BARRY HUMPHRIES, THE COMEDIAN WHO CREATED DAME EDNA EVERAGE, DIES AT 89 by Robert Shuman

(Mathew Murphy's article appeared in the Daily Beast, 4/23; via Pam Green; Photo: REUTERS/Ian Waldie.) GOODBYE POSSUMS Tributes have poured in for Australian comedian Barry Humphries who has…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:52am on April 23, 2023[SHARE]

UKRAINE ARTISTS PUSH BACK AGAINST IDENTITY DENIAL by Robert Shuman

(Juri Rescheto's report appeared on DW, 4/21.) View at: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-artists-push-back-against-identity-denial/video-65401461 Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine has no national i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:34am on April 22, 2023[SHARE]

NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

It is never too late to be alive (to theatre)"Penelope Chatterton paraphrase I take the time needed to express my creativity"and it is always  in demand. Inspiration and invention lead me…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:28pm on April 21, 2023[SHARE]

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: THE CLOSING OF 'PHANTOM,' THE LOSS OF MY SON AND THE FUTURE OF BROADWAY by Robert Shuman

(Lloyd Webber's opinion appeared in The New York Times, April 17, 2023; via Pam Green.  Photo:  Andrew Kelly/Reuters.) By Andrew Lloyd Webber Mr. Lloyd Webber is the composer of 13 …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:39am on April 20, 2023[SHARE]

COMMENTARY: THE BEST THEATER IN L.A. RIGHT NOW? IT'S IN PASADENA by Robert Shuman

(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the L.A. Times,  4/5.) "It's a radical act to ask someone to go to the theater these days," Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Fel…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:59pm on April 19, 2023[SHARE]

AN EXTRAORDINARY FEAT': PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ENDS ITS 35-YEAR BROADWAY RUN by Robert Shuman

(David Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/15; via Pam Green; Photo: The Phantom of the Opera has been seen by more than 140 million people worldwide. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:26pm on April 16, 2023[SHARE]

KABUKI｜NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) by Robert Shuman

(via 国立劇場 National Theatre, Tokyo . What's KABUKI?  

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:54pm on April 15, 2023[SHARE]

***** 'BEYOND BELIEF: THE LIFE AND MISSION OF JOHN HUME' REVIEW " PROFOUNDLY AFFECTING by Robert Shuman

(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Observer, 4/9; Photo: Conor O'Kane as John Hume and Naiomh Morgan as his wife, Pat, in Beyond Belief. Photograph: The Playhouse Derry-Londonderry)…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:09am on April 13, 2023[SHARE]

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (149) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The organic bases of the laws of nature on which our art is founded will protect you in the future from going down the wrong path. Who knows …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:46pm on April 12, 2023[SHARE]

O'HARA/D'ARCY JAMES/GUETTEL/LUCAS/GREIF: 'DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES'"STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 5TH, 2023 by Robert Shuman

(via Angela Yamarone, bbbway.com.) Atlantic Theater Company Announces Complete Casting and Extension for Exclusive World Premiere Musical Event DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Book by Craig Lucas …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:42pm on April 11, 2023[SHARE]

AMID EXILE AND FIRE, A REVERED RUSSIAN THEATER DIRECTOR IS REBORN by Robert Shuman

(Dan Bilefsky's and Jeremy Fassler's  article appeared in The New York Times, 4/7; via Pam Green; Photo: Dmitry Krymov, one of Russia's most important theater directors, has remained in t…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:35pm on April 10, 2023[SHARE]

IN 'HAMNET,' SHAKESPEARE'S WIFE TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT, AT LAST by Robert Shuman

(Andrew Dickson's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/7; via Pam Green; Photo: Tom Varey and Madeleine Mantock as William and Agnes, the characters based on Shakespeare and Hathaway.Credit�…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:38pm on April 9, 2023[SHARE]

'WE GET INSIDE THEIR SHAME, THEIR EGO, THEIR DESTRUCTION': JACK THORNE BRINGS BURTON AND GIELGUD BACK TO THE STAGE by Robert Shuman

