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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

JAMES LEVINE, MET OPERA CONDUCTOR FOR FOUR DECADES, DIES AT 77 by Robert Shuman

(Laurence Arnold’s article appeared on Bloomberg, 3/17; Photo:  James Levine leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2010. Photographer: Hiroyuki Ito/Hulton Archive/Get…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:14AM
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

DIXON PLACE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2021 PRODUCTION SEASON WITH FOUR COMMISSIONED PUPPETRY PREMIERES–IN-PERSON AND ONLINE by Robert Shuman

(Via Michelle Tabnick Public Relations) Dixon Place announces Spring 2021 Production Season With Four Commissioned Puppetry Premieres In-Person and Online   Dixon Place announces its Sprin…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:29PM

‘STAGE FRIGHT’: HITCHCOCK THRILLER MAKES THEATRE A CRIME SCENE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/16.) A long-lost London playhouse and Rada’s headquarters feature in this 1950 caper starring a showstopping Marlene Dietrich Abraha…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:39AM
Monday, March 15, 2021

BROADWAY’S ‘COMPANY’ ONE YEAR AFTER COVID SHUTDOWN: PATTI LUPONE, KATRINA LENK AND A DOZEN CO-STARS CHRONICLE A 12-MONTH PAUSE IN BEING ALIVE � by Robert Shuman

(Greg Evans’s article appeared on Deadline, 3/12; via Pam Green.) To hear the cast of Broadway’s Company tell it, the industry’s shutdown one year ago today was perhaps more shockin…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:42PM

‘SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE’: MARIA ABERG’S INTERNATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY LOOKS AHEAD by Robert Shuman

(Afrifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/15; Photo: Maria Aberg in the south of Sweden where she grew up. Photograph: Hanna-Katrina Jędrosz.) The acclaimed Swedish director’s…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:53AM
Sunday, March 14, 2021

BROADWAY IS A ‘BELLWETHER,’ ITS REOPENING SENDS A POSITIVE SIGN: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Christoforous’s article appeared on yahoo.com, 3/13; via Pam Green.) One year after theaters went dark because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s finally some light at the end of …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:21PM

CORMAC MCCARTHY, BRUTAL BUT BRILLIANT by Robert Shuman

(Chilton Williamson, Jr’s article appeared in the Spectator, 7/25; Photo:  Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Professor Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock (5878987c…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:54AM
Saturday, March 13, 2021

SHAKESPEARE IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Robert Shuman

(L to R) Swingin’ the Dream, 1939; Moms Mabley; From Macbeth, 1936 (Courtesy New York Public Library); Rose McClendon, 1936 (Courtesy Library of Congress American Memory Collection); …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:53PM
Friday, March 12, 2021

WHEN BROADWAY WILL REOPEN AND WHAT SHOWS YOU CAN SEE FIRST by Robert Shuman

(Lauren Steussy’s article appeared in the New York post, 3/11; via Pam Green.) It’s been almost exactly a year since Broadway went dark due to the coronavirus pandemic — but now ther…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:20AM
Thursday, March 11, 2021

TRU (THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED) MARCH PANEL VIA ZOOM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick) TRU (THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED) MARCH PANEL VIA ZOOM THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED   RETHINKING MARKETING STRATEGIES TO REACH THE WIDER VIRTUAL AUDIENCE THURSDAY, MAR…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:37PM

WHEN EUROPE’S THEATERS REOPEN, WILL FANS RETURN? by Robert Shuman

(Thomas Rogers’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/5; via Pam Green; Photo: La Scala in Milan in July  2020. Credit…Antonio Calanni/Associated Press.) People from across the con…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:03PM
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

FRENCH THEATRES OCCUPIED AS PROTESTERS DEMAND REOPENING by Robert Shuman

(Rana Moussaoui’s article appeared on Yahoo.com, 3/10. Photo: A march in Paris ended with around 50 protesters forcing their way into the Odeon Theatre and refusing to leave.) French prot…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:30PM

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (113) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Competition as is well known is the best mover of progress, especially in all that is related to the theatre. (MLIA)

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:06AM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

THINK YOU CAN’T DANCE? HERE’S HOW TO LEARN EVERYTHING FROM THE WAP ROUTINE TO 80S THROWBACKS by Robert Shuman

(Siobhan Burke’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/8; Photograph: In the song-and-dance number – Who’s Got the Pain– from the 1958 movie Damn Yankees. Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PM

FROM PLAGUE PUNS TO ISOLATION CREATION: WHAT SHAKESPEARE TEACHES US ABOUT PANDEMIC LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Kelly Burke’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/8; William Shakespeare endured at least five periods of lockdown due to a pandemic. Photo: Composite: Quality Stock/Alamy.) After 60 year…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:30AM
Monday, March 8, 2021

