(Michael Coveney’s and Julia Langdon’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/15; Photo: Glenda Jackson in 1984. At the height of her fame in the 1980s, she continued to appear in London st…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:53PMOEDIPUS REX Listen In Our Time Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex begins with a warning: the murderer of the old king of Thebes, Laius, has never been identified or caught, and he’s still at la…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:18PM(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/7; Photo: Theodoros Terzopoulos said he would like the festival ‘to reflect the social and political reality around us’. Photograph:…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:19PM(Rachel Sherman’s article appeared in the New York Times, 6/12; The producer David Stone, center, accepting the Tony Award for best musical for “Kimberly Akimbo.”Credit…Sara Krulwich…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:29AM(Chris Wiegand’s interview appeared in the Guardian, 6/6/2023; Photo: Adrienne Kennedy with her son Adam in 1969. Photograph: Jack Robinson/Getty Images.) The great American playwright,…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:24PM(Yuriy Goodnichenko’s and Ilona Sologoub’s article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 6/7; Photo: Famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko is seen in front of a destroyed building in the …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:45PM(William Earl’s and Brent Lang’s article appeared on Variety, 6/7; Photo: Helen Murray.) Jodie Comer is getting rave reviews for her performance in the one-woman Broadway play “Prima …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:02PM(Charlotte Higgins’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/5; Photo: ‘What would you have done?’ … Stephen Campbell Moore as John Reith in When Winston Went to War with the Wireless. …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:29PMDRAMA DESK 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 6 at Sardi’s Restaurant MANDY PATINKIN AND KATHRYN GRODY TO HOST THE CEREMONY www.DramaDesk.org (Wednes…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PM(from Sky News, 5/24; Photo: AP.) Tina Turner – one of rock’s great vocalists and most charismatic performers – has died aged 83, her spokesperson has confirmed. In a statement, the…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:01PM(Colette Davidson’s article appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, 5/17; Glen Stubbe Photography/Courtesy of Children’s Theatre Company.) May 17, 2023|MINNEAPOLIS Fievel Mousekewitz�…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:05PM(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/16, 2023; Photo: The Greek theatre in Syracuse. Photograph: Gaspare Urso’ ) Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imagina…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:38PM(Chis Wiegand’s article appeaed in the Guardian, 5/5; via Pam Green; Photo: On tomorrow and tomorrow … David Tennant in a publicity shot for the Donmar’s forthcoming Macbeth. Photogra…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:58PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: You must be very careful in the use of a mirror (when trying to make sure that feelings are externally reflected). It teaches an actor to wat…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:09PM(from Radio Free Europe, 5/10; Photo: Nikolai Daineko.) Visit Radio Free Europe A Moscow court has sentenced a poet to four years in prison for publicly reciting verses condemning Russia�…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:11PM(Philipp Jedicke’s article appeared on DW, 5/5; Photo: DW.) “Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror” is about a fictional circus troupe during the Third Reich. This tale of humanity in i…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:32PM(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/6; via Pam Green; Photo: Adjoa Andoh as Shakepeare’s Richard III. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:48PM(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the guardian, 5/4;Photo: Peter De Jersey as Cymbeline. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Departing artistic di…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:29PM(From Variety, 5/3/2023; writing and compilation by Rebecca Rubin, Brent Lang, and Marc J. Franklin.) “Some Like It Hot,” a jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film about two musici…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:53PM(From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 5/2/2023. Photo: Daily Express.) An actor from a theater in Russia’s Siberian region of Buryatia, who in March slit his wrists while on stage to prot…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:37PM(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/28/2023; via Pam Green; Photo: Transatlantic tragedy … Kenneth Branagh. Photograph: Johan Persson.) The play, which the actor has de…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:30PM(Tom Lamont’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/29; Photo: Photograph: David Vintiner/The Guardian.) He’s the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:25PM(via Scott Klein, Keith Sherman Associates.) www.DramaDesk.org The 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards (www.DramaDesk.org) will be held on Tuesday afternoon, June 6 at Sardi’s Restaurant, …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:03PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In our art [as actors] you must live the part every moment that you are playing it, and every time. Each time it is recreated, it must be liv…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PM(Hillel Italie’s article appeared on AP News, 4/25; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Vanity Fair.) NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a g…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:59PM(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/24; Photo: Deeply deceptive dramas … W Somerset Maugham, 1957. Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer.) A new revival of The Circle…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:00PM(Mathew Murphy’s article appeared in the Daily Beast, 4/23; via Pam Green; Photo: REUTERS/Ian Waldie.) GOODBYE POSSUMS Tributes have poured in for Australian comedian Barry Humphries who h…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:52AM(Juri Rescheto’s report appeared on DW, 4/21.) View at: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-artists-push-back-against-identity-denial/video-65401461 Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine has no national…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:34AMIt is never too late to be alive (to theatre)–Penelope Chatterton paraphrase I take the time needed to express my creativity—and it is always in demand. Inspiration and invention lead …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:28PM(Lloyd Webber’s opinion appeared in The New York Times, April 17, 2023; via Pam Green. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters.) By Andrew Lloyd Webber Mr. Lloyd Webber is the composer of 13 Broa…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:39AM(Charles McNulty’s article appeared in the L.A. Times, 4/5.) “It’s a radical act to ask someone to go to the theater these days,” Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Dan…
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