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Friday, July 19, 2019

BLACKOUT DARKENS BROADWAY, BUT SONGS BRIGHTEN SIDEWALK SCENES by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 7/13; via Pam Green.) Most theaters closed down on their most lucrative night of the week, but some casts gave their fans a memor…

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Friday, July 12, 2019

HIP TO HIP THEATRE COMPANY–SUMMER DATES & VENUES FOR 2019 SEASON TOUR OF FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS by Robert Shuman

(From Andrea Alton, Alton PR and Production) Hip to Hip Theatre Company Announces Summer Dates & Venues for 2019 Season Tour of Free Shakespeare in the Parks A Midsummer Night’s Dream …

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE: THE PIONEERS OF A SUMMER TRADITION by Robert Shuman

(Georgianna Ziegler’s article appeared in Shakespeare & Beyond, 7/9; via Pam Green.) Shakespeare by the sea, on the river, in the park or garden, on the common – in the summertime Sh…

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

*****LIFE OF PI REVIEW – TRIUMPHANT TIGER BURNS BRIGHT IN A STUNNING SHOW (SV PICK, UK) by Robert Shuman

(Mark Fisher’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/9.) Crucible, Sheffield Transformative puppetry, design and direction, and a great human lead, make this adaptation of Yann Martel’s bo…

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

DAVID RABE:  “UNCLE JIM CALLED” (FICTION FROM THE NEW YORKER) by Robert Shuman

UNCLE JIM CALLED (Rabe’s story appeared in the 7/8 & 15 New Yorker.) A week ago Thursday, my uncle Jim called. When I picked up the phone and said, “Hello,” he said, “Hello.” T…

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Monday, July 8, 2019

LORCA (IN OUR TIME, BBC RADIO 4–LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

Listen LORCA Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), author of Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, who mixed the t…

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH VERSUS HARVEY WEINSTEIN: INSIDE THE BATTLE TO RELEASE ‘THE CURRENT WAR’ by Robert Shuman

(Adam White’s article appeared in the Telegraph, 7/3; via Pam Green.) Spare a thought for the Benedict Cumberbatch of an alternate end-of-2017. Having said goodbye to Sherlock, fresh fro…

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

HAMILTON CLANCY’S ROAD RAGE: SitPL’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ON NYC’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT), 90% CHUTZPAH, AND THE MOST DYNAMIC ASSOCIATI by Robert Shuman

Hamilton Clancy (producer/director/actor/ theatre (producer/director/actor/ theatre maker) has  been  making  theatre  in and  around  Manhattan  for  the  last  25  years  and�…

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Sunday, June 30, 2019

BROADWAY: LIBERACE MUSICAL BASED ON HBO MOVIE “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” FINALLY ON THE WAY, PRODUCERS WANT BRADLEY COOPER by Robert Shuman

(Roger Friedman’s article appeared on Showbiz 411, 7/29.) Liberace and his glittering pianos are finally on track for Broadway. For the last couple of years, movie producer David Permut–…

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Friday, June 28, 2019

***** ‘THEATRE FOR ONE’ (REVIEW PICK, IE) by Robert Shuman

(Peter Crawley’s article appeared in The Irish Times, 6/25.) Thought-provoking theatre where the audience is just you Review: Theatre for One’s six microplays are bracing, intimate-as-a-…

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

A PLAY DISSECTED WHITE PRIVILEGE IN EDUCATION. THEN THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL BROKE. by Robert Shuman

(Nancy Coleman’s article appeared in the New York Times, 6/21; via Pam Green.) Jeremy Wechsler was on his way to rehearsal one morning in March when his phone started, and then wouldn’t …

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Saturday, June 22, 2019

ROB ACKERMAN: ‘DROPPING GUMBALLS ON LUKE WILSON’–THROUGH JULY 6 (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK)  by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Rob Ackerman’s Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson, has all the commercial patter of a Tootsie or Neil Simon–even David Ives–comedy, but it’s a play for wimps, symptoma…

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Monday, June 17, 2019

BYUNGKOO AHN: ‘13 FRUITCAKES’ (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Byungkoo Ahn’s distillation of the lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Alan Turing, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Hans Christian Andersen, among others, works so effectively—and is so dif…

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Sunday, June 16, 2019

ITALY’S ‘GENIUS’ FILM DIRECTOR FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI DIES by Robert Shuman

(Frank Iovene’s article appeared on AFP, 6/15.) Rome (AFP) – The world of cinema was in mourning Saturday after Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli, feted for his lavish prod…

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Friday, June 14, 2019

ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON – NEW YORK’S OWN by Robert Shuman

By Tania Fisher Sitting down with Roger Hendricks Simon is always an interesting experience.  Director Oliver Stone put it most succinctly when he referred to Roger as “that wonderful act…

