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Sunday, April 18, 2021

THE BRIEF, BRILLIANT AND RADICAL LIFE OF LORRAINE HANSBERRY by Robert Shuman

(Parul Sehgal’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/14; via Pam Green. Photo: The playwright Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. Credit…David Attie/Getty Images.) The curtain rises on a di…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:07PM
Saturday, April 17, 2021

STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JOHN WEIDMAN’S ‘ASSASSINS’ GATHERS A KILLER ROSTER OF PERFORMERS by Robert Shuman

(Charles McNulty’s article appeared in the LA Times, 4/16; via Pam Green.) Members of three “Assassins” casts perform “Everybody’s Got the Right” during the Classic Stage Company…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:17PM
Friday, April 16, 2021

MOLIERE IN THE PARK’S PEN/MAN/SHIP LIVE VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES by Robert Shuman

(Via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) Molière in the Park to present 7 live virtual performances of Christina Anderson’s pen/man/ship, the company’s first contemporary American play, direct…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:27PM
Thursday, April 15, 2021

NEXT PROBLEM FOR THE ARTS IS GETTING AUDIENCES TO TRUST THE VACCINE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Jones’s article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 4/15; Photo: The Chicago Tribune.) On Monday, the Washington Post arts critic Peter Marks announced a grand slate of live 2021-22 …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:52PM
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (115) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: People who meet daily in the nervous atmosphere of the stage cannot establish those close and friendly relations which are necessary for true…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:06PM
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

FRANCE: POEMS! SONGS! DEMANDS! IT’S NOT THEATER, BUT IT’S … SOMETHING by Robert Shuman

(Laura Cappelle’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/8; via Pam Green.; Photo: Improvised choreography on Sunday in front of La Colline, one of the first theaters in Paris to be o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:30PM
Monday, April 12, 2021

‘HOWLING ANGER’: HOW ANGELS IN AMERICA AND THE NORMAL HEART CONFRONTED THE AIDS CRISIS by Robert Shuman

(Ryan Gilbey’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/5; Photo: The Guardian.) ‘You couldn’t phone it in’ … Andrew Garfield and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in the National Theatre’s 2017…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:31PM
Sunday, April 11, 2021

OST/TODOROFF/HARCUM: THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) ON ADVOCACY, OPPORTUNITY AND INSPIRATION DURING (AND AFTER) COVID by Robert Shuman

TRU community Gathering of Friday 4/9/21. In the room with Bob Ost, TRU Executive Director, President, and Co-founder: Aimee Todoroff, director, Managing Director of the League of Independen…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:51PM

FRENCH AUDIENCES DEVELOP A TASTE FOR WINDOW THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(from Reuters, 4/11; via the Drudge Report.) PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) – French actress Isabelle Cagnat is pining to get back on stage once the pandemic is over, but on Sunday she had to b…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:27PM
Friday, April 9, 2021

ROBERT DWYER & AUSTIN WRIGHT’S ACE IN THE HOLE: “THE SHERIFF” FROM TWODOT BOOKS (INTERVIEW, Part 2) by Robert Shuman

Robert Dwyer & Austin Wright posse up with Bob Shuman for the second part of their Stage Voices interview on The Sheriff–to talk about fact being stranger than fiction, human nature an…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:42PM
Thursday, April 8, 2021

MILLIONS TO WATCH “COME TO EGYPT” MOVIE  by Robert Shuman

“Ancient Egyptians were unique, powerful, and a very advanced people,” Khaled El-Nabawy says  Correspondent Adam Sullivan wrote about Khaled El-Nabawy’s new venture in Egypt.  Filme…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:56AM
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

ACTORS’ EQUITY ISSUES NEW PROTOCOLS FOR ‘FULLY VACCINATED’ PRODUCTIONS by Robert Shuman

(Ryan McPhee’s article appeared in Playbill, 4/5; via Pam Green; Photo: 45th Street Playbill Staff.)   As the U.S. approaches COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for all adults, the union has up…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:08AM
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) PRESENTS WRITER-PRODUCER VIRTUAL SPEED DATE: THE ART OF THE PITCH SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2021 AT 2:30PM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick.) Theater Resources Unlimited presents Writer-Producer Virtual Speed Date: The Art of the Pitch Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 2:30pm Submission Deadline: Thursday, April 15…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:10AM
Monday, April 5, 2021

ARTHUR KOPIT, WHOSE ‘OH DAD’ SHOOK UP THE THEATER, DIES AT 83 by Robert Shuman

(Anita Gates’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/3; via Pam Green. Photo: The playwright Arthur Kopit with the cast of his play “Wings” in 1978. Constance Cummings, second from…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:45AM
Sunday, April 4, 2021

TERESA DEEVY AND THE SECRETS OF THE GREEN SUITCASE by Robert Shuman

(Caoilfhionn Ni Bheachain’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 4/3; Photo:  Teresa Deevy: in recent years, critical attention has turned to her radio drama. The Irish Times.) BEST KNOWN…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:34AM
Thursday, April 1, 2021

