WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCASTER: WHY DID WINSTON CHURCHILL TRY TO SEIZE THE BBC? by Robert Shuman

(Charlotte Higgins's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/5; Photo: 'What would you have done?' … Stephen Campbell Moore as John Reith in When Winston Went to War with the Wireless. Phot…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:29pm on June 5, 2023☆⚑

DRAMA DESK AWARD WINNERS 2023 (FULL LIST) by Robert Shuman

DRAMA DESK 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED   Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 6 at Sardi's Restaurant   MANDY PATINKIN AND KATHRYN GRODY TO HOST THE CEREMONY   www.DramaDesk.org   (…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:35pm on May 31, 2023☆⚑

TINA TURNER, 'QUEEN OF ROCK N ROLL', DIES AGED 83 IN SWITZERLAND by Robert Shuman

(from Sky News, 5/24; Photo: AP.)   Tina Turner " one of rock's great vocalists and most charismatic performers " has died aged 83, her spokesperson has confirmed. In a statement, they sa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:01pm on May 24, 2023☆⚑

OF MICE, AND MEN: NEW 'AN AMERICAN TAIL' BRINGS FIEVEL TO THE STAGE by Robert Shuman

(Colette Davidson's article appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, 5/17; Glen Stubbe Photography/Courtesy of Children's Theatre Company.) May 17, 2023|MINNEAPOLIS Fievel Mousekewitz's im…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:05pm on May 18, 2023☆⚑

MEDEA IN MID-AIR: HOW SYRACUSE'S GREEK THEATRE KEEPS THE CLASSICS ALIVE by Robert Shuman

  (Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/16, 2023; Photo: The Greek theatre in Syracuse. Photograph: Gaspare Urso' ) Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imaginati…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:38pm on May 16, 2023☆⚑

DAVID TENNANT TO PLAY MACBETH AT DONMAR WAREHOUSE by Robert Shuman

(Chis Wiegand's article appeaed in the Guardian, 5/5; via Pam Green; Photo: On tomorrow and tomorrow … David Tennant in a publicity shot for the Donmar's forthcoming Macbeth. Photograph…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:58pm on May 13, 2023☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (151) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: You must be very careful in the use of a mirror (when trying to make sure that feelings are externally reflected). It teaches an actor to wat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:09pm on May 11, 2023☆⚑

RUSSIAN POET GETS FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR RECITING VERSES AGAINST UKRAINE WAR by Robert Shuman

(from Radio Free Europe, 5/10; Photo: Nikolai Daineko.) Visit Radio Free Europe  A Moscow court has sentenced a poet to four years in prison for publicly reciting verses condemning Russia…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:11pm on May 10, 2023☆⚑

SHELTER UNDER THE BIG TOP: A MUSICAL ABOUT THE NAZI ERA by Robert Shuman

(Philipp Jedicke's article appeared on DW, 5/5; Photo: DW.) "Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror" is about a fictional circus troupe during the Third Reich. This tale of humanity in inhumane …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:32pm on May 9, 2023☆⚑

THE GREAT WHITE BARD BY FARAH KARIM-COOPER REVIEW " RECLAIMING SHAKESPEARE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/6; via Pam Green; Photo: Adjoa Andoh as Shakepeare's Richard III. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and r…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:48pm on May 7, 2023☆⚑

***** 'CYMBELINE' REVIEW " SHAKESPEARE'S KNOTTY ROMANCE IS A FABULOUS FAREWELL FOR DORAN by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the guardian, 5/4;Photo:  Peter De Jersey as Cymbeline. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Departing artistic …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:29pm on May 4, 2023☆⚑

TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS 2023: 'SOME LIKE IT HOT' DOMINATES, FOLLOWED BY '& JULIET,' 'SHUCKED,' 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK' by Robert Shuman

(From Variety, 5/3/2023; writing and compilation by Rebecca Rubin, Brent Lang, and Marc J. Franklin.) "Some Like It Hot," a jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film about two musicians …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:53pm on May 3, 2023☆⚑

SIBERIAN ACTOR FLEES RUSSIA AFTER SLASHING WRISTS ON STAGE by Robert Shuman

(From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 5/2/2023. Photo: Daily Express.) An actor from a theater in Russia's Siberian region of Buryatia, who in March slit his wrists while on stage to protes…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:37pm on May 2, 2023☆⚑

KENNETH BRANAGH TO DIRECT AND STAR IN KING LEAR IN LONDON AND NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/28/2023; via Pam Green; Photo: Transatlantic tragedy … Kenneth Branagh. Photograph: Johan Persson.) The play, which the actor has de…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:30pm on April 30, 2023☆⚑

TIM MINCHIN: 'POLITICS AFFECTS MY MENTAL HEALTH … I FEEL GASLIT by Robert Shuman

(Tom Lamont's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/29; Photo: Photograph: David Vintiner/The Guardian.) He's the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks abou…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:25pm on April 29, 2023☆⚑

2023 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS by Robert Shuman

(via Scott Klein, Keith Sherman Associates.) www.DramaDesk.org The 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards (www.DramaDesk.org) will be held on Tuesday afternoon, June 6 at Sardi's Re…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:03pm on April 27, 2023☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (150) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In our art [as actors] you must live the part every moment that you are playing it, and every time. Each time it is recreated, it must be liv…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:35pm on April 26, 2023☆⚑

HARRY BELAFONTE, ACTIVIST AND ENTERTAINER, DIES AT 96 by Robert Shuman

(Hillel Italie's article appeared on AP News, 4/25; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Vanity Fair.) NEW YORK (AP) " Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groun…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:59pm on April 25, 2023☆⚑

SOMERSET MAUGHAM: A WILY PLAYWRIGHT OF LIGHT DRAMAS AND WEIGHTY MORALS by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/24; Photo: Deeply deceptive dramas … W Somerset Maugham, 1957. Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer.) A new revival of The Circle…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:00pm on April 24, 2023☆⚑

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☆⚑

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☆⚑

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☆⚑

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☆⚑

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☆⚑

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☆⚑