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

LET’S GO: ’13 FRUITCAKES’ AT LA MAMA by Robert Shuman

2018 Tony Award-winning LA MAMA PRESENTS 13 FRUITCAKES WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY BYUNGKOO AHN AS PART OF STONEWALL 50 AT LA MAMA JUNE 13 – 16, 2019   ‘MOre’ Zimin from 13 Fruitcakes P…

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Monday, June 10, 2019

TONYS 2019: “HADESTOWN” THE BIG WINNER (FULL LIST) by Robert Shuman

(CBS News, 6/10.) “Hadestown,” the brooding musical about the underworld, had a heavenly night at the Tony Awards, winning eight trophies Sunday night including best new musical and gett…

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Saturday, June 8, 2019

IN THIS ‘DEATH OF A SALESMAN,’ WILLY LOMAN IS BLACK by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf’s article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; via Pam Green.) LONDON — This city’s season-long love affair with Arthur Miller reaches an intriguing if emotionally muted co…

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Thursday, June 6, 2019

HOW KELLI O’HARA GETS READY FOR BROADWAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT by Robert Shuman

(Taffy Bodesser-Akner’s article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; photos by Brenda Ann Kenneally; via Pam Green.) THE TONY-WINNING ACTRESS TAKES US INSIDE HER DRESSING ROOM AND SHARES …

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

2019 DRAMA DESK WINNERS by Robert Shuman

(via  Scott Klein/Logan Metzler at Keith Sherman & Associates)                                                 WINNERS ANNOUNCED Awards were presented Sunday, Ju…

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Saturday, June 1, 2019

SEAN O’CASEY:  ‘THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS’ AT IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman The Plough and the Stars (1926), by Sean O’Casey, is an inflammatory play, which insulted the families of those who died in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and started a riot at th…

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Friday, May 31, 2019

QUENTIN TARANTINO: HOW SPAGHETTI WESTERNS SHAPED MODERN CINEMA by Robert Shuman

(Tarantino’s article appeared in the Spectator, 3/30.) The movie that made me consider filmmaking, the movie that showed me how a director does what he does, how a director can control a m…

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

2,000-YEAR-OLD MARBLE HEAD OF GOD DIONYSUS DISCOVERED UNDER ROME by Robert Shuman

Photo © EPA-EFE/MUNICIPALITY OF ROME (Nick Squires’s article appeared in the Telegraph, 5/28.) The head of a deity emerges during excavations under Rome Town Hall Archeologists in Rome …

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

AT 11, I SAT IN SEAT D8. NOW I’M ONSTAGE IN ‘BEETLEJUICE.’ by Robert Shuman

(Rob McClure’s article appeared in The New York Time, 5/6; via Pam Green.) When did “sentimental” become a bad word? I’ve always felt the opposite. I became an actor because I enjoy …

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

FULL LIST OF THE 2019 TONY AWARD NOMINEES by Robert Shuman

(from The New York Times, 4/30; via Pam Green.) The Tony Award nominees were announced Tuesday. Below is a list of all the nominees. This morning’s announcement held a few surprises, inclu…

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Sunday, May 5, 2019

SEAN O’CASEY:  “THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN” AT IRISH REP–NOW THROUGH JUNE 22 (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

                By Bob Shuman In the splendid revival of The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), now running at Irish Repertory Theatre until June 22, Sean O’Casey describes his central cha…

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

HOW THESE BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS ARE CHALLENGING AMERICAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s and Nicole Herrington’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/25; via Pam Green.) Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, …

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Monday, April 29, 2019

SHAKESPEARE: ‘THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN’ (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 3–LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

  Listen This and the Two Gentlemen of Verona are the least performed of the Shakespeare cannon and I wanted to see the progression between the first and the last. It is for this reason tha…

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

ALIEN THE PLAY FULL SHOW NORTH BERGEN NJ HIGH SCHOOL 4K by Robert Shuman

ButtonSmasher Published on Apr 27, 2019 Alien The Play Full Show North Bergen NJ High School 4K including introduction and thank you from Sigourney Weaver #AlienThePlay #Alien #AlienDay #Sig…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

‘TOOTSIE’: THEATER REVIEW by Robert Shuman

(David Rooney’s article appeared on The Hollywood Reporter, 4/23; via the Drudge Report.) Santino Fontana steps into Dustin Hoffman’s Spanx in this contemporary musical update of the cla…

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

GEORGIA ENGEL, GENTLE-VOICED ‘MARYTYLER MOORE’ ACTRESS, IS DEAD AT 70 by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/15; via Pam Green.) Georgia Engel, whose distinctive voice and pinpoint comic timing made her a memorable part of “The Mary T…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:36PM

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