(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 01:36PMA 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 12:01PMBy 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(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(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 04:13PMTHE 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(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(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 04:06PMTRANSFORMING 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(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 05:15PMListen 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(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(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(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(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(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(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(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(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 05:25PMUrban 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(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(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(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…
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