JULIAN FELLOWES TURNS HALF A SIXPENCE REWRITE KIPPS INTO WINNING FUN by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardisn 12/30; via Pam Green; Photo:  Comic parable … Charlie Stemp in the title role of Kipps: the New Half a Sixpence Musical. Photog…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:21pm on January 9, 2022☆⚑

SIDNEY POITIER, WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR BLACK ACTORS IN FILM, DIES AT 94 by Robert Shuman

(William Grimes's article appeared in The New York Times, 1/7/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Sidney Poitier's Academy Award for the 1963 film "Lilies of the Field" made him the first Black perfor…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:42pm on January 7, 2022☆⚑

PETER BOGDANOVICH, NEW HOLLYWOOD AUTEUR OF 'PAPER MOON,' 'LAST PICTURE SHOW,' DEAD AT 82 by Robert Shuman

(Jon Blistein's article appeared in Rolling Stone, 1/6;  Photo: American director and screenwriter Peter Bogdanovich, UK, 20th February 1973. He directed the film 'Paper Moon' that year. …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:44pm on January 6, 2022☆⚑

LOSING IT ALL, ON BROADWAY by Robert Shuman

(Sheelah Kolhatkar's article appeared in the New Yorker, 1/3 and 1/10; illustration of Joshua Boone by João Fazenda.) The cast of "Skeleton Crew," Dominique Morisseau's play about Black a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:56pm on January 4, 2022☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (130) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: A work of art born on the stage lives only for a moment, and no matter how beautiful it may be it cannot be commanded to stay with us. (MLIA)

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:58pm on January 3, 2022☆⚑

ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSICALS, "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS," HEADS TO BROADWAY! by Robert Shuman

(via The  Culture  News Agency, www.theculturenews.com ) France's The Ten Commandments, (Les Dix Commandements) announces its upcoming U.S premiere"and  releases its first single…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:28pm on January 2, 2022☆⚑

FRITZ LANG (BBC RADIO, IN OUR TIME) by Robert Shuman

Listen Released On: 30 Dec 2021 Available for over a year Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian-born film director Fritz Lang (1890-1976), who was one of the most celebrated film-make…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:03pm on January 1, 2022☆⚑

'THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH' FROM JOEL COEN by Robert Shuman

(Odie Henderson's article appeared on Roger Ebert.com 12/23; via Pam Green; photo: Roger Ebert.com) My high school senior year English teacher, Mr. Kilinski would be proud that I remember…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:03pm on December 31, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY BEAT THE BARD (44) by Robert Shuman

Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:03pm on December 30, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY BEAT THE BARD (44) by Robert Shuman

     

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:52pm on December 29, 2021☆⚑

BROADWAY'S 'THE MUSIC MAN' HALTS SHOWS AFTER HUGH JACKMAN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 by Robert Shuman

(from Breitbart; Photo:  Phil Walter/Getty Images.) Dec. 28 (UPI) " Actor Hugh Jackman announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, as his Broadway show, The Music Man, cancele…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:30pm on December 28, 2021☆⚑

'THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN' AND 'WAITRESS' GO DARK ON BROADWAY AMID OMICRON by Robert Shuman

(Jesse O'Neill's article appeared in the New York Post, 12/24;  via Drudge Report; Photo: "Thoughts of a Colored Man" will not resume after its performing shows last week.John Nacion/NurP…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:37pm on December 25, 2021☆⚑

THREE SHORT COMEDIES BY SEÁN O'CASEY: SCATHING, WILDLY ENTERTAINING COMMENTARIES ON THE NEW IRISH STATE by Robert Shuman

(Ciara L. Murphy's article appeared in the Irish Times, 12/20.) Under Garry Hynes' direction, Druid bring a wide and eccentric range of characters to life THREE SHORT COMEDIES BY SEÁN O'C…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:33pm on December 22, 2021☆⚑

'THE MUSIC MAN' ONCE HAD A DISABLED CHARACTER. THEN HE WAS ERASED. by Robert Shuman

(Amanda Morris's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/15/21; via Pam Green; Photo:  Michael Phelan as Winthrop Paroo and Rebecca Luker as Marian Paroo in a 2000 revival of "The Musi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:08pm on December 20, 2021☆⚑

