On February 28, 1896, Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Bohème" debuted at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy. This poignant tale of love and loss among struggling artists captivated audiences with…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/19;Â Photo: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville. Â Photograph: The Guardian.) Eugene O'Neill's mighty drama, returning to the West…
Eddie Izzard's portrayal of Shakespeare's Hamlet is poised for a seamless transition from Greenwich House Theater to New York's Orpheum Theatre. From March 19 to April 14, audiences will con…
        We are sad to share the news that our brother, Thomas F. Shuman, died unexpectedly on January 11, 2024, in Princeton, N.J. Tom was born in Trenton, New …
The past week's international stage highlights, brought to you via the world's foremost journalism. Â Gemini, the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity, provided information,…
(Bard [Gemini], the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…
A look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate …
By Bob Shuman The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) has just finished dates at Theater for the New City (from February 1-18) with The Good Soldier Å vejk (rhyme that last nam…
The recent death of Alexei Navalny, a courageous dissident and symbol of hope for freedom in Russia, is a stark reminder of the fragility of human rights and the chilling price paid by those…
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/14, 2024; Drawing a younger audience … Mathew Baynton as Bottom and Pyramus. Photograph: Pamela Raith.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratf…
(Neha Gohil's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/11; Photo: Britannica.) Audiences should be 'shocked and disturbed' by the impact of theatre, says Schindler's List and Harry Potter actor T…
By Bob Shuman In Act 3, Scene 2 of Hamlet, the melancholy, introspective Dane instructs the newly arrived players, who will be acting before his new father's court, "to hold the mirror up to…
The past week's international stage highlights, brought to you via the world's foremost journalism. Â Gemini, the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity, provided information,…
(Bard (Gemini), the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…
A look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wit…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The false acting of passions, or of types, or the mere use of conventional gestures,"these are frequent faults in our profession. But you mus…
(Caroline Butterwick's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/7; Photo: Jonathan Larson, the creator of Rent, who died in 1996. Photograph: AP. ) Using an ensemble cast of deaf and hearing a…
On February 7, 1933, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's groundbreaking musical The Threepenny Opera graced the stages of New York City's Adelphi Theatre. Despite its brief initial run of only 1…
If you enjoyed Sycorax: the Untold Story, you might like playing her in a class, audition, or even a full production (or know someone who would). Whether you're an actor seeking a powerful S…
(via You Tube; Photo: Craftsmanship magazine) The sparkling music of the violin and cello accompanies the vision of the wonderful masks present at the famous CARNIVAL of Venice.
In the past two weeks, the world witnessed continued attacks on artistic expression and free speech. From playwrights censored for challenging authority to musicians harassed for their songs…
(from Sky News) The 66-year-old dissident told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that "society becomes so timid, to really avoid any kind of questioning or argument. Â "Today I…
The past week's international stage highlights, brought to you via the world's foremost journalism. Â Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and mat…
(via Jane Dubin) Hi all, I was so moved by your responses to Rooted One to All, the first single released from Village of Vale, the new musical I am producing. Another song from the sh…
(Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and materials for this article.) ON BROADWAY: White Rose: The Musical About: An uplifting musical telling the …