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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
Monday, April 22, 2019

ON ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ WITH MELVYN BRAGG by Robert Shuman

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Listen  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, written c1595 in the last years of Elizabeth I. It is a comedy of love and des…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:01PM
Friday, April 19, 2019

‘THE CRADLE WILL ROCK’ AT CSC AND ‘FAUST 2.0’ FROM MABOU MINES (REVIEWS FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Theatre watchers may contemplate how two plays, both once directed by Orson Welles for the Depression’s Federal Theatre, have devilishly reappeared, not during a time of low …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:59PM
Sunday, April 14, 2019

BIBI ANDERSSON, SWEDISH ACTRESS AND MUSE OF INGMAR BERGMAN, DIES AT 83 by Robert Shuman

(Harrison Smith’s article appeared in the Washington Post, 4/14.) Bibi Andersson, a Swedish actress whose portrayals of chaste schoolgirls, beguiling young women and tortured wives made he…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:58PM

CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: ‘A GERMAN LIFE’ REVIEW – MAGGIE SMITH SHINES AS GOEBBELS’ SECRETARY by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billlington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/12.) Absent from the stage for 12 years, Maggie Smith returns in triumph. But this is no barnstorming performance. She plays, w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:13PM
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

LET’S GO: ‘THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN’ AT IRISH REP by Robert Shuman

THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN The Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage by Sean O’Casey directed by Ciarán O’Reilly Visit Irish Rep  With Una Clancy, Terry Donnelly, Rory Duffy, Meg Hennessy, Jo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:54PM
Monday, April 8, 2019

INGMAR BERGMAN, NOVELIST by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Mendelsohn’s article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 4/18.) The Best Intentions by Ingmar Bergman, translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate Arcade, 298 pp., $16.99 (paper…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:17PM
Sunday, April 7, 2019

***** WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME REVIEW – A FIVE-STAR BROADWAY TRIUMPH by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/31; via Pam Green.) Shattering, galvanizing and very funny, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me close reads an old tex…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:06PM
Thursday, April 4, 2019

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI by Robert Shuman

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI WITH KINOSHITA-KABUKI (Nobuko Tanaka’s article appeared in Japan Times, 3/12.) For many people, the mention of kabuki brings to mind images of …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

THE IRISH TIMES IRISH THEATRE AWARDS: AND THE 2019 WINNERS ARE . . . by Robert Shuman

(Published 3/31.) Cillian Murphy and Sarah Morris win main acting awards BEST PRODUCTION Richard III –A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play, in association with the Abbey Th…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:15PM
Monday, April 1, 2019

TOM STOPPARD: ‘ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD’ (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4) by Robert Shuman

Listen Mathew Baynton, Andrew Buchan and Toby Jones star in an energetic new production of the play that made Tom Stoppard’s reputation overnight in 1967. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:44PM
Sunday, March 31, 2019

A MAGNIFICENT ROAD TO RUIN IN ‘THE LEHMAN TRILOGY’ by Robert Shuman

(Ben Brantley’s article appeared in The New York Time, 3/28; via Pam Green.) In the beginning, there is nothing. And in the end, there is — nothing, once again. Such is the way of all fl…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:32PM
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

HE’S THE STAR OF ‘TOOTSIE’ ON BROADWAY. WEARING HEELS IS THE EASY PART. by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/20; via Pam Green.) The actor Santino Fontana had his legs waxed for the first time last year. His chest, too. He mastered, most…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:59PM
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

HIGH SCHOOL ‘ALIEN’ PRODUCTION WINS INTERNET RAVES by Robert Shuman

(Dave Itzkoff’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/25.) There are those perennial stage works that are perfectly suited to be performed in high schools across the country every year…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:35PM
Friday, March 15, 2019

SHAKEPEARE RECIPES: DID THE BARD EAT THAT? by Robert Shuman

(Marissa Nicosia’s article appeared on Folger.edu; via Pam Green.)   Citrus and sugar: Making marmalade with Hannah Woolley As our First Chefs recipe series continues, Marissa Nicosia w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:18PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

ACTORS SHUT DOWN PARTS OF THEIR BRAINS TO TAKE ON ROLES, SCANS REVEAL by Robert Shuman

(Josh Gabbatiss’s article appeared in the Independent, 3/12.) ‘I got the idea that maybe acting was a bit similar to possession… when you’re acting you’re kind of being taken over…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:36PM
Sunday, March 10, 2019

‘MOCKINGBIRD’ PLAY PUBLISHER DEMANDS $500,000 FROM HARPER LEE ESTATE by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Alter’s and Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/8; via Pam Green.) The set for “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Kavinoky Theater at D’Youville Coll…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:54PM
Friday, March 8, 2019

RUSSIA’S ANNA KARENINA MUSICAL TO BE SHOWN IN U.S. AND UK CINEMAS by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Guzeva’s article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 3 /4.) People living in America and the UK will be able to watch Russia’s best-selling musical, Anna Karenina, staged…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:37PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A ‘TRADITION’ OMISSION: I HAD NEVER SEEN ‘FIDDLER’ UNTIL NOW by Robert Shuman

(Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s article appeared in The New York Times, 2/27; via Pam Green.) At the relatively late age of 43 — though basically a toddler compared to much of a recent audience…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:25PM
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

LET’S GO: ‘DEATH OF A DRIVER’ AT URBAN STAGES (3/1-3/24) by Robert Shuman

Urban Stages Presents DEATH OF A DRIVER Written by WILL SNIDER. Directed by KIM T. SHARP Starring SARAH BASKIN and PATRICK SSENJOVU New York: Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic D…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:40PM
Sunday, March 3, 2019

AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER WILL MOVE TO BOSTON WITH HELP OF $100 MILLION GIFT by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 2/28; via Pam Green.)   The American Repertory Theater, one of the nation’s leading regional theaters, is planning to move fr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:26PM
Thursday, February 28, 2019

ANDRÉ PREVIN, MUSICAL POLYMATH, HAS DIED AT AGE 89 by Robert Shuman

(Susan Stamberg’s article appeared on NPR 2/28.) André Previn, a celebrated musical polymath, died Thursday morning; he was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:25PM
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

PETER SHAFFER: ‘EQUUS’ (SV PICK, UK) by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/26.) I’ve often complained about the move towards a directors’ theatre. But directors can also renew a familiar work – which…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:09PM

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