, 2024
(Ruby Harbour’s article appeared in the Ecologist, 3/13/2024. Photo: production PR.) Thomas Ostermeier’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ puts one of the most important messages of our time …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:48PMSaturday, March 30, 2024
THE KALEVALA Listen now In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Finnish epic poem that first appeared in print in 1835 in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, part of the Russia…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:51PMThursday, March 28, 2024
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: All action in the theatre must have an inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real. Second, if acts as a lever to lift us out of the …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:33PMWednesday, March 27, 2024
New York’s vibrant downtown theater scene ignites once more, under the direction of Crystal Field, with the Dream Up Festival, a haven for groundbreaking works taking center stage at Theat…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:33PMTuesday, March 26, 2024
(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/25; ‘Such a parable’ … Patina Miller, centre, as the Leading Player in Pippin on Broadway in 2013. Photograph: Joan Marcus.) In t…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:24AMMonday, March 25, 2024
And don’t forget . . . Off-Off Broadway How to Eat an Orange Experience the narrative of visual artist and activist Claudia Bernardi in “How to Eat an Orange,” written by Catherine Fil…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:50PMThe world continues to witness the silencing of artistic expression. This week’s list focuses on artists facing persecution between March 11th and March 25th, 2024. Let us delve deeper int…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:09AMSunday, March 24, 2024
(Andriy Kurkov’s article appeared in the Kyiv Post, 3/24. Photo: Candles are displayed on letters reading the word “Children” in Russian language during a commemorative event to mark…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:54AMSaturday, March 23, 2024
This week on Broadway, we saw the arrival of a powerful new production: On Broadway: An Enemy of the People (Drama): Opened Monday, March 18th. A scathing social commentary by Ibsen, this ne…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:03PM*** WARNING graphic content Russia’s state security services say at least forty people are dead, and over a hundred injured, after heavily armed gunmen burst into a packed theatre near Mos…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:07AMFriday, March 22, 2024
Discovering the vibrant landscape of Off-Off Broadway reveals a tapestry of diverse narratives and artistic innovations that defy conventional norms. Here’s a glimpse into the upcoming per…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:57PMA look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:41AMThursday, March 21, 2024
On March 21, 1880, a pivotal event unfolded in the annals of American theatre: the renowned French actress Sarah Bernhardt graced the New York stage for the first time. This momentous occasi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:36AMWednesday, March 20, 2024
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself (or herself) another, deeper, more interesting life than the one tha…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:09PMBy Bob Shuman The aesthetic issue being explored in Orson’s Shadow (Austin Pendleton’s own play now celebrating its 25th Anniversary) might best be expressed if I show you a picture of t…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:42AMSunday, March 17, 2024
Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dance which, from when it reached Britain in the early nineteenth century, revolutionised the relationship between music, literature an…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:28AMSaturday, March 16, 2024
(Shaun Walker’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/16; Photo: The bombed theatre in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine. Reuters.) When the bombs hit the Mariupol Drama theatre…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:36PMThe next few weeks promise new excitement on Broadway with noteworthy productions due to open: An Enemy of the People(Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036). Previews begi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:59AMFriday, March 15, 2024
(From Shakespeare Plus, Folger Magazine blog, 3/15/2024; This article was originally published in the Spring 2010 issue of Folger Magazine. Listen to an NPR interview from 2009 with Georgi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:54PMA look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:50AMThursday, March 14, 2024
Walt Kelly’s Songs of the Pogo Presented by Frank Farrell Productions – Ridgewood, New Jersey WALT KELLY’S SONGS OF THE POGO recreates the hysterical, imaginative and wonderful world o…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:59PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: If an action has no inner foundation, it cannot hold your attention. If you were compelled (to do something) . . . for a particular purpose (…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:50AMWednesday, March 13, 2024
(Kateryna Bankova’s and Will Tizard’s report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 3/12.) Petro Konoplya, a celebrated Ukrainian stage and film actor, once just played soldiers onscreen. Now, a…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:48PM(from the Guardian, 3/12/2024; Photo: Tom Francis as Joe Gillis and Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Photograph: Marc Brenner. ) Sunset Boulevard and Dear England …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:02AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Off-off Broadway, a vibrant realm of artistic exploration, is set to showcase an eclectic array of productions, each promising to captivate audiences with its unique narrative and thematic d…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:39PM(Nick Ahad’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/10/2024. Magnetic … Anoushka Lucas and Simon Manyonda in The Crucible at Crucible, Sheffield. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Crucible, She…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:35AMMonday, March 11, 2024
Just as Andrei Sakharov tirelessly championed human dignity in the face of Soviet oppression, and Narges Mohammadi continues her fight for freedom of expression in Iran, we must stand guard…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:48PM(Bohdan Nahaylo’s article appeared in the Kyiv Post, 3/19; This article was originally published in the May 2019 issue of the monthly in-flight magazine of Ukraine’s International Airl…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:02AMSunday, March 10, 2024
(Edward Bond’s essay appeared in the Guardian, 3/6/2024; From the archive: In this piece first published on 28 June 1995, the late playwright asks if Shakespeare was a Tory and suggests w…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:35PMThe past week’s international stage highlights, brought to you via the world’s foremost journalism. Gemini, the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity, provided informati…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:04PMSaturday, March 9, 2024
(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the guardian, 3/8; Near deranged … James Lance as Vanya. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Orange Tree theatre, London This chamber staging, movingly played…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:03PM 
