'CABARET' AT 50: BOB FOSSE'S SHOW-STOPPING MUSICAL REMAINS A DARK MARVEL   by Robert Shuman

(Scott Tobias's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/14/2022; Photo: Michael York and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret: seductive, witty, delightful " and utterly bone-chilling. Photograph: ABC/Al…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:37pm on February 14, 2022☆⚑

HARPER LEE ESTATE TOLD TO PAY $2.5 MILLION IN DISPUTE OVER 'MOCKINGBIRD' PLAYS by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Alter's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/10; via Pam Green; photo: In 1969, Harper Lee and Dramatic Publishing agreed on a contract that authorized the company to lice…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:46pm on February 13, 2022☆⚑

***** 'ANNA KARENINA' REVIEW " TOLSTOY MEETS BAZ LUHRMANN IN A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE  (UK) by Robert Shuman

(Nick Ahad's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/11. Photo: Through the wringer … Adelle Leoncé (Anna) in Anna Karenina at the Crucible, Sheffield. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Crucible,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:30pm on February 11, 2022☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (131) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other artist may create whenever he (or she) is in the mood…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:34pm on February 5, 2022☆⚑

'COLETTE' ON BBC RADIO 4 "IN OUR TIME" by Robert Shuman

Colette Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding French writers of the twentieth century. The novels of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 " 1954) always had wo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:39pm on February 3, 2022☆⚑

WHY MARLON BRANDO'S STREETCAR CO-STARS COULDN'T STAND HIM by Robert Shuman

(Isaac Butler's work appeared in Slate, 2/1. Excerpted from The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act. Used with the permission of the publisher, Bloomsbury. Copyright © …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:51pm on February 2, 2022☆⚑

'SKELETON CREW' TRACES POWER DYNAMICS AT A FACTORY by Robert Shuman

  (Vinson Cunningham's article appeared in The New Yorker, 1/21/22; Phylicia Rashad plays Faye, a tough, wisecracking union leader and matriarch.Illustration by Owen D. Pomery.) Dominique…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:43pm on February 1, 2022☆⚑

'THERE IS NOTHING MORE MAGICAL': RESURRECTED THEATRE BRINGS ANCIENT GREECE TO LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Helena Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/31; A member of Prof Lambrinoudakis' team showing a picture of farmer Christos Zafiris, the site's former owner, on the spot where the Lit…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:05am on January 31, 2022☆⚑

***** 'DOUBT: A PARABLE' REVIEW " MONICA DOLAN DAZZLES IN A DRAMA OF SUREFIRE BRILLIANCE (UK) by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/28; The truth at any cost … Monica Dolan as Sister Aloysius in Doubt. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Many will know John Patrick Shanley's 2…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:36pm on January 28, 2022☆⚑

SEEING IRELAND: STAGING A CULTURAL COUP IN PARIS 100 YEARS AGO by Robert Shuman

(Billy Shortall's and Ciarin O'Neill's article appeared in The Iris Times, 1/26/2022; Photo: Delegates to the World Congress of the Irish Race led by Katherine Hughes, Mary MacSwiney, Éa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:00pm on January 26, 2022☆⚑

'COMPULSION' FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF ANNE FRANK'S DIARY FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE, WITH MARIONETTES by Robert Shuman

(Celia Wren's article appeared in The Washington Post, 1/25. Playwright Rinne B. Groff's semi-fictional tale follows the struggle to turn the Holocaust diary into a stage production. A mario…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:39pm on January 25, 2022☆⚑

BRITAIN'S INDIFFERENCE TO MOLIÈRE'S 400TH IS NO SURPRISE BUT IT'S STILL SHAMEFUL by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; via Pam Green; Photo:  Agile update … Keira Knightley and Damian Lewis in Martin Crimp's 2009 version of The Misanthrope at…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:00pm on January 23, 2022☆⚑

THE MANY VISIONS OF LORRAINE HANSBERRY by Robert Shuman

(Blair McClendon's article appeared in The New Yorker, 1/17/22; Photo:  With "A Raisin in the Sun," Hansberry became an emblem of American progress. Photograph by David Attie / Getty.) Sh…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:50pm on January 22, 2022☆⚑

'IT TOOK FOUR MEN AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO GET THE TIGER OFF HIM': THE TRAGEDY OF VEGAS MAGICIANS SIEGFRIED AND ROY by Robert Shuman

(Alexi Duggins's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/17; 'No one has ever properly examined their story " or the attack " in depth' … Siegried, left, and Roy onstage with one of their jung…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:01pm on January 21, 2022☆⚑

O'NEILL'S 'A TOUCH OF THE POET' COMING TO IRISH REP, 2/26-4/17 (NY) by Robert Shuman

  A TOUCH OF THE POET on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage By Eugene O'Neill Directed by Ciarán O'Reilly With Belle Aykroyd, Robert Cuccioli, Kate Forbes, Mary McCann, Andy…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:27pm on January 19, 2022☆⚑

MOLIÈRE AT 400 by Robert Shuman

(FRANCE IN FOCUS © FRANCE 24 By: Monte FRANCIS|Stéphanie CHEVAL|Camille FEVRIER|Sonia BARITELLO/ France24; Photo: Photograph: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy.)  He's known as …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:43pm on January 18, 2022☆⚑

LIZA MINNELLI"WITH JANE PAULEY ON CBS by Robert Shuman

(via Pam Green; Photo: Frank Beacham's Journal.) The legendary Liza Minnelli The EGOT-winning entertainer sits down with "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley, and with her friend and accompanis…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:52pm on January 16, 2022☆⚑

EVERY BRILLIANT THING REVIEW: A MAGICAL, UPLIFTING SHOW (IRELAND) by Robert Shuman

(Sara keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 1/13; photo: With an implacable smile, Conroy encourages and supports even the most reluctant of audience members to join her on stage.) …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:24pm on January 14, 2022☆⚑

PARIS'S 'HOUSE OF MOLIÈRE' WISHES HAPPY 400TH BIRTHDAY TO FRENCH THEATRE LEGEND by Robert Shuman

(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/10;  Gift for improvisation … painting of Molière reading from Tartuffe at the home of Ninon de L'Enclos. Photograph: Heritage …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:22pm on January 11, 2022☆⚑

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☆⚑