(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/26; Photo: Waiting for Poirot performed at the People's Park, Limerick. Photograph: Keith Wiseman.) The daring murder mystery is full o…
(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency; Photo: (c) Daniel M. Weiss.) Based on Real-Life Struggles of Runners, One Woman Show Celebrates Resilience Through The Stories of Athletes  "Bracin…
30th Anniversary!! JULY 28 " AUGUST 14, 2021 HOT! began at Dixon Place in 1992 as the first inclusive all-embracing month-long LGBTQ+ festival of theater, dance, music, literature, performan…
(Dimiter Kenarov's article appeared in The New Yorker, 7/23; Photo: During the coronavirus pandemic, Ivo Dimchev embarked on a series of small-scale shows in private homes. Photographs by Mi…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The auditorium was filled by a crowd of simple workingmen and peasants. They listened to what was going on on the stage in the deepest of sil…
(Anna Galayda's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 7/7; Photo: Olga Kereluk.) Â Young dancers from other countries frequently come to study at Russia's prestigious ballet sc…
(Sally Weale's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/20; Photo: The education secretary, Gavin Williamson. Arts groups have warned cuts would affect the viability of some courses at universiti…
(Alex Ross's article appeared in The New Yorker, 7/19; illustration:Â The opera's atmosphere is at once sensual and unsettled"dread in vivid colors. Illustration by Jun Cen.) The new opera…
Vs. indulges in a virtual game of 'tag' Mabou Mines presents Vs. written by Carl Hancock Rux directed by Mallory Catlett Online premiere July 30 " August 8 Fridays and Saturday…
(Jessa Crispin's article appeared in the Spectator, 7/15; photo:Â Wallace Shawn in 2004"Getty.) Films, plays and novels can lurk, waiting for the right cultural context to resonate in a w…
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/14; Photo: The tones converge … South Pacific, with choreography by Ann Yee. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Old shows often pass nervousl…
(Marty Rosen's article appeared in Leo Weekly, 7/14.) In 1398, King Richard II of England did something that astonished the cutthroat, blood-soaked world of medieval England: he stopped two …
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/13; Photograph: Marilyn Kingwill.) Starring in a Zoom production of the play Masks and Faces tested my acting skills " not to mentio…
(from Shakespeare & Beyond, 7/ 6/ 2021.) In a recent post on the Folger's Collation blog, assistant curator Elizabeth DeBold shared a small set of photographs, newly added to the F…
(from France24 ) The Avignon Festival is back after 2020's Covid-19 hiatus. France's biggest performing arts festival sees thousands of actors, dancers and musicians from around the world pe…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Our art is not eternal, but it is the most inescapable of all arts so far as our contemporaries are concerned. What strength there is in it! …
(Mary Coll's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/8; Photo: Kathy Rose O'Brien stars as Vera in In the Middle of the Fields.) ★★★★ West Wall Walkway, Kilmallock Tim…
(Kate Wyver's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/4; Photo: Contrition mission … Cillian Murphy in All of This Unreal Time. Photograph: MIF.) Central Hall, Manchester Central, a…
In her second interview for Stage Voices, Phyllis Wheeler talks race in America, during three different time periods; stranger danger and comfort zones; and walking a mile"in someone else's …
(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/23; via Pam Green.) One afternoon in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, a small crowd gathered around a storefront window, wh…
(John Podhoretz's article appeared in The New York Post, 6/30; via the Drudge Report.) For more than four decades, screen mavens have been eagerly awaiting the time when Steven Spielberg wou…
(from The New York Times, 6/30; via the Drudge Report.) The billionaire David Geffen is giving $150 million to Yale School of Drama, allowing one of the nation's most prestigious programs…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: It remains unknown why certain places in a play are laughed at by everybody at all performances in one city, while altogether different place…
(Johnny Oleksinski's article appeared in the New York Post, 6/27; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Broadway " and The Boss is back: Bruce Springsteen performs during reopening night of "Springs…
(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/14; via Pam Green; Photo: Shoshana Bean as Elphaba in the musical "Wicked" at the Gershwin Theater in 2005. A tour of the long-ru…