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Monday, March 21, 2022

BRIAN FRIEL'S PLAYS COME ALIVE AGAIN AFTER A STRANGE DECADE by Robert Shuman

(Chris McCormack's article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/21; Photo: Niamh Cusack in Faith Healer at the Abbey theatre, Dublin. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh.) Having been sanitised in the 2010s,…

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Sunday, March 20, 2022

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'EVERYWHERE' IN MARIUPOL AS ART SCHOOL SHELTERING 400 IS BOMBED by Robert Shuman

(Loveday Morris's and Annabelle Timsit's article appeared in The Washingotn Post, 3/20; Photo: People dig a grave Sunday for victims of the fighting in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Uk…

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Saturday, March 19, 2022
Thursday, March 17, 2022

'THE HOMECOMING': PINTER'S MALE FANTASISTS RETURN IN THE AGE OF #METOO by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/16; Harold Pinter as Lenny with Jane Lowe as Ruth in a 1969 production of The Homecoming at Watford Palace theatre. Photograph: T…

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

RUSSIA BOMBS THEATER WHERE HUNDREDS SOUGHT SHELTER AND 'CHILDREN' WAS WRITTEN ON GROUNDS by Robert Shuman

(Tim Lister's. Olga Voitovych's, Tara John's, and Paul P. Muphy's article appeared on CNN, 3/16; Photo: The Drama Theater in Mariupol, where hundreds were taking refuge, sustained heavy dama…

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

TONY AWARDS TO ANNOUNCE PRIZES IN JUNE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Time, 3/9; via Pam Green; Photo: The Tony Awards ceremony will return to Radio City Music Hall on June 12, after being presented at the Wi…

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Monday, March 14, 2022

'DOGS OF EUROPE' REVIEW " ART AND ACTIVISM COMBINE IN BREATHTAKING SPECTACLE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the guardian, 3/13; Photo: A necessary affront … Aliaksei Naranovich and Raman Shytsko in Dogs of Europe. Photograph: Linda Nylind/the Guardian.) Barb…

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Sunday, March 13, 2022

WILLIAM HURT, OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR FOR 'KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN,' DIES AT 71 by Robert Shuman

(Brent Lang's and J. Kim Murphy's article appeared, 3/13, in Variety; Photo:  Rich Fury/Invision/AP.) William Hurt, who became a top leading man in the 1980s,, winning an Oscar for 1985's…

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

AN EXILED THEATER WITH A WARNING FOR EUROPE by Robert Shuman

(Alex Marshall's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/10; Photo:  A rehearsal for "Dogs of Europe," which opens at the Barbican theater in London on Thursday.Credit…Jeremie Souteyr…

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

PUSSY RIOT'S NADYA TOLOKONNIKOVA: 'YOU CANNOT PLAY NICE WITH PUTIN. HE IS INSANE. HE MIGHT OPEN FIRE ON HIS OWN PEOPLE' by Robert Shuman

(Zoe Williams's article appeared in the U.K. Guardian, 3/8; Photo: 'I'm in a panic, I'm crying every day' … Nadya Tolokonnikova at a concert in Tennessee earlier this month. Photograph:…

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

SEE AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT BEANIE FELDSTEIN, JANE LYNCH IN REHEARSALS FOR BROADWAY'S FUNNY GIRL by Robert Shuman

(Michael Gioia's article appeared in People; 3/18/2022; via Pam Green; Photo CREDIT: MATTHEW MURPHY.) Beanie Feldstein will star as Fanny Brice in the first Broadway revival of Funny Girl…

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

'ANNE BOLEYN'S TIARA WAS FROM CLAIRE'S ACCESSORIES' " HOW WE MADE SIX: THE MUSICAL by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/7; via Pam Green;  Photo:  'The format was inspired by Beyoncé's Live at Roseland show' … Six at the Arts theatre. Photograph…

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Monday, March 7, 2022

BELARUS FREE THEATRE: 'WE MUST GET OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE AS A DEMOCRACY by Robert Shuman

(Natasha Tripney's  article appeared in The Stage, 3/ 4; Photo: Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada. Credit: Marilyn Kingwill.)                       …

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Friday, March 4, 2022

WELL, SLAP MY SHOE! A LEDERHOSEN CLASSIC AND A POLKA ONLY FIVE MEN CAN DO by Robert Shuman

(Lyndsey Winship's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/28; via Pam Green; Photo:  Don't stop till you're married! … dancers in traditional clothing perform the Schuhplattler. Photogr…

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

SHIFTING IDENTITIES IN SANAZ TOOSSI'S "ENGLISH" (NY) by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Schwartz's article appeared in The New Yorker, 2/28/22;  In Toossi's play, four Iranian students become friends or rivals in an English class.Illustration by Sophi Miyoko Gullb…

