Sunday, April 5, 2020
In us there are two types of movement and gestures, one normal, natural and lifelike, used in everyday life; the other abnormal, unnatural, non-lifelike, used to imitate something that you c…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:55PMSaturday, April 4, 2020
By Bob Shuman Photo of Juno (Junie) SCENE: A dog park in the Bronx. There are two benches. The first is near the entrance to the run—the second is toward the opposite end. MARY JANE, early…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:04PMThursday, April 2, 2020
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
(Emma Smith’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/1.) With theatres closed, now is the time to find pleasure in Shakespeare’s texts. His first fans used them for chat-up lines – and re…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:03PMTuesday, March 31, 2020
New for Stage Voices, from our Mideast correspondent. Keep an eye out for: KINGDOMS OF FIRE By: Adam Sullivan International Egyptian Actor Khaled Nabawy as Tuman in Kingdoms of Fire The p…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:00AMMonday, March 30, 2020
(Brian Hiatt’s article appeared in Rolling Stone, 3/27; Photo: Rolling Stone.) Bob Dylan, who hasn’t released an original song since 2012’s Tempest, unexpectedly dropped a previously…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:43PM(Richard Brody’s article appeared in the New Yorker, 3/27; Photo Source: Atlas Media via Pam Green.) March 27, 2020 The coronavirus lockdown adds wild emotional lurches to the movie-view…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:18AMFriday, March 27, 2020
(Photo of Jasper) SCENE: A dog park in the Bronx. Today, it is warmer—and there is sun. (MARY JANE, early 70’s, sits on a bench in the dog park. Using a launcher, SHE plays fetch w…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:51PMThursday, March 26, 2020
(Published 3/20 in The New York Times; via Marit Shuman.) If you’re stuck at home and hankering for the fine arts, there’s plenty online. Since the coronavirus pandemic began temporaril…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:58PMWednesday, March 25, 2020
Oftener and oftener [Chekhov] would repeat: “I have written a great deal already, a whole library, in fact. I am not a dramatist. Hauptmann is a dramatist, and Naidenov.” (MLIA)
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:24PMTuesday, March 24, 2020
(Richard Natale’s and Brent Lang’s article appeared in Variety, 3/24.) Terrence McNally, the playwright behind “Master Class” and “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,” has d…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:34PMMonday, March 23, 2020
(by Broadway.com Staff, Mar 22; Photo: The New York Post; via Pam Green.) March 22 marks Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday. It’s impossible to state the great contribution and influence…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:14PMSunday, March 22, 2020
(The post Oberammergau Passion Play Canceled as Coronavirus Locks Down Germany appeared first in The New York Times; Photo: The New York Times; via Pam Green.) Over 400 years ago, villagers…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:51PMSaturday, March 21, 2020
(Brandon Katz’s article appeared in the Observer, 3/20; via Pam Green.) We’re such Oscar fanatics that mere days after this year’s ceremony we began predicting the nominees and winn…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:57PMFriday, March 20, 2020
By Bob Shuman SCENE: A wet dog park in the Bronx. (MARY JANE, early 70’s, sits on a bench in the dog run. Using a launcher, SHE plays fetch with her spaniel, HUDSON—although CHRISTIE…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:15PMThursday, March 19, 2020
Chekhov had decided to gather all his friends and relatives in one place while he married Olga Knipper at another, and to leave for their honeymoon on the Volga and the Oka without unnecessa…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:59PMWednesday, March 18, 2020
(Logan Culwell-Block’s article appeared on Playbill.com, 3/18 and 10/6; photo: Playbill.com; via Pam Green.) (Don’t forget the current free Nightly Opera Stream from the Met Opera.)�…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:27PMTuesday, March 17, 2020
Chekhov was in reality a practical joker and a schoolboy in spirit. (MLIA)
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:15AMMonday, March 16, 2020
(Anthony Breznican’s article appeared in Vanity Fair, 3/16; photo: Vanity Fair; via the Drudge Report.) The director talks about reimagining the musical that riveted him as a child.H 16, 2…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:37PMSunday, March 15, 2020
(Jesse Green’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/12; photo: love4musicals.com; via Pam Green.) “Where you going?” a person asks the lady leaving his mattress one morning — …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:35PMSaturday, March 14, 2020
(Matt Clinch’s article appeared on CNBC 3/24; via the Dridge Report.) KEY POINTS Italy is one of the worst affected countries by COVID-19. It has 17,660 confirmed cases and 1,266 deaths, a…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:11PMFriday, March 13, 2020
(Norman Lebrecht’s note appeared on slippedisc.com, 3/12; photo: reviewtimes.com.) Two reasons: 1 Insurers 2 Lawyers (Read more)
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:22PMThursday, March 12, 2020
(Michael Riedel’s article appeared in the New York Post, 3/12.) Broadway will shut down tonight until April 12, due to the coronavirus outbreak, several sources told The Post. In what …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:36PMBy Bob Shuman SCENE: A dog park in the Bronx. There are two benches. The first is near the entrance to the run—the second it toward the opposite end. MARY JANE, early 70’s, sits on one s…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:50PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The production of “The Cherry Orchard” was accomplished with great hardships. The play is delicate, it has all the tenderness of a flower. Break its stem and the flower dries, its odor v…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:52PMMonday, March 9, 2020
(Robert Berkvist’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/9; photo: BFI.) Widely hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, Mr. von Sydow formed a close relationship with the…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:49PMSunday, March 8, 2020
(Ben Brantley’s review appeared in The New York Times, 3/6; photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times; via Pam Green.) This ravishing and singular musical, written and directed by Conor McPh…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:56PMSaturday, March 7, 2020
(Emma Smith’s article appeared in the Spectator, 3/6; photo: The Spectator.) Shakespeare’s single explicit reference to America is found in The Comedy of Errors. The two Dromios are ana…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:18PMFriday, March 6, 2020
By Bob Shuman SCENE: A dog park in the Bronx. (MARY JANE, early 70s, sits on a bench in the dog run. Using a launcher, SHE plays fetch with her spaniel, HUDSON. CHRISTIE, male, late 50s, i…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:24PMThursday, March 5, 2020
(via Rita Battat Silverman.) Written by: James Robb, MD FCAP Information: PLEASE SHARE THIS ARTICLE Corona virus: Dear Family and Friends, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor o…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:39AM 
