1,602 stories by "Robert Shuman"
(Christine Lebert's article appeared on DW, 2/2. Photo: DW.) "Falling in Love" is the title of the new show at Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast, Europe's biggest revue theater. The glamorous l…
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…
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/1/2024; Photo: Heady … Black as Hazel with Derek Riddell as John. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Dorfman theatre, London Beth Steel's new…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage there cannot be, under any circumstances, action which is directed immediately at the arousing of a feeling for its own sake.Â�…
(Ray Furlong's report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 1/31; Photo:Â Bi-2 production shot.) A Russian singer arrived in Israel while his bandmates remained in detention in Thailand on Janua…
On January 31, 1606, the renowned Globe Theatre in London witnessed the final performance of William Shakespeare's King Henry VIII. The play, co-authored with John Fletcher, marked the Bard'…
The actor, dancer and singer starred in musicals including West Side Story and Chicago (Chris Wiegan's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/30; Photo: Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd annual …
(via DARR Publicity; Photo: Jeremy Varner) Broadway legend Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd himself, joins Sea Dog Theater's Artistic Director Chris Domig (their friendship echoes Morrie & Mitch…
(Lauren Mechling's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/29; Photo: Brian d'Arcy James/Photograph: Joan Marcus.) Studio 54, New York Song-heavy adaptation of the bruising 1962 Blake Edw…
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…
(Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and materials for this article.) ON BROADWAY: Days of Wine and Roses: About:Â A tragic exploration of alcoho…
(Helen Meany's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/19; Photo: 'Minute flickers of emotion' … Stephen Rea in Krapp's Last Tape, directed by Vicky Featherstone, at Project Arts Centre, Dubli…
(from The New York Times, 1/24; via The Drudge Report; Photo: The New York Times.) A performance artist has sued the Museum of Modern Art, saying that officials neglected to take corrective …
On January 24, 1901, the Moscow Art Theatre unfurled its curtains to an enraptured audience, unveiling Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" in a theatrical crescendo. Directed by the maestro Kons…
Rocco George as Svejk. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Formative antiwar story is a hilariously subversive depiction of the idiocy of war and the men who wage it February 1 to 18, 2024 Theater for …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage do not run for the sake of running, or suffer for the sake of suffering. Don't act 'in general,' for the sake of action; always …
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; Photo: Fine performance … David Warner as Falstaff and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Prince Hal in Henry IV Part I in 2008. Photo…
Read his amazing story . . .  Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Nancy Nelson's Evenings with Cary Grant, which uses the icon's own words"and is enhanced wi…
(Stuart Braun's article appeared on DW, 1/16/24.) Russia under Vladimir Putin is again demonizing LGBTQ persons, calling them "extremists." But Russia's queer artists are finding ways to exp…
(via Jane Dubin) Hi friends, I have shared many projects over the years. But I have a special place in my heart for my current work, the original musical, The Village of Vale. We are curr…
(Andrew Beaton's article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, 1/10/2024; Photo: The Wall Street Journal) Before Kobie Turner emerged as standout defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams…
(Neil Bowdler's report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 1/9.) A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against M…
(Julian Lucas's article appeared in the New Yorker, 1/9; Jacobs-Jenkins, whose drama "Appropriate" is now on Broadway, has a gift for matching ugly feelings with sophisticated forms.Photogra…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guarian, 1/5;  Photo: Michael Hastings, aged 18, working at his mother's council flat in Brixton, London, in February 1957. Photograph: We…