ROBERT DWYER & AUSTIN WRIGHT’S ACE IN THE HOLE: “THE SHERIFF” FROM TWODOT BOOKS (INTERVIEW, Part 1) by Robert Shuman

  Robert Dwyer & Austin Wright posse up with SV’s Bob Shuman to talk about big ideas, big landscapes, and tackling the biggest questions–like what it means to be human. Robert Dwyer…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:10PM
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

KURT WEILL’S PATH FROM EUROPE TO BROADWAY WAS A STRAIGHT LINE by Robert Shuman

(Joshua Barone’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/15; via Pam Green; Photo: When the composer Kurt Weill was a teenager in Germany, as seen here in 1919, he was already showing si…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:43PM
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

‘SHAKESPEARE WALLAH’: MERCHANT IVORY’S BITTERSWEET TALE OF BOLLYWOOD AND THE BARD by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/30/2021; Photo: Shashi Kapoor and Felicity Kendal in Shakespeare Wallah, the second feature by Merchant Ivory Productions. Photograph: …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:53AM
Monday, March 29, 2021

IRELAND: AFTER A YEAR OF ABSENCE, THE GATE THEATRE IS BACK WITH THE PREMIERE OF FRANK MCGUINNESS’S NEW COVID-THEMED PLAY THE VISITING HOUR by Robert Shuman

(Deirdre Falvey’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/27.) There’s a gulp when you see it. Outside, the audience doors into Dublin’s Gate Theatre from Parnell Square, before ascendi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:57PM
Sunday, March 28, 2021

‘WHY ARE WE STUCK?’ STAGE ACTORS CHALLENGE THEIR UNION OVER SAFETY by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/23; Photo: The Dallas Theater Center actors (from left) Chris Ramirez, Sally Vahle and Tiffany Solano took issue with their uni…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:07PM
Saturday, March 27, 2021

THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) ANNOUNCES UPCOMING TRU COMMUNITY GATHERINGS VIA ZOOM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick.) Theater Resources Unlimited Announces Upcoming TRU Community Gatherings via Zoom  3/26 – A Conversation with David Armstrong (and the Podcast Pivot)  4/2 – Br…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:49PM
Friday, March 26, 2021

SOUTH AFRICA: BAXTER, PLAY HOUSE JOIN FORCES WITH STATE THEATRE FOR THE BIGGEST KUCHEZA AFRIKA FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(from the Cape Times, 3/26; Photo: FESTIVALKucheza Afrika Festival. Picture: Sanmari Marais.) Arts and theatre lovers are in for a special treat this Easter as the 2021 edition of the Kuche…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:51PM
Thursday, March 25, 2021

THEATER ACTORS STEP UP PUSH FOR UNION TO ALLOW THEM TO WORK by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/19; via Pam Green.) Nearly 2,000 performers have petitioned Actors’ Equity for guidelines that will speed up a return to the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:35PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

‘AN ACTOR’S REVENGE’: KON ICHIKAWA’S PHENOMENAL KABUKI THRILLER by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/23; Photo: Kazuo Hasegawa as Yukinojo in An Actor’s Revenge. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy.) In this stylish Japanese classic, a per…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:56PM
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A CULT-CLASSIC SONDHEIM FLOP GETS AN ESSENTIAL NEW RECORDING by Robert Shuman

(from NPR, 3/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Even after brutal reviews for the short-lived Anyone Can Whistle, Stephen Sondheim continued to create provocative and form-shattering musicals. Stephe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:26AM
Monday, March 22, 2021

RASHAD* MANN* LICHTY* MCDERMOTT* MAXWELL* PENDLETON* WILLIAMS: ‘THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA’ by Robert Shuman

(via Joe Trentacosta)  PHYLICIA RASHAD joins EMILY MANN “In Conversation” with  La Femme’s JEAN LICHTY to kick-off  TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’S 110th Birthday Celebration  followed by …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:54PM
Sunday, March 21, 2021

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (114) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: I had dreamed that the actor who grew up in [our studios] would make his first timid steps in a small room which was built so as not to viola…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:48AM
Saturday, March 20, 2021

IRELAND’S LEADING WRITERS CHAMPION LITERARY TREASURES THAT DESERVE TO BE UNBURIED by Robert Shuman

(Martin Doyle’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/20.)  The great Irish books you may never have heard of It is all too easy for a good book to disappear into obscurity. Books slip b…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:55AM
Friday, March 19, 2021

THE RSC AT 60: THE GLORIOUS PAST AND VITAL FUTURE OF A THEATRICAL REVOLUTION by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/19; Ambitious … Jonathan Slinger in Richard III by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse, London, in 2008. Photograph:…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:35PM
Thursday, March 18, 2021

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK (NY) IS BACK by Robert Shuman

(via the Public Theater) The Delacorte isn’t empty… It’s full of HOPE, PURPOSE, PROMISE… and what it needs now is YOU. We have spent the last year getting ready. We have been produci…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:55PM
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

WHERE IS HOLLYWOOD WHEN BROADWAY NEEDS IT? by Robert Shuman

(Laura Collins-Hughes’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/10; via Pam Green. Illustration: Credit…Antoine Cossé.) A critic writes a plea to the film and TV stars who got their s…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:10PM

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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