(from France 24, 9/17.) It was the dream of the late artist couple, Bulgarian-born Christo and his French wife Jeanne-Claude. As they gazed out of their window in the early 1960s, they…
(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 9/15; Photo: The playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie in 1999 introducing a reading of "America Hurrah," his best-known play. A produ…
(Ryan Parker's article appeared in the Hollywood Reporter, 9/15;  The 20th Century film is due in theaters Dec. 10. West Side Story dropped its official trailer Wednesday, and the …
(Mark Kennedy's article appeared pm the AP, 9/14; via the Drudge Report;Â Photo: Kristin Chenoweth; credit: AP.) NEW YORK (AP) " Theater royalty " in the form of Kristin Chenoweth, Julie …
(Chris McCormack's article appeared in the Irish Times, 9/13; Materclass: Adrienne Truscott plays opposite Feidlim Cannon.) Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: Brokentalkers and Truscott's fruitful…
(Amy Kazmin's article appeared in the Financial Times, 9/9; street painting depicting Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year-old woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul in March 2015 © Yaghobzade…
(Johnny Tickle's article appeared on RT, 9/11; Photo: (t0p) Russian political activist and member of the punk band and activist group Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina. © Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP.; …
(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the Lost Angeles Times, 9/9;Â Petrina Bromley, from left, Emily Walton, Jenn Colella, Sharon Wheatley, Astrid Van Wieren and Q. Smith in the musical …
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/8/2021; Photo: Dazzling coups de theatre … Samantha Barks as Elsa in Frozen. Photograph: JohanPersson.) Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Lond…
(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune Theater Loop, 9/8; Photo: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood star in the Tracy Letts play "Bug" at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosil…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: I have told you how we were educated in our childhood and youth. Compare our life with the life of the present generation of youth brought up…
(from France24, 6/9; via the Drudge Report; Photo: French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo poses at the 23rd Lumières awards ceremony in Paris on February 5, 2018. © Francois Mori, AP.) Actor…
(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 8/19; "Hamilton's" Javier Muñoz, shown in 2016, had a thoughtful response to a performer's Instagram post concerning vaccinat…
(Éilis Nà Anluain's article appeared in the Irish Times, Sep 3, 2021; Photo: BrÃd Nà Neachtain in Happy Days: the play's theme, the need for everyone's voice to be heard, takes …
(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 9/3.) Actress Tatiana Drubich as Anna Karenina Sergei Soloviev/Solivs, 2008 These unconventional heroines stand out from the crowd, insp…
(Lily Janiak's article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, 8/31.) Open Access came after a year of what many describe as the union's slow or insufficient adaptation to the pandemic. In …
(Henry Alford's article appeared in the New Yorker, 9/6.) For a nude production of "Antigonick," a translation of the Greek play "Antigone," performers for Torn Out Theatre dodged the …
(Lucy Campbell's article appeared in he Guardian, 8/31; Photo: The playwright seen in the Imagine episode Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life, in which he is interviewed by Alan Yentob. Phot…
Sorry, Wrong Number LISTEN BACK A Druid and RTÉ Radio Drama On One co-production Written by Lucille Fletcher 'I'm calling to report a murder.' Described by Orson Welles as 'the greatest …
(Alastair Curtis's article appeared on Frieze, 8/21; Photo: Frances McDormand, Frankie Faison, and Marjolaine Goldsmith in Theater of War Frontline, Mount Sinai, 2020. Courtesy: Theater of W…
(Mark Kennedy's article appeared in the News-Herald, 8/28; Photo: FILE " Theater's line 45th Street in New York on May 13, 2020. As Broadway reopens this fall, proof of full vaccination are …
(Eve Jackson's article appeared on France24, 8/27.) When the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan on August 16, Kabul-based artist and curator Rada Akbar felt she had no other option…
(Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in the Japa Times, 8/26; Strong bonds: Keito Okamoto (right) says his admiration for his father, Kenichi (left), drew him to the role of Nicolas in Florian …
 Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved. (Sorry about the lighting!)
(Jessica Gel's article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 8/24; Photo: Johnny Clark, artistic director of VS. Theatre Company, left, and Circle X Theatre Co.'s Tim Wright on the stage of the…