(Jack Thorne's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/7; via Pam Green; To thine own self be true … John Gielgud directs Richard Burton in rehearsals for Hamlet. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettm…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:16am on April 8, 2023[SHARE]

JOHN KANDER'S MAJOR CHORD, UNDIMINISHED by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Time, 4/4; via Pam Green; Photo:  John Kander at home on the Upper West Side. His latest Broadway production, "New York, New York," is sche…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:59am on April 7, 2023[SHARE]

UKRAINIAN PHOTOGRAPHER TURNS WAR WOUNDS INTO WORKS OF ART by Robert Shuman

   (Austin Malloy's report appeared on Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, 4/4.) A new photo project by Ukrainian photographer Marta Syrko captures stunning images of soldiers and civilia…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:07pm on April 6, 2023[SHARE]

***** FOR BLACK BOYS … REVIEW " A MOVING MEDITATION ON BLACK MASCULINITY by Robert Shuman

(Anya Ryan's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/2; Photo: Boyish energy … For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy. Photograph: Ali Wright.)  Apollo th…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:51pm on April 5, 2023[SHARE]

JUSTINE CLARK BRILLIANTLY BECOMES JULIA GILLARD IN THIS HEROIC PERFORMANCE (EDITOR'S PICK, AUSTRALIA) by Robert Shuman

(John Shand's article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 4/5;  Photo: The play essentially a one-hander, although Jessica Bentley is also intermittently present.CREDIT:PRUEDENCE UPTON…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:16pm on April 4, 2023[SHARE]

'MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO' TRIUMPHS AT OLIVIER AWARDS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/2; Photo: Host Hannah Waddingham at the Olivier awards. Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for SOLT.) Olivier awards: full list of w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:43pm on April 3, 2023[SHARE]

'ICELAND' AT LA MAMA (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Iceland, both the title and central metaphor for an opera by O-Lan Jones (director) and Emmet Tilley (music)"now playing at La MaMa through April 2"is like this year's slow cra…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:40pm on April 1, 2023[SHARE]

REVIEW: THE MANY THRILLING FLAVORS OF A FULL-SCALE 'SWEENEY TODD' by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/26; via Pam Green; Photo: Dark and vengeful: Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford and ensemble members in the new Broadway revival of "Swee…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:31pm on March 31, 2023[SHARE]

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (148) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Only our kind of [acting] art, soaked as it is in the living experiences of human beings, can artistically reproduce the impalpable shadings …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:30pm on March 30, 2023[SHARE]

***** 'DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD REVIEW' " A MAGNIFICENT COMPLICITÉ CREATION by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akhar's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/39; Photo: 'Beautiful moments of physical theatre' … Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead at the Barbican, London. Photograph: M…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:20pm on March 29, 2023[SHARE]

AARON SORKIN REVAMPS 'CAMELOT,' WITH CHALLENGES CLASSIC AND NEW by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/24; via Pam Green; Photo: Andrew Burnap, top, as Arthur in the new Broadway revival of "Camelot," with Jordan Donica as Lancelot …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:46pm on March 26, 2023[SHARE]

BEN JONSON WORK FROM 1603 MAY CONTAIN 'LOST' SHAKESPEARE SONNET, SAY EXPERTS by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/23.) An almost unknown sonnet in the playbook or script of a 1603 play by Ben Jonson could be a "lost" work by William Shakespeare, ac…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:57pm on March 25, 2023[SHARE]

ICELAND A RE-CREATION MYTH"INTERDISCIPLINARY OPERA THEATER BY O-LAN JONES AND EMMETT TINLEY, AT LA MAMA, 3/24-4/2 (LET'S GO THEATRE!) by Robert Shuman

 (via Michelle Tabnick PR)  La MaMa presents  in association with Overtone Industries  ICELAND a re-Creation Myth an interdisciplinary opera theater work by O-Lan Jones and Emmet…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:51pm on March 24, 2023[SHARE]