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Sunday, February 27, 2022

JOAQUINA KALUKANGO ISN'T AFRAID TO SPEAK UP ANYMORE by Robert Shuman

(Originally printed in The New York Times,  2/25; via Update News World and Pam Green; Photo:  The New York Times.) When Joaquina Kalukango was Done with "Slave Play," she was done�…

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Saturday, February 26, 2022

IRISH REP, NYC: 'A TOUCH OF THE POET' BEGINS PERFORMANCES TODAY, 2/26/2022! by Robert Shuman

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936 was awarded to Eugene Gladstone O'Neill "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of traged…

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Friday, February 25, 2022

UKRAINIANS ABROAD TALK OF SHOCK AND DISBELIEF AS HOMELAND IS INVADED by Robert Shuman

(Megan Specia's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/24; Photo: back home, and expressed feelings of hopelessness. Ukrainians and supporters of Ukraine outside Prime Minister Boris John…

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

UKRAINIAN ARTISTS: 'STOP PUTIN NOW!' by Robert Shuman

(interviews from DW.com, 2/24/2022.) In an interview with DW, Ukrainian artists such as Oksana Lyniv and Andrei Kurkov call on the West to take more decisive action against Russia. Conductor…

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

PHOENIX THEATRE ENSEMBLE (NYC): 'HONDURAS' (4/5-4/10) by Robert Shuman

(via Phoenix Theatre Ensemble)   "After 24 months and 14 days, we are performing once again in NYC! This powerful unforgettable play by Sara and stunning performance by ensemble member Va…

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Monday, February 21, 2022

DIAGHILEV AND ME: DISCOVERY REVEALS BALLETS RUSSES MAESTRO WAS ALSO A MONSTER by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/20; Photo:  Nijinska, right, and her brother Nijinsky in L'Apres-midi d'un Faune, 1912. Photograph: Baron de Meyer. Eakins Press Fo…

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Sunday, February 20, 2022

5 MONOLOGUES, EACH A SHOWCASE FOR ASIAN AMERICAN ACTORS OVER 60 by Robert Shuman

(Matt Stevens's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/16/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Cast members who will perform in "Out of Time" at the Public Theater (from left): Natsuko Ohama, Rita W…

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

'ROMEO AND JULIET' ON BBC RADIO 4 IN OUR TIME (DISCUSSION PROGRAM) by Robert Shuman

Romeo and Juliet Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, written in the early 1590s after a series of histories and comedies. His audience al…

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

MARIA FRIEDMAN: 'SONDHEIM WAS A KIND MAN, BUT GOD, HE COULD BE VERY DIRECT' by Robert Shuman

(Kate Kellaway's article appeared in the Guardian,  2/13;  via Pam Green; Maria Friedman at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer.) The music…

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Monday, February 14, 2022

'CABARET' AT 50: BOB FOSSE'S SHOW-STOPPING MUSICAL REMAINS A DARK MARVEL   by Robert Shuman

(Scott Tobias's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/14/2022; Photo: Michael York and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret: seductive, witty, delightful " and utterly bone-chilling. Photograph: ABC/Al…

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Sunday, February 13, 2022

HARPER LEE ESTATE TOLD TO PAY $2.5 MILLION IN DISPUTE OVER 'MOCKINGBIRD' PLAYS by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Alter's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/10; via Pam Green; photo: In 1969, Harper Lee and Dramatic Publishing agreed on a contract that authorized the company to lice…

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Friday, February 11, 2022

***** 'ANNA KARENINA' REVIEW " TOLSTOY MEETS BAZ LUHRMANN IN A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE  (UK) by Robert Shuman

(Nick Ahad's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/11. Photo: Through the wringer … Adelle Leoncé (Anna) in Anna Karenina at the Crucible, Sheffield. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Crucible,…

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Saturday, February 5, 2022

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (131) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other artist may create whenever he (or she) is in the mood…

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

'COLETTE' ON BBC RADIO 4 "IN OUR TIME" by Robert Shuman

Colette Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding French writers of the twentieth century. The novels of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 " 1954) always had wo…

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

WHY MARLON BRANDO'S STREETCAR CO-STARS COULDN'T STAND HIM by Robert Shuman

(Isaac Butler's work appeared in Slate, 2/1. Excerpted from The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act. Used with the permission of the publisher, Bloomsbury. Copyright © …

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

'SKELETON CREW' TRACES POWER DYNAMICS AT A FACTORY by Robert Shuman

  (Vinson Cunningham's article appeared in The New Yorker, 1/21/22; Phylicia Rashad plays Faye, a tough, wisecracking union leader and matriarch.Illustration by Owen D. Pomery.) Dominique…

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