The recent arrival of a powerful new production: On Broadway: The Who’s Tommy (Rock Musical): Opened Thursday, March 28th, 2024 at the Nederlander Theatre. This new production of the ico…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:45PMA rare cinematic event is coming to New York theatres for only two days: Ralph Fiennes in Macbeth. The Daily Telegraph calls the film, “full-voltage visceral,” while The Times o…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:23PMA look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:00AMDelve into the challenges faced by educators in ‘Rubber,’ a gripping drama by Vinnie Nardiello. Set in a “rubber room” where teachers await uncertain futures, this production at Thea…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:56AMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To achieve . . . kinship between the actor and the person (he/she) is portraying add some concrete detail which will fill out the play, givin…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:41AMOn April 3, 1958, the ANTA Theater in New York City set the stage aglow with the debut of “Say, Darling,” a comedic tour de force that provided an intimate glimpse into the whirlwind wor…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:11PM(Austin Malloy’s article appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 30, 2024.) Navalny: The Trial by the Royal Drama Theater in Stockholm brings the late Russian opposition leade…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:01AMDiscovering the vibrant landscape of Off-Off Broadway reveals a tapestry of diverse narratives and artistic innovations that defy conventional norms. Here’s a glimpse into the upcoming per…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:15PMDRAMA ON 3 Listen BY HENRIK IBSEN, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY IAN MCDIARMID FROM THE TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL MEYER. IN IBSEN’S FINAL PLAY, ARNOLD RUBEK, A CELEBRATED SCULPTOR, RETURNS TO NORWAY W…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:40AM(Ruby Harbour’s article appeared in the Ecologist, 3/13/2024. Photo: production PR.) Thomas Ostermeier’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ puts one of the most important messages of our time …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:48PMTHE KALEVALA Listen now In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Finnish epic poem that first appeared in print in 1835 in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, part of the Russia…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:51PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: All action in the theatre must have an inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real. Second, if acts as a lever to lift us out of the …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:33PMNew York’s vibrant downtown theater scene ignites once more, under the direction of Crystal Field, with the Dream Up Festival, a haven for groundbreaking works taking center stage at Theat…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:33PM(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/25; ‘Such a parable’ … Patina Miller, centre, as the Leading Player in Pippin on Broadway in 2013. Photograph: Joan Marcus.) In t…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:24AMAnd don’t forget . . . Off-Off Broadway How to Eat an Orange Experience the narrative of visual artist and activist Claudia Bernardi in “How to Eat an Orange,” written by Catherine Fil…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:50PMThe world continues to witness the silencing of artistic expression. This week’s list focuses on artists facing persecution between March 11th and March 25th, 2024. Let us delve deeper int…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:09AM(Andriy Kurkov’s article appeared in the Kyiv Post, 3/24. Photo: Candles are displayed on letters reading the word “Children” in Russian language during a commemorative event to mark…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:54AMThis week on Broadway, we saw the arrival of a powerful new production: On Broadway: An Enemy of the People (Drama): Opened Monday, March 18th. A scathing social commentary by Ibsen, this ne…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:03PM*** WARNING graphic content Russia’s state security services say at least forty people are dead, and over a hundred injured, after heavily armed gunmen burst into a packed theatre near Mos…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:07AMDiscovering the vibrant landscape of Off-Off Broadway reveals a tapestry of diverse narratives and artistic innovations that defy conventional norms. Here’s a glimpse into the upcoming per…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:57PMA look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:41AMOn March 21, 1880, a pivotal event unfolded in the annals of American theatre: the renowned French actress Sarah Bernhardt graced the New York stage for the first time. This momentous occasi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:36AMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself (or herself) another, deeper, more interesting life than the one tha…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:09PMBy Bob Shuman The aesthetic issue being explored in Orson’s Shadow (Austin Pendleton’s own play now celebrating its 25th Anniversary) might best be expressed if I show you a picture of t…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:42AMListen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dance which, from when it reached Britain in the early nineteenth century, revolutionised the relationship between music, literature an…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:28AM(Shaun Walker’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/16; Photo: The bombed theatre in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine. Reuters.) When the bombs hit the Mariupol Drama theatre…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:36PMThe next few weeks promise new excitement on Broadway with noteworthy productions due to open: An Enemy of the People(Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036). Previews begi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:59AM(From Shakespeare Plus, Folger Magazine blog, 3/15/2024; This article was originally published in the Spring 2010 issue of Folger Magazine. Listen to an NPR interview from 2009 with Georgi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:54PMA look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:50AMWalt Kelly’s Songs of the Pogo Presented by Frank Farrell Productions – Ridgewood, New Jersey WALT KELLY’S SONGS OF THE POGO recreates the hysterical, imaginative and wonderful world o…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:59PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: If an action has no inner foundation, it cannot hold your attention. If you were compelled (to do something) . . . for a particular purpose (…
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