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Sunday, January 21, 2024

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE IN WORLD’S FIRST PUPPET THEATER ADAPTATION OF “THE GOOD SOLDIER ŠVEJK� by Robert Shuman

Rocco George as Svejk. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Formative antiwar story is a hilariously subversive depiction of the idiocy of war and the men who wage it February 1 to 18, 2024 Theater for …

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Saturday, January 20, 2024

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (157) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage do not run for the sake of running, or suffer for the sake of suffering. Don’t act ‘in general,’ for the sake of action; a…

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Friday, January 19, 2024

THE MANY FACES OF FALSTAFF: SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGICOMIC KNIGHT IS AS COMPLEX AS HAMLET by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; Photo: Fine performance … David Warner as Falstaff and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Prince Hal in Henry IV Part I in 2008. Photo…

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARY GRANT by Robert Shuman

Read his amazing story . . .   Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Nancy Nelson’s Evenings with Cary Grant, which uses the icon’s own words—and is enhanced …

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

RUSSIA’S QUEER ARTISTS FIGHT GROWING PERSECUTION by Robert Shuman

(Stuart Braun’s article appeared on DW, 1/16/24.) Russia under Vladimir Putin is again demonizing LGBTQ persons, calling them “extremists.” But Russia’s queer artists are finding way…

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

‘VILLAGE OF VALE’ MUSICAL RELEASES FIRST SINGLE by Robert Shuman

(via Jane Dubin) Hi friends, I have shared many projects over the years. But I have a special place in my heart for my current work, the original musical, The Village of Vale. We are curren…

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

HE SINGS A CAPPELLA. THEN HE DESTROYS QUARTERBACKS. by Robert Shuman

(Andrew Beaton’s article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, 1/10/2024; Photo: The Wall Street Journal) Before Kobie Turner emerged as standout defensive tackle for the Los  Angeles Rams…

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

EXILED EXPRESSION: A RUSSIAN STREET ARTIST’S DEFIANT POLITICAL ACTIVISM FROM ABROAD by Robert Shuman

(Neil Bowdler’s report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 1/9.) A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against…

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Monday, January 8, 2024

THE PLAYWRIGHT HAS A FEW MORE CHANGES (BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS) by Robert Shuman

(Julian Lucas’s article appeared in the New Yorker, 1/9; Jacobs-Jenkins, whose drama “Appropriate” is now on Broadway, has a gift for matching ugly feelings with sophisticated forms.Ph…

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Saturday, January 6, 2024

SEEKING MICHAEL HASTINGS, THE MISSING MAN OF BRITISH THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guarian, 1/5;  Photo: Michael Hastings, aged 18, working at his mother’s council flat in Brixton, London, in February 1957. Photograph: We…

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Friday, January 5, 2024

GLYNIS JOHNS, WHO PLAYED IN SONDHEIM AND MRS BANKS IN MARY POPPINS, DIES AGED 100 by Robert Shuman

(Maya Yang’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/4; Photo: Glynis Johns in A Little Night Music.) British actor and star of 1964 film died at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natu…

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (156) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage you must always be enacting something; action, motion, is the basis of the art, followed by the actor. On the stage it is necess…

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Monday, January 1, 2024

AT CARNEGIE HALL: HANDEL’S MESSIAH BY THE ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

(Edward Kiszus’s article appeared on Opening Night Online, 12/19/2023; Photo: Handel’s Messiah performed by the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall.. Photo by Edward Kliszus.) …

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

BBC RADIO 4, “IN OUR TIME” ON ‘TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL’ (DISCUSSION PROGRAM, LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

Twelfth Night, or What You Will Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare’s great comedies, which plays in the space between marriage, love and desire. By conve…

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

UKRAINE WARTIME MEMOIR AND PLAY NAVIGATES LOSS AND PRESERVING MEMORY OF FALLEN SOLDIERS (VIDEO) by Robert Shuman

(Kate Tsurkan’s article appeared in the Lyiv Independent, 12/30; Photo:  LVIV, UKRAINE – NOVEMBER 1: Graves of Ukrainian soldiers during the memorial day at the Lychakiv military cemete…

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Monday, December 25, 2023

BLACKLISTED LYRICIST YIP HARBURG: THE MAN WHO PUT THE RAINBOW IN THE WIZARD OF OZ by Robert Shuman

(from Democracy Now!, Dec 25, 2023 Latest Shows .) Support our work: https://democracynow.org/give His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world…

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Saturday, December 16, 2023

***** ‘MACBETH’ REVIEW – DAVID TENNANT THRILLS IN THIS HIGH-CONCEPT PRODUCTION by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardin, 12/15; Photo: Coolly creepy … David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Donmar Warehouse, London The staging is …

