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Monday, January 6, 2025

AUDITIONS FOR RIVER'S EDGE THEATRE CO. (JAN 15, 2025: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM and JAN 19, 2025: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY) by Robert Shuman

(via Meghan Covington.) Hello actors! I would love to invite you to audition for River's Edge Theatre Co's 2025 season. We are holding auditions Jan 15, 2025: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM andÂ�…

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ARTHUR MILLER'S 'THE PRICE' OFF-BROADWAY AT THEATRE AT ST. CLEMENTS " FEB 21-MAR 30, 20 by Robert Shuman

   (via Paul Siebold, Off Off PR) The Village Theater Group Presents  The Price  Written by Arthur Miller Directed by Noelle McGrath*  February 19-March 30, 2025 (40 per…

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF AN ELIZABETHAN CARD TRICK by Robert Shuman

(From the BBC, 1/1/2025; Photo: Colin Beveridge sat down with a pack of cards in a bid to solve the puzzle, BBC.) More than four centuries ago, a Shakespearean theatre owner in London noted …

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Friday, January 3, 2025

RENOWNED CZECH FILM AND THEATER DIRECTOR VIKTOR TAUÅ : 'SNOWFLAKES'"BEST CZECH NEW PLAY OF 2024 by Robert Shuman

(Via Gary Springer, Springer Associates PR.)  Renowned Czech Film And Theater Director Viktor TauÅ¡, Brings 30 Child Actors " Many Of Whom Were Raised In Orphanages And Foster Care I…

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

JENNY LYN BADER: 'MRS. STERN WANDERS THE PRUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY'"MUST CLOSE JANUARY 19 by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs/DARR Publicity) Berlin, 1933. With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime. A young Gestapo officer arrests a graduate student suspected of ille…

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

THE MUSIC THAT INSPIRED SAMUEL BECKETT: "INTENSITY BEYOND ANYTHING I HAVE EVER HEARD" by Robert Shuman

(Matthew Ingate's article appeared 12/31 on Far Out; Photo Getty Images.) Like his contemporary writer Ernest Hemingway and then later Cormac McCarthy to come, the Irish novelist and playwri…

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Monday, December 30, 2024

50TH ANNUAL THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS' DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY (1/10-1/19) by Robert Shuman

(Via Jonathan Slaff) Theater for the New City (TNC) is to present the 50th annual Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Dance Concert and Pow-Wow, to be held January 10 to 19. Performances ar…

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Sunday, December 29, 2024

THE JOY OF OLD ENGLISH by Robert Shuman

(Graham Elliott's article  is taken from the December-January 2025 issue of The Critic.) We meet Professor Higgins in Pygmalion (1912) eavesdropping on the impending subject of his …

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

PLUTARCH'S 'PARALLEL LIVES'"AND CHARACTERS WHO FASCINATED SHAKESPEARE (BBC RADIO 4) by Robert Shuman

From BBC4 "In Our Time") Listen at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00260s5   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek biographer Plutarch (c46 AD-c120 AD) and especially his work 'Par…

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Sunday, December 8, 2024

THE APOLLO THEATER AT 90 by Robert Shuman

(Sunday Morning.) Dec 8, 2024 On Sunday, the Apollo Theater, the landmark New York City performance venue, will be awarded a prestigious Kennedy Center Honor " the first institution to recei…

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Monday, November 25, 2024

THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: JANET SUZMAN ON STAGING OTHELLO IN APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA by Robert Shuman

(Janet Suzman's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/25; as told to Lindesay Irvine; Thrilling … Joanna Weinberg, Richard Haines and John Kani during a performance of Othello at the Market…

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

'HELLO, DOLLY!' COMES TO PARIS: HIT MUSICAL CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY by Robert Shuman

(Genie Godula's and Amanda Alexander's article appeared on France24, 11/20/2024.) Paris is not always associated with musical theatre, but little by little the French capital is becoming mor…

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

"KISS ME, KATE" IN CINEMAS BEGINNING SUNDAY, 11/17! by Robert Shuman

(via John Singh.) Smash-Hit London Production of   Joyous Musical Comedy KISS ME, KATE Comes to U.S. Movie Screens This November   Filmed During Sold-Out Production at the Barbic…

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: 'CARYL CHURCHILL'S CLOUD 9 HAD US DANCING IN THE AISLES' by Robert Shuman

(Susan Croft's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/4; Photo: Miriam Margolyes (Maud), Antony Sher (Clive), Julie Covington (Edward) and William Hoyland (Harry Bagley) in Cloud 9 at the Roya…

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

OUTNUMBERED BY PUPPETS': DEPOPULATED VILLAGE IN JAPAN CRAFTS DOLLS FOR SENSE OF LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Peter Guo's article appeared on NBC News, Oct. 27, 2024. Photo: Puppets in the tiny rural village of Ichinono, Japan.Philip Fong / AFP " Getty Images.) Ichinono has fewer than 60 residents,…

