Wednesday, July 5, 2023
(Emma Bockes’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/5; Photo: ‘All the neglect he suffered meant he made sure that that was not my life’ … Jennifer Grant. Photograph: Andrzej Lawnik…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:14PMTuesday, July 4, 2023
(from Radio Liberty, 7/2.) A Kyrgyz artist is keeping alive a puppet theater tradition that dates back centuries. Esenbek Mairykov, 71, learned to carve his dancing mountain goats from his g…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:20AMMonday, July 3, 2023
Listen Henrik Ibsen’s epic two-part stage play was versioned by Ben Power for the National Theatre in 2011. Set in the 4th century AD, it tells the story of Julian the Apostate and his f…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:26PMSaturday, July 1, 2023
(Helen Shaw’s article appeared in the New Yorker, June 5, 2023; Photo: Grissom says that the playwright gave him a life-changing mission. Illustration by Valentin Tkach.) James Grissom say…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:29PMFriday, June 30, 2023
(Harrison Smith’s article appeared in the Washington Post, 6/30; Photo: Stage and screen actor Alan Arkin in 2018. His recent work included an Emmy-nominated starring role in “The Komins…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:33AMThursday, June 29, 2023
(via Radio Liberty. ) Iranian actor Mona Soufi gets her makeup done backstage before performing in the Haft-Khan Esfandiar musical theater production at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran. Go to Radi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:53PMTuesday, June 27, 2023
(David Smith’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/27; Photo: The Guardian.) Elizabeth Winkler’s controversial new book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, investigates highly f…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:40PMMonday, June 26, 2023
(Gagliano’s remembrance appeared 6/26.) I met lyricist Sheldon Harnick (died Friday, 23 June, 2023: age 99) once, at the Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference. Composer Claibe Richar…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:17PMFriday, June 23, 2023
(Robert Berkvist’s article appeared in The New York Times, 6/23; Photo: The lyricist Sheldon Harnick in 2015; via Ben Vereen/twitter. He gave voice to a broad range of characters, incl…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:46PMWednesday, June 21, 2023
(Silke Wünsch’s article appeared on DW, 6/19; Photo: The show was a trailblazer in how it portrayed sexual identity; Image: Imago/ZUMA Press) It was 50 years ago that “The Rocky Horror…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:46PMTuesday, June 20, 2023
(Keith Weir’s article appeared on Reuters, 6/19; Editing by Andrew Heavens; Photos: Reuters; via: msn; Drudge Report.) The archaeological area of Largo Argentina reopens to the public afte…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:15PMSunday, June 18, 2023
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Sheer imitation . . . has nothing to do with creativeness. . . . [Instead] assimilate the model. . . . You study it from the point of view of…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:52PMFriday, June 16, 2023
(By RFE/RL’s Belarus Service; Photo: Radio Free Europe.) Belarusian singer Patrytsia Svitsina, who in 2020 refused to accept a scholarship from authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:56PMThursday, June 15, 2023
(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 06:53PMWednesday, June 14, 2023
OEDIPUS 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 08:18PMTuesday, June 13, 2023
(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 07:19PMMonday, June 12, 2023
(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 09:29AMSaturday, June 10, 2023
(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 04:24PMThursday, June 8, 2023
(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 04:45PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
(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 07:02PMMonday, June 5, 2023
(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 03:29PMWednesday, May 31, 2023
DRAMA 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 04:35PMWednesday, May 24, 2023
(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 03:01PMThursday, May 18, 2023
(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 05:05PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
(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 07:38PMSaturday, May 13, 2023
(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 05:58PMThursday, May 11, 2023
The 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 08:09PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
(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 07:11PMTuesday, May 9, 2023
(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 03:32PMSunday, May 7, 2023
(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 03:48PMThursday, May 4, 2023
(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 
