(via Pam Green) Despite Raúl Juliá's talents, opportunities for Latino actors were scarce. Rubén Blades, Andy Garcia, and others discuss how Raúl Juliá overcame discrimin…
(By AFP, from Radio Free Europe, August 26, 2022.) Â In the war-ravaged city of Mykolayiv, actors have reopened their theater in the safety of an underground bunker. These actors were pho…
(Harry Haun's article appeared in the Observer, 8/22; via Pam Green.) 'The Great American Mousical' " one of the 31 children's books written by the mother and daughter team " takes it first …
(Deirdre Falvey's article appeared in the Irish Times, 8/12.) Fringe First Award for play about conflict, peace and the pursuit of territory at any cost follows rave reviews Druid theatre co…
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/12; via Pam Green.) Finborough theatre, London A ghostly tale and a potent monologue form a double bill that uses the 2014 conflict to rema…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: You may play well or you may play badly; the important thing is that you should ​play truly (Shchepkin to Shumski). To play truly mean…
On 8/16/22, Emily Dickinson's house, in Amherst MA, reopened for the first time since March 2020, boasting pieces from her family's original furniture, as well as items, such as the dining r…
(Mark Fisher's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/14.) Â The Hub, Edinburgh Liz Lochhead's Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity…
(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/12; via Pam Green.) The group recently arrived in New York to perform "Mom on Skype," first staged in April in Lviv, at the Irondale C…
(Joshua Goodman's article appeared on the AP, 8/13.) CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) " Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed …
(Catherine Shoard's article appear appeared in the Guardian, 8/9, via Pam Green.) The BBC kids' channel is known for its wit, invention and credo of inclusivity " but can its take on As You …
(Laura Studarus's article appeared on BBC 4, 8/9.) Once a decade, ever since 1634, German village Oberammergau has staged a remarkable, epic play about Jesus Christ involving thousands of re…
(via BBB, Adrian Bryan-Brown / Michelle Farabaugh / Angela Yamarone ) ★★★★★ "Magnificent! Sir Tom Stoppard's masterpiece. GO!" The Independent Leopo…
(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/3/22.) A veteran actor, he was also a founder of Theater for the New City and Theater Three Collaborative, Manhattan groups known…
(Peter Marks's article appeared in The Washington Post, 8/5; via msn and the Drudge Report.) It started with a photo album, submitted over the transom to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum i…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Our art teaches us first of all to create consciously and rightly, because that will best prepare the way for the blossoming of the su…
(Juan A. RamÃrez's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/31; via Pam Green.) The Ruth Stage's production understands the violence and identity crisis at the core of Brick's character,…
Listen Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euripides' great tragedy, which was first performed in Athens in 405 BC when the Athenians were on the point of defeat and humiliation in a long war wi…
(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Observer, 7/31.) Watermill, Newbury Tom Jackson Greaves thrillingly fuses movement with music in his revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Louisiana-set t…
(Gregoire Sauvage's article appeared on France 24, 7/20/22; videos: Little Big and Boris Grebenchtchikov.) The Kremlin has effectively taken over Russia's culture industry as the invasion of…
(Daniel Politi's article appeared on the AP, 7/27; via the Drudge Report.) BUENOS AIRES (AP) " MarÃa Eva Noble says she is carrying out the legacy of her namesake as she labors in a soup …
(Via Jim Byk/Kelly Guiod, The Press Room; Sajous's interview was recorded for "A Wonderful World.") "Floyd Collins is the finest work of American musical theater, not excluding opera,…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [Tommaso] Salvini said: 'The great actor should be full of feeling, and especially he should feel the thing he is portraying. He must fee…
(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/21/22; via Pam Green.) In London, a new play about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and a revival of "The Seagull" explore undercu…