The 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 09:50AM(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 11:02AMOff-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 10:35AMJust 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 10:02AM(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 12:04PM(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(Bard [Gemini], the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:50AM(Mathias Cena’s article appeared on Yahoo News, 3/6; via Drudge Report; Photo: Mayuko Kashiwazaki (2nd R) gets into costume before a dress rehearsal for ‘Dojoji’, a drama about the rev…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:20AMReleased On: 03 Mar 2024 Available for 27 days Listen Spanish Golden Age comedy starring Olivia Poulet and Joe Thomas. Lope de Vega, a contemporary of Shakespeare, was one of Spain’s gr…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:02PMOn March 6, 1997, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London reopened its gates, marking a triumphant resurrection of Elizabethan-era theater. Spearheaded by American actor and director Sam Wan…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:11AM(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/5; Photo: Increasingly polemical … Edward Bond. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian.) One of the greatest dramatists of the…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:44PM(Max Zander’s article appeared on DW, 3/3/2024; Photo: DW.) A dance school in Kharkiv offers children a reprieve from the war. The Ukrainian city has been targeted by Russian air strikes f…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:30PM(Bard [Gemini], the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:27PMThe Theater for the New City proudly presents the 25th Anniversary production of “Orson’s Shadow” by Austin Pendleton, and, for the first time, the play is directed by the author himse…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:17PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: What needs to burn is your imagination. (AP)
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:56AM(Peter Conrad’s article appeared in the Observer, 2/27.) Tricia Romano’s entertaining oral history of the radical New York newspaper is an elegy to a rough and ready era of punch-ups and…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:44PMOn February 28, 1896, Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” debuted at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy. This poignant tale of love and loss among struggling artists captivated audience…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:30AM(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/19; Photo: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville. Photograph: The Guardian.) Eugene O’Neill’s mighty drama, returning to the We…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:07PMEddie Izzard’s portrayal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is poised for a seamless transition from Greenwich House Theater to New York’s Orpheum Theatre. From March 19 to April 14, audiences wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:27AMWe are sad to share the news that our brother, Thomas F. Shuman, died unexpectedly on January 11, 2024, in Princeton, N.J. Tom was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the oldest…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:46AMThe 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 informatio…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:17AM(Bard [Gemini], the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:00AMA 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 01:18PMBy Bob Shuman The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) has just finished dates at Theater for the New City (from February 1-18) with The Good Soldier Švejk (rhyme that last name …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:47PMThe recent death of Alexei Navalny, a courageous dissident and symbol of hope for freedom in Russia, is a stark reminder of the fragility of human rights and the chilling price paid by those…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:31PM(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/14, 2024; Drawing a younger audience … Mathew Baynton as Bottom and Pyramus. Photograph: Pamela Raith.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stra…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:48AM(Neha Gohil’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/11; Photo: Britannica.) Audiences should be ‘shocked and disturbed’ by the impact of theatre, says Schindler’s List and Harry Potter…
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