1,602 stories by "Robert Shuman"
NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS I got a show to do, remember, baby? Oh baby, I got a show to do. (Dreamgirls) I'm all right, right now (from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle) I love my e…
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/20; Photo: Gripping … Sarah Slimani in Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors at Dorfman theatre, London. Photograph: Myah Jeffers.) Dorf…
(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/23; Photo: Gertrude Robins, pictured in 1911: she depicted women's often limited choices between second-rate marriages and independence.�…
(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/20; Photo: Jose Llana, left, and Arielle Jacobs as Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in "Here Lies Love" at the Broadway Theater in Manhatt…
(Via Emily Owens PR) Barefoot Shakespeare Company PRESENTS LADY CAPULET  Written by Melissa Bell Directed by Emily Gallagher  Presented as part of the 2023 Little Shakespeare…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/18.Photo: 'The power to draw the audience together' … the Swan Theatre at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photograph: Tristram…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: It is important to know what you are feeling on the stage, because it often happens that even the most experienced actors work out at home an…
(via France24, 7/14/2023) We bring you a special edition from the 77th international theatre festival in the southern French city of Avignon, where change is in the air under its new Port…
(David Ng's article appeared on Breitbart, 7/15.) New York's prestigious Public Theater " which staged the assassination of President Donald Trump in its infamous 2017 production of Shakespe…
(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/4; Photo: Divine … Stephen Jackman-Torkoff as Richard II. Photograph: David Hou.) A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedi…
(Casey Cep's article appeared in the New Yorker, 7/10,17/23; Photograph by Vandamm Studio © Billy Rose Theatre Division / NYPL for Performing Arts.) A collection of previously unpublished…
(Rana Moussaoui's article appeared on Barron's, 7/12; via Drudge Report; Pictures by Clement Mahoudeau.) Brazilian performer Carolina Bianchi was herself raped after being drugged on a night…
(Richard Lea's and Sian Cain's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/12 Photo: Questions, not answers … Milan Kundera in 2002. Photograph: -/AFP.) The Czech novelist found himself silenced b…
(from Radio Free Europe, 7/11; Photo: Ales Pushkin in his workshop in Minsk in June 2020.) Belarusian artist and political prisoner Ales Pushkin has died in intensive care under unknown circ…
Listen Drama on 3 The second part of Ibsen's epic two-part stage play telling the story of Julian the Apostate and his ill-fated attempt to abolish Christianity in the Roman Empire. In the a…
(Laura Döing's article appeared on DW, 7/7; Photo: Wolf Biermann in Cologne in November 1976: He didn't even play his most critical songs " out of caution Image:Â Wilhelm Bertram/dpa/pict…
(via Emily Owens PR) PRESENTED BY FRIGID NEW YORK AUGUST 3-19 AT UNDER ST. MARKS FRIGID New York has announced the schedule of performances for their 3rd annual Little Shakespea…
(Emma Bockes's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/5; Photo:Â 'All the neglect he suffered meant he made sure that that was not my life' … Jennifer Grant. Photograph: Andrzej Lawnik/The…
(from Radio Liberty, 7/2.) A Kyrgyz artist is keeping alive a puppet theater tradition that dates back centuries. Esenbek Mairykov, 71, learned to carve his dancing mountain goats from his g…
Listen Henrik Ibsen's epic two-part stage play was versioned by Ben Power for the National Theatre in 2011. Set in the 4th century AD, it tells the story of Julian the Apostate and his f…
(Helen Shaw's article appeared in the New Yorker, June 5, 2023; Photo: Grissom says that the playwright gave him a life-changing mission. Illustration by Valentin Tkach.) James Grissom says …
(Harrison Smith's article appeared in the Washington Post, 6/30; Photo: Stage and screen actor Alan Arkin in 2018. His recent work included an Emmy-nominated starring role in "The Kominsky M…
(via Radio Liberty. ) Iranian actor Mona Soufi gets her makeup done backstage before performing in the Haft-Khan Esfandiar musical theater production at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran. Go to Radi…
(David Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/27; Photo: The Guardian.) Elizabeth Winkler's controversial new book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, investigates highly fraug…
(Gagliano's remembrance appeared 6/26.) I met lyricist Sheldon Harnick (died Friday, 23 June, 2023: age 99) once, at the Eugene O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference. Composer Claibe Richardson…