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: JIM BROADBENT ON KEN CAMPBELL'S ELECTRIFYING EPIC ILLUMINATUS! by Robert Shuman

(Jim Broadbent's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/22; Photo: aragec.com.) In the 70s, Campbell's sprawling sci-fi odyssey was a huge education and a hysterical adventure for an eclectic …

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

***** OEDIPUS REVIEW " LESLEY MANVILLE AND MARK STRONG ELECTRIFY ANCIENT SAGA TURNED POLITICAL THRILLER by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/16; From left: Jordan Scowen (Eteocles), Mark Strong (Oedipus), and Lesley Manville (Jocasta) in Oedipus. Photograph: Manuel Harlan. West …

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Friday, October 11, 2024

REST IN PEACE, PAMELA S. GREEN (AUGUST 3, 1958 " SEPTEMBER 29, 2024) by Robert Shuman

Pamela S. Green Obituary Pamela, was born on August 3,1958 to Alfred G. Green and Marilyn G. Green in Chicago, Ill. After a brief illness, Pam passed peacefully at the age of 66 on September…

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

HOW THE EXCAVATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S CURTAIN THEATRE HAS CHANGED STAGE HISTORY by Robert Shuman

(Esther Addley's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/7; photo: Guardian.) Recovery of stage foundations, which will be part of new London museum, has changed understanding of theatre develo…

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

MEGHAN COVINGTON'S DON'T-MISS 'PEEK-A-BOO' by Robert Shuman

PEEK-A-BOO (An immersive Hudson Valley haunt) Welcome, guys and gals, to the 1920s in Tarrytown, NY. You are invited to the Peek-a-boo flats, a paltry little club nestled on the banks of …

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Monday, September 2, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024

BETTE BOURNE, SEPT. 22, 1939 TO AUG. 23, 2024 by Robert Shuman

(by Mark L. Hannay; via Jonathan Slaff.) English "Radical Drag" Actor and Gay Rights Activist, Beloved by Downtown New York Theater Audiences, Dies at Age 84 Bette Bourne, the founder and dr…

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Monday, August 19, 2024

TNC STREET THEATER, 8/17, AT ST. MARKS: "THE SOCIALIZATION OF A SOCIAL WORKER," BY CRYSTAL FIELD (PHOTOS) by Robert Shuman

"The Socialization of a Social Worker," by Crystal Field, starting 8/3 through 9/15. FULL SCHEDULE Sat, 8/3 @ 2:00 PM " MANHATTAN: Outside Theater for the New City at E. 10th St. & First…

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

'TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE'"OUR PRESS RELEASE, CAST, AND FLYER by Robert Shuman

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am very happy to be writing to you about Theater for the New City's world premiere of my very own work, "Tongs and Bones Shakespeare: Tempestuous Amusements, I…

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

'TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE'"MEET THE CAST (AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY: 9/1 at 8pm, WED., 9/4 at 6:30pm, FRI., 9/6 at 6:30pm, SUN., 9/8 at 8p by Robert Shuman

(Credit for art: Fight Over the Breeches; Gift of Louis E. Shecter, 1972, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.)

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

DREAM UP FESTIVAL, 2024: 17 PLAYS, REAL INSPIRATION (THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 8/25-9/15) by Robert Shuman

Stage Voice's Bob Shuman will have a play running at TNC'S DREAM UP FESTIVAL, but don't settle for just one, there are 16 more shows to choose from.  "Tongs and Bones Shakespeare: Tempest…

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Sunday, July 28, 2024

CRYSTAL FIELD AND TNC STREET THEATER 2024 by Robert Shuman

The legendary Crystal Field will be touring New York City boroughs with "The Socialization of a Social Worker," starting 8/3 through 9/15.  Her unmissable street theater, a yearly staple …

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Monday, July 22, 2024

PHOTOS: 'LITTLE WOMEN' AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, HO-HO-KUS, N.J. by Robert Shuman

(From the production, Saturday & Sunday, July 20th & 21st, 2024; credit: Frank Farrell.) QR Code for Little Women program:

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

RICHARD EYRE:  THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: 'COMEDIANS GOT ME THE JOB RUNNING THE NATIONAL THEATRE' by Robert Shuman

(Eyre's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/17; as told to Lindesay Irvine. Photo: Jimmy Jewel, Dave Hill and Jonathan Pryce in Comedians at the National Theatre in 1975. Photograph: Dona…

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

CARYL CHURCHILL: 'LOVE AND INFORMATION' (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO DRAMA ON 3) by Robert Shuman

Love and Information Listen  Drama on 3 The first audio production of Caryl Churchill's insightful drama about human relationships in the post-information age. Love and Information is a v…

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Sunday, July 14, 2024

'LITTLE WOMEN' AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, HO-HO-KUS, N.J.: THE PLAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JULY 20TH & 21ST, 2024 7PM by Robert Shuman

Visit The Hermitage Directions to The Hermitage 335 North Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423 From Rt. 17: Take the Hollywood Avenue exit. Bear left after exiting, following signs for …

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