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Friday, December 15, 2023

ISRAEL RAIDS FREEDOM THEATRE IN JENIN REFUGEE CAMP; DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT AFTER BEING JAILED & BEATEN by Robert Shuman

(Report from Democracy Now!; Photo: Middle East Institute.) The Israeli military this week raided the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, a renowned cultural institution whose mission is to fight for …

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

LES KURBAS, THE MAN WHO FORMED UKRAINIAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Andriy Bondar’s article appeared in the Kiv Post, 12/3; Photo:  Les Kurbas, c. 1908.) The seeds sown by Les Kurbas on the Ukrainian stage sprouted in the following generations of artists…

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

‘PACIFIC OVERTURES’ REVIEW – SMALL SONDHEIM IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 12/5; Photo: Sparkling with knowing humour … Pacific Overtures at Menier Chocolate Factory. Photograph: The Stage.)  Menier Chocolate Fa…

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

CARY GRANT: THE MAN WE THOUGHT WE KNEW by Robert Shuman

Cary Grant was considered one of the world’s best-known movie stars, but it turns out there was plenty that audiences did not know about the debonair actor. In fact, he was born in England…

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Friday, December 1, 2023

‘IS MY PLAY STILL RELEVANT? I DON’T CARE!’ TOM STOPPARD ON HIS GAZA QUANDARY AND REVIVING ROCK ’N’ ROLL by Robert Shuman

(Claire Armitstead’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/29 Photo:  Power couple … Stoppard and Vaclav Havel attending Rock ’n’ Roll at the Royal Court in 2006. Photograph: David M…

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

APPEALS BY RUSSIAN DIRECTOR, PLAYWRIGHT AGAINST EXTENSION OF PRETRIAL DETENTION REJECTED by Robert Shuman

(from Radio Free Europe, 11/20; Photo: Russian stage director Yevgenia Berkovich; Creator: Anton Novoderjozhkin|Credit: Sipa USA via AP Copyright: Sipa USA.) The Moscow city court on Novembe…

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

RUSSIA ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR UKRAINIAN EUROVISION WINNER by Robert Shuman

(from RadioFree Europe, 11/29; photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (left) poses with Jamala in Kyiv on November 29, 2022. ) The Moscow prosecutor’s office said on November 29 th…

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

EDDIE IZZARD RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH ONE-PERSON ‘HAMLET’-FROM JANUARY 25– MARCH 3 by Robert Shuman

Eddie Izzard Returns to New York with One-Person Hamlet by William Shakespeare From January 25 – March 3 At Off-Broadway’s Greenwich House Theater Opening Night February 11 Adapted by M…

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

BARBRA STREISAND’S MOTHER OF ALL MEMOIRS by Robert Shuman

(Rachel Syme’s article appeaed in The New Yorker, 11/14/2023. Photo: Trust is a big theme in the book, and perhaps its reason for existing. Photograph by Irving Penn / © Condé Nast)   …

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Monday, November 20, 2023

***** ‘HELL’S KITCHEN’ REVIEW – ALICIA KEYS JUKEBOX MUSICAL IS A MARVEL by Robert Shuman

(Lauren Mechling’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/19; Photo: Maleah Joi Moon in Hell’s Kitchen. Photograph: Photo Credit: Joan Marcus.)   The Public Theater, New York The star he…

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

‘THE SPANISH TRAGEDY’ BY THOMAS KYD (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 3—LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd Abridged and adapted by Pauline Harris and Emma Smith Listen Spain is in the middle of a peace treaty with Portugal, when Marshall Hieronimo is forced down …

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

LOVE. FAMILY. MEMORY. “FLAWLESS”: ROBIN GOLDFIN’S NEW PLAY AT TNC (11/9-26) by Robert Shuman

Theater for the New City Presents   Flawless, a tale of enchantment Written by Robin Goldfin  Directed by Ed Chemaly   November 9-26, 2023 (12 performances) Thursdays, Fridays and Sat…

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Friday, November 10, 2023

FATHER OF SELF-EXILED BELARUSIAN WRITER JAILED FOR REPOSTING ARTICLE by Robert Shuman

(From Radio Free Europe, 11/10; Photo of Sasha Filipenka, from Radio Free Europe.) Self-exiled Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenka told RFE/RL on November 10 that a Minsk court sentenced his f…

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Friday, November 3, 2023

THESE UKRAINIAN ARTISTS, WRITERS WERE KILLED BY RUSSIA’S WAR by Robert Shuman

(Dinara Khalilova’s article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 10/25/23; Photo:  Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval (top left), artist and researcher of Ukrainian cuisine Olha Pavl…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic