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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

‘DOGS OF EUROPE’: A THEATRICAL ‘WARNING SHOT’ ABOUT GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM • FRANCE 24 ENGLISH by Robert Shuman

(from France 24, 12/13.) The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned in its own country. Its artists now live in exile making powerful, political work like their latest play “Dogs of Europe�…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:18PM
Monday, December 12, 2022

‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ REVIEW – SPECTACULAR CLASS-FLIPPED ADAPTATION by Robert Shuman

(Clare Brennan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 12/12; via Pam Green; Photo:  Eleanor Fransch, ‘sassy’ in the role of Alice. Photograph: Andrew Billington.) New Vic, Newcastle-unde…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:47PM
Friday, December 9, 2022

TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM REVIEW – SPARKY JOURNEY THROUGH FAIRYTALE WORLD by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian 12/6; via Pam Green; Photo: Shines in every role … James Ifan in Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Photograph: Photo by Mark Douet.) Sherman t…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:50AM
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

CAROLINES COMEDY CLUB TO CLOSE DEC. 31 by Robert Shuman

(FOX 5 NY Staff, 12/6; via the Drudge Report.) NEW YORK – The comedy venue mainstay Carolines on Broadway will close at the end of the year, FOX 5 NY has confirmed. The club’s owner,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:13PM
Saturday, December 3, 2022

SINGER LIRAZ BRINGS ISRAELI, IRANIAN MUSICIANS TOGETHER – AND CHALLENGES TEHRAN REGIME by Robert Shuman

(Grégoire Sauvage’s article appeared on France24, 12/3; via Drudge Report;  Photo:  Israeli-Persian singer Liraz recorded her third album, “Roya”, with musicians from Israel and Ira…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:10PM
Thursday, December 1, 2022

‘HENRY V’; ‘VARDY V ROONEY’; ‘¡SHOWMANISM!’–REVIEW by Robert Shuman

(Susannah Clapp’s article appeared in the Observer, 11/27; via Pam Green; Photo: ‘Utterly concentrated’: Oliver Johnstone as Henry V. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Sam Wanamaker Playhous…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:05PM
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

LONDON’S THEATER CUTS MATTER, ON BROADWAY AND BEYOND by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf’s article appeared in The New York Times, 11/24; via Pam Green;  Photo: Rebecca Humphries and Alex Austin in “Blackout Songs,” directed by Guy Jones at the Hampstead Downst…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:58PM
Monday, November 28, 2022

‘THE MOUSETRAP’: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S WEST END HIT TO MAKE BROADWAY DEBUT AFTER 70 YEARS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/25; via Pam Green; Photo:  It’s a scream … Mary Law in the West End production of The Mousetrap in 1957. Photograph: Mirrorpix/G…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:04PM
Sunday, November 27, 2022

IRENE CARA OBITUARY by Robert Shuman

(Adam Sweeting’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/27;  Photo: Irene Cara as Coco Hernandez in Fame, 1980, directed by Alan Parker. She also sang the title song, which topped the Briti…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:31AM
Saturday, November 26, 2022

LET’S PLAY ‘BEAT THE BARD’ (46) by Robert Shuman

Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:03PM
Monday, November 21, 2022

HOW ‘THE LION KING’ GOT TO BROADWAY AND RULED FOR 25 YEARS (SO FAR) by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 11/16; via Pam Green; Photograph: Julie Taymor, who not only directed the show but also designed its costumes, puppets and masks,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:09PM
Thursday, November 17, 2022

SHAKESPEARE PORTRAIT SAID TO BE ONLY ONE MADE IN HIS LIFETIME ON SALE FOR £10M by Robert Shuman

 (Nadeem Badshah’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/17.  Photo:  The portrait is unveiled by conservator Adrian Phippen (right) and Art and Antiques writer Duncan Phillips. Photogr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:47PM
Monday, November 14, 2022

IN ‘THE CHINESE LADY,’ PREJUDICE AND EXPLOITATION, SEEN FROM A STAGE (BOSTON) by Robert Shuman

(Don Aucoin’s article appeared in the Boston Glober, 11/14; Photo:Jae Woo (left) and Sophorl Ngin in “The Chinese Lady” at Central Square Theater.NILE SCOTT STUDIOS.) CAMBRIDGE — Whe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:08PM
Sunday, November 13, 2022

NOT TO BE: SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL FUNDING PULLED OVER ‘CANON OF IMPERIALISM’ by Robert Shuman

Asia-Pacific (Eva Corlett’s article appeared in the Irish Times–from Wellington–10/14.) New Zealand’s arts council has pulled funding for a Shakespeare festival that has been running…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:00AM
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

‘I THREW MY ARMS AROUND BECKETT!’ – ELECTRIFYING FIRST NIGHTS, BY CIARÁN HINDS, EILEEN ATKINS AND MORE by Robert Shuman

(Dominic Dromgoole’s article appeared in the Guardian 10/26; via Pam Green; Photo: A hallucinatory experience’ … Frances Barber with Amanda Abbington and Reece Shearsmith in The Unfrie…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:00PM
Monday, October 31, 2022
Friday, October 28, 2022

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (143) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Plan your role consciously at first, then play it truthfully. At this point realism and even naturalism in the inner preparation of a part is…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:52AM
Thursday, October 27, 2022

RUTH STAGE ‘CAT’ BACK FOR UNPRECEDENTED OFF BROADWAY RE-ENGAGEMENT by Robert Shuman

“(Tennessee) Williams would probably love Matt de Rogatis’ Brick.” – Juan Ramirez, The New York Times “Brilliant…intense…funny!” – Dave Carlin, CBS “An innovative Cat on …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:48PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

EDDIE IZZARD RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH CHARLES DICKENS’ ‘GREAT EXPECTATIONS’ (12/9-1/22) by Robert Shuman

(via Kenya A. Williams, BoneauBryanBrown) EDDIE IZZARD RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH CHARLES DICKENS’ GREAT EXPECTATIONS Performances Begin December 9  Opening Night December 15 Limited Engag…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:43AM
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

‘THE MOORS’ REVIEW – DELICIOUSLY DARK BRONTË PASTICHE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 10/16/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Captivating … The Moors. Photograph: Steve Gregson Photography.)   The Hope theatre, London The characte…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:05PM
Saturday, October 15, 2022

TOM STOPPARD’S ‘LEOPOLDSTADT’ (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning Best New Play Leopoldstadt—his 19th on Broadway–which opened October 2, at the Longacre Theatre, is epic, the English way, with huge …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:55PM
Thursday, October 13, 2022

KAFKA QUIZ: ‘THE METAMORPHOSIS’ by Robert Shuman

Fun, random questions on the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Web site: Stage Voices (www.stagevoices.com) Follow Bob Shuman on twitter: Bob Shuman @Bobjshuman Eastern Europe Watch @WatchEastern

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

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ANGELA LANSBURY, STAR OF FILM, STAGE AND ‘MURDER, SHE WROTE,’ DIES AT 96 by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Lewis’s article appeared in The New York Times,. 10/11; via Pam Green; Photo:  Angela Lansbury; Ms. Lansbury  as Madame Arcati in the 2009 production of “Blithe Spirit” with,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:10PM
Saturday, October 8, 2022

THE RELUCTANT SOLOIST: UKRAINIAN REFUGEE ROCKER KATYA GAPOCHKA FORGES A NEW FUTURE IN PRAGUE by Robert Shuman

(from Radio Free Europe)  Oct 8, 2022 A Ukrainian rock singer who was forced flee Kyiv at the start of Russia’s invasion of her country has been embraced by audiences and musicians in the…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:45PM
Friday, October 7, 2022

TO BE OR NOT TO BE CANCELLED: HOW DIRECTORS DEAL WITH SHAKESPEARE’S PROBLEMATIC SIDE by Robert Shuman

(David Jays’s article appeared in the Guardian, 9/27; via Pam Green; Photo:  Swerving convention … Olivier Huband (Ferdinand) and Ferdy Roberts (Prospero) in The Tempest at Shakespeare�…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:07PM
Sunday, October 2, 2022

MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS: ‘MUD/ DROWNING’ FROM MABOU MINES—ONLY THROUGH OCT. 9—REVIEW FROM NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman and Marit Shuman María Irene Fornés’s Mud/Drowning is playing for only 15 performances, September 28 to October 9, at Mabou Mines, in a double bill, directed by JoAnne Akal…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:31PM

REVIEW: IN LEA MICHELE, ‘FUNNY GIRL’ HAS FINALLY FOUND ITS FANNY by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green’s article appeared in The New York Times, 9/29/22; via Pam Green; Photo:  Yes, Lea Michele (with Ramin Karimloo) lights up like a light as the new Fanny Brice on Broadway. C…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:08PM
Friday, September 30, 2022

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (142) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: (Think) about the inner side of a role, and how to create its spiritual life through the help of the internal process of living the part. You…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:20PM
Monday, September 26, 2022

‘MUD/DROWNING’: PERFORMANCES LIVE NOW by Robert Shuman

MUD/DROWNING     ONLY 15 CHANCES TO SEE THIS NYT CRITIC’S PICK! LIMITED AVAILABILITY!   GET TICKETS NOW! MABOU MINES AND WEATHERVANE PRODUCTIONS  IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DAYS AND NI…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:54PM
Saturday, September 24, 2022

‘THE PRINCE’ REVIEW – PLAYFUL ROMP THROUGH SHAKESPEAREAN ROLES by Robert Shuman

(Kate Wyver’s article appeared in the Guardian, 9/22; via Pam Green; Photo:  Exploration of transgression … Corey Montague-Sholay (Prince Hal), Joni Ayton-Kent (Sam), Mary Malone (Jen) …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:42PM