RADIO CITY ROCKETTES CHRISTMAS SHOWS CANCELED DUE TO COVID OUTBREAK"'HAMILTON' CANCELED by Robert Shuman

(Luke Funk's article appeared on Fox5 New York.) NEW YORK " The Radio City Rockettes are canceling their entire 2021 season due to COVID-19 cases. "We regret that we are unable to cont…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:04am on December 18, 2021☆⚑

'HANGING ON BY OUR FINGERTIPS': THEATRES FEAR OMICRON'S IMPACT ON FESTIVE SEASON by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian 12/16;  via Pam Green; Photo: The Book of Dust " La Belle Sauvage, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is the Christmas show at the Bridge theat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:13pm on December 17, 2021☆⚑

TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE OF TINA " THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL CANCELED DUE TO POSITIVE COVID TESTS RESULTS IN THE COMPANY by Robert Shuman

(Chloe Rabinowitz's article appeared in the NY Post, 12/16.) Performances are scheduled to resume on Friday, December 17. Tonight's performance of TINA " THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (Thurs…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:25pm on December 16, 2021☆⚑

YOU IMMEDIATELY TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO CANCEL THEIR TICKETS' " WHAT'S IT LIKE TO STAR IN A FLOP? by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian 12/16; Photo: 'I miscalculated' … Ken Stott in The Prince's Play, which Richard Eyre put on at the National. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:09pm on December 16, 2021☆⚑

NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE: THE WORLD HAS FALLEN OUT OF LOVE FOR DEMOCRACY AND TURNED TO DICTATORSHIP by Robert Shuman

(from JAMnews, 12/14; Photo: Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta. Photo: "Novaya Gazeta") Russian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dmitry Muradov Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:03pm on December 14, 2021☆⚑

THE FOREMOST CHALLENGE FACING WESTERN DEMOCRACIES by Robert Shuman

(Chilton Williamson Jr.'s article appeared in the Spectator, 12/1; Photo: Sobran's.) A few philosophers since ancient Greece have been wise, scarcely any humble. None at all, to my knowledge…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:26pm on December 11, 2021☆⚑

LINA WERTMÃœLLER: A THRILLING LIVE-WIRE WHO DISPLAYED A COLOSSAL BLACK-COMIC DARING   by Robert Shuman

(Peter Bradshaw's article appeared in the Guardian, 12/9; Photo: Mordant and subversive … Lina Wertmüller. Photograph: Camilla Morandi/AGF/REX/Shutterstock.) Lina Wertmüller dies aged 93…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:44pm on December 9, 2021☆⚑

'IN OUR TIME'(BBC RADIO 4): 'THE DECADENT MOVEMENT' (LISTEN NOW) by Robert Shuman

'THE DECADENT MOVEMENT' Listen  In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British phase of a movement that spread across Europe in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. Influenced …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:29pm on December 8, 2021☆⚑

PERFECT HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY by Robert Shuman

  Great reads for Christmas and the holidays 2021, represented by Marit Literary Agency: REAGAN'S COWBOYS: INSIDE THE 1984 REELECTION CAMPAIGN'S SECRET OPERATION AGAINST GERALDINE FERRARO…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:43pm on December 7, 2021☆⚑

BELARUS FREE THEATRE:  'WE ARE IN LIMBO': BANNED BELARUS THEATRE TROUPE FORCED INTO EXILE by Robert Shuman

(Harriet Sherwood and Andrew Roth in Moscow"their article appeared in the Guardian, 12/6; Photo: Some of the 16 Belarus Free Theatre members currently in London rehearsing for a pro…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:50pm on December 6, 2021☆⚑

BEST THEATER OF 2021 (NY) by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's, Maya Phillips's, Laura Collins-Hughes's, Scott Heller's, Alexis Soloski's, and Elisabeth Vincentelli's article appeared 12/3 in The New York Times; via Pam Green; Photo: From…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:27am on December 6, 2021☆⚑