HOW SOVIET POETS PERFORMED IN FOOTBALL STADIUMS IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS by Robert Shuman

(Valeria Paikova’s article appeared in Russia Beyond, 3/5; Photo: Mikhail Ozersky/Sputnik) “A poet in Russia is more than a poet,” Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a leading author of his time, fa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:37PM

THE LEGENDARY PATTI SMITH WILL PERFORM A SPECIAL CONCERT AS PART OF NY POPSUP TUESDAY, MARCH 9 AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM by Robert Shuman

THE LEGENDARY PATTI SMITH  WILL PERFORM A SPECIAL CONCERT AS PART OF NY POPSUP TUESDAY, MARCH 9 AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM HONORING THE MEMORY OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE   PERFORMANCE FOR MUSEUM W…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:41AM
Sunday, March 7, 2021

NEW YORK TO ALLOW LIMITED LIVE PERFORMANCES TO RESUME IN APRIL by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 3/3; via Pam Green; Photo: New York State is relaxing coronavirus restrictions and allowing venues to reopen next month to limite…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:10PM

‘SARAH PLAYS A WEREWOLF’: A BITING DRAMA ABOUT THEATRE AND TEENAGE TERROR by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/2; Photo: Controlling the gaze … Loane Balthasar in Sarah Plays a Werewolf. Photograph: Intermezzo Films.)  Katharina Wyss’s film …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:55AM
Saturday, March 6, 2021

CAST OF SONDHEIM’S ‘ASSASSINS’ SET TO REUNITE by Robert Shuman

(Johnny Oleksinski’s article appeared in the New York Post, 3/5; via Pam Green; Photo: The off-Broadway musical “Assassins,” which opened in 1991, was controversial for its choice to m…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:05PM
Friday, March 5, 2021

SAVING BIRDLAND—AND JAZZ HISTORY by Robert Shuman

(Adam Gopnick’s article appeared in the New Yorker, 3/ 4. Photo: The legendary New York City music venue has been crushed by the pandemic.Photograph by Brent N. Clarke / Getty. ) One truth…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:20AM
Thursday, March 4, 2021

THE BIRTH OF ‘RENT,’ ITS CREATOR’S DEATH AND THE 25 YEARS SINCE by Robert Shuman

(Eric Grode’s article appeared in The New York Times, 2/25; via Pam Green; Photo: Jonathan Larson, left, who wrote the music, lyrics and book of “Rent,” with the play’s director, Mic…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:26PM
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

TRU (THEATER RESOURCEES UNLIMITED) ANNOUNCES MARCH COMMUNITY GATHERINGS VIA ZOOM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick.) Theater Resources Unlimited announces upcoming TRU Community Gatherings via Zoom    Thinking in Zoom (2): Producers and Technologists Friday, March 5, 2021 at 4:30…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:04PM

LIV ULLMANN LIFE LESSONS: NEVER TURN AWAY, NEVER KILL SOMEBODY’S DREAM by Robert Shuman

(Tim Gray’s interview appeared in Variety, 3/1.) Liv Ullmann has been an international star since 1966’s Ingmar Bergman’s arthouse hit “Persona”; indeed, she is best-known for he…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:15AM
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

IRELAND: CORK THEATRE-MAKERS WAITING IN THE WINGS TO STEP INTO THE NEW NORMAL by Robert Shuman

(Mary Leland’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/1; Photo: Gare St Lazare’s adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s How It Is. Photograph: Clare Keogh. ) Theatre scene that thrived before …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:38PM
Monday, March 1, 2021

AUSTRALIA: WHAT VISIONS HAVE I SEEN! ADELAIDE FESTIVAL BURSTS WITH SPECTACLE by Robert Shuman

(Steve Dow’s article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 3/1; A Midsummer Night’s Dream Adelaide Festival 2021: Photo: CREDIT:TONY LEWIS.) ARTS FESTIVAL Adelaide Festival opening week…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:50PM
Sunday, February 28, 2021

LET’S PLAY ‘BEAT THE BARD’ (35) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:03PM
Saturday, February 27, 2021

SHAKESPEARE TROUPE TO GO WITHOUT AN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson’s article appeared in The New York Times, 2/19; via Pam Green. Photo: John Harrell and Jessika D. Williams in the American Shakespeare Center production of “Othello,” …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:01AM
Friday, February 26, 2021

RONALD PICKUP: A THEATRICAL GREAT FROM A GOLDEN GENERATION by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/26; Photo: Self-deprecating … Ronald Pickup in 1972. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images.) The actor, who has died aged …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:33PM

BROADWAY’S DARK YEAR by Robert Shuman

(Judith Miller’s article appeared in City Journal, 2/22.) Live theater has been devastated by the pandemic, and its return remains uncertain. No industry in New York City has been hit as h…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:48AM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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