1,602 stories by "Robert Shuman"
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: There is a good side to this period of waiting [to go on stage]. It drives you into such a state that all you can do is to long for your turn…
(Rory Carroll's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/16/22; Photo: James Joyce in Zurich in 1915. Photograph: Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy.) 1933 trial that vindicated 'pornogr…
 (via Scott Klein, Ken Sherman & Associates; Photos: Kyiv City Ballet.)  www.KCBTheater.com The Kyiv City Ballet (www.kcbtheater.com), under the artistic direction of Ivan …
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 6/12; Photo: Best actress: BrÃd NÃ Neachtain won for her role in Happy Days. Photograph: Andrew Downes/Xposure.) Six months ago Ire…
 (from The New York Times, 6/12, compiled by Rachel Sherman; Photo: Ben Power accepting the Tony for best new play for "The Lehman Trilogy."Credit…Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.…
(Simon Hattenstone's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/11; via Pam Green; Photo: Paapa Essiedu: 'Before the first day on a job, I have a nervous breakdown.' Photograph: Elliott Wilcox/The …
I went out to the front of the stage and stared into that awful hole beyond the footlights, trying to become accustomed to it, and to free myself from its pull; but the more I tried not to n…
(via Scott Klein,  Keith Sherman & Associates)  WINNERS ANNOUNCED  Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 14 at Sardi's Restaurant   www.DramaDeskAwards.com   W…
(Via Michelle Farabaugh, BBB, Adrian Bryan-Brown; Photo: The Original West End Company of Leopoldstadt (Credit: Marc Brenner)  ★★★★★ "Magnificent! Tom Stopp…
"Reagan's Cowboys is something of a memoir of Roberts's career with the 40th president, and as such, it's a time machine back to the days of typewriters, hard-line telephones, and Marlboro c…
(Ammar Kalia's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/31; via Pam Green;Â Photo:Â Arinzé Kene in Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical and Shirley Henderson with Adam James in Girl fro…
(Chris McCormack's article appeared in Irish Times, 6/6/22; Photo: Louis Lovett weighs up the challenge of The Tin Soldier: `What a child knows is their own world. So we like to bring in asp…
(Harper's Bazaar; via Pam Green; Photo: Yahoo Finance)
(Chris Wiegand, 5/31, the Guardian;Â Photo: of Neda Nezhdana, Litgazeta.com.ua) Neda Nezhdana's urgent exploration of war is a collaboration with the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv. Otvetk…
(via Radio Free Europe, 5/31) It's billed as an escape from anxiety for kids who have been evacuated from war-torn parts of Ukraine. The Odesa Youth Theater is staging special performances i…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To arouse a desire to create is difficult; to kill that desire is extremely easy. If I interfere with my own work, it is my own affair, but w…
(Arifa Akbar's aicle appeared in the Guardian, 5/26; via Pam Green; Photo: A terrible, startling drama … Eileen Walsh (Clytemnestra) and David Walmsley (Agamemnon) in Girl on an Altar. …
(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/25; Photo:  The instrument of the human body … James Thierrée in Room. Credit: Richard Haughton.) The circus star turns singer i…
(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/19; via Pam Green; Photo:Â The cast and creative team of the original production of "Little Shop of Horrors." In the front at cente…
(Arifa Akbar's aricle appeared in he Guardian, 5/2;Â Seething with anger … Hala Omran as Reem in Two Palestinians Go Dogging at the Royal Court, London. Photograph: Ali Wright.) Royal Co…
(Henry Alford's article appeared in the The New Yorker, 5/16; Photo: WFMJ.com.) The actor and director hangs at the lounge of Studio 54, where he is performing in "The Minutes," to discuss s…
(Kate Connolly's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/14/22; Photo: Frederik Mayet as Jesus Christ in the 42nd Oberammergau passion play. Photograph: Lukas Barth/Reuters.) In 1633 the …
(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/26; Photo: Jaquel Spivey, center, as Usher, a 25-year-old Broadway usher, in "A Strange Loop" at the Lyceum Theater in Manhattan.Â…
DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED   (via Scott Klein / Logan Metzler at Keith Sherman & Associates; visit www.DramaDeskAwards.com .)   (Monday, May 16, 2…
(Michael Seaver's article appeared in the Irish Times, 5/14; Photos (top to bottom): Choreographer Ãine Stapleton has spent eight years exploring Joyce's artistry; Lucia Joyce: Whenever h…
