RITA MORENO DEFENDS LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA OVER 'IN THE HEIGHTS' COLORISM CRITICISM: 'YOU CAN NEVER DO RIGHT' by Robert Shuman

(Ellise Shafer's article appeared in Variety, 6/15; Photo: Samantha Okazaki.) Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda and "In the Heights" following criticism over the film's la…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:27pm on June 16, 2021☆⚑

BARD DAY'S WORK: WHAT I LEARNED FROM EAVESDROPPING ON RSC REHEARSALS by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/14; Photo: 'It's about the process, not the product' … Lily Nichol as Joan la Pucelle. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz. Copyright @ Ro…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:37pm on June 15, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (120) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: When . . . somebody advised Chekhov to write a play about the [Russo-Japanese] war, the great writer was insulted: "Listen," he said, "it is …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:51am on June 14, 2021☆⚑

HARMONY RULES IN "IN THE HEIGHTS" by Robert Shuman

(Anthony Lane's article appeared in The New Yorker, 6/11; PHOTO: Anthony Ramos stars in Jon M. Chu's film of the Broadway musical.Illustration by Katty Huertas.) Jon M. Chu's adaptation ofÂ…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:12pm on June 13, 2021☆⚑

KATORI HALL WINS DRAMA PULITZER FOR 'THE HOT WING KING' by Robert Shuman

 (Julia Jacobs's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/11; via Pam Green. Photo:  Katori Hall in New York City last year. The playwright was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "The Hot…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:23pm on June 12, 2021☆⚑

SCREAMING ARTIST ELECTRIFIES BELARUS PROTESTS IN WARSAW by Robert Shuman

(Dario Thuburn's article appeared on Yahoo, 6/11; Photo: France24.) Jana Shostak says her protests is 'a scream of spite, of anger, of powerlessness over what is happening in our country' Wi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:48am on June 11, 2021☆⚑

WHAT DID I MISS? A CHILDREN'S THEATRE SPACE COMES BACK TO LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Sara Keating's article appeared in The Irish Times, 6/9; Photo:  Naomi Moonveld-Nkosi stars as Kyla in The Ark's What Did I Miss? by Sean Dunne, which explores and shares children's expe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:12pm on June 10, 2021☆⚑

LLOYD WEBBER SAYS HE WILL RISK ARREST TO REOPEN HIS THEATRES ON 21 JUNE by Robert Shuman

(PA Media's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/8; Photo: The Guardian.)  Impresario is determined his production of Cinderella will start this month in London as planned Andrew Lloyd Web…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:43am on June 9, 2021☆⚑

HOW ACT UP CHANGED AMERICA by Robert Shuman

(Michael Specter's article appeared in The New Yorkers, 7/7; Photo: In 1988, protesters laid siege to the F.D.A. for a day, one of many interventions designed to capture public attention.Pho…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:44pm on June 7, 2021☆⚑

NATIONAL BLACK THEATER PLANS NEXT ACT IN A NEW HARLEM HIGH-RISE by Robert Shuman

(Julia Jacobs's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/4; via Pam Green; Photo: National Black Theater is working with developers to replace its longtime home. This rendering shows a plan…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:35am on June 6, 2021☆⚑

ICE FACTORY FESTIVAL RETURNS TO NEW OHIO THEATRE JUNE 30 " AUGUST 14 by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) New York, NY " New Ohio Theatre is excited to announce that the 28th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival will return to live in-person performanc…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:45pm on June 4, 2021☆⚑

BELGIUM: ARTDOCFEST FILM FESTIVAL: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VOICING THE TRUTH by Robert Shuman

(Nicolai Khalezin's article appeared in The Brussels Times, 6/2; Photo: Nicolai Khalezin performing in Generation Jeans, an autobiographical duologue about rock music and resistance.) This i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:59pm on June 3, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (40) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:02pm on June 2, 2021☆⚑

BEST BOOKS FOR SUMMER by Robert Shuman

Great reads for summer 2021, represented by Marit Literary Agency: REAGAN'S COWBOYS: INSIDE THE 1984 REELECTION CAMPAIGN'S SECRET OPERATION AGAINST GERALDINE FERRARO  by John B. Roberts I…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:30pm on June 1, 2021☆⚑

FOR A NEW TROUPE, GOING DIGITAL HAS BEEN EASIER THAN RETURNING LIVE by Robert Shuman

(Stuart Miller's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/26; via Pam Green; Photo:  Lucie Tiberghien directing the staged reading of "Tartuffe" for Molière in the Park, the company she…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:01pm on May 30, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (119) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: What torture it is to feel truthfully but to incarnify your true feelings falsely and in unworthy form. I bore these pains for two seasons in…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:45am on May 29, 2021☆⚑

NATO, EU POWERS TALK TOUGH OVER BELARUS BUT CAN'T PROTECT EXILED DISSIDENTS by Robert Shuman

(David Brennan's article appeared in Newsweek, 5/28; Photo: Newsweek.) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shocked the world when a fake bomb threat forced a passenger plane to divert …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:43am on May 28, 2021☆⚑

SOUTH AFRICA"DAVID LAN: IN THE AGE OF APARTHEID, THEATRE RESISTED by Robert Shuman

(Lan's article appeared in the Guardian 5/26; Photo: Then, as now, theatre was in every sense political' …David Lan. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian.) The theatre director and writer…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:17am on May 27, 2021☆⚑

SAMUEL E. WRIGHT, WHO VOICED SEBASTIAN IN 'THE LITTLE MERMAID,' DIES AT 74 by Robert Shuman

(Haley Bosselman's article appeared in Variety, 5/25; Photo: Variety.) Samuel E. Wright, the actor who voiced Sebastian in "The Little Mermaid," has died. He was 74. The news of his death wa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:08pm on May 26, 2021☆⚑

NATALIA KALIADA, BELARUS FREE THEATRE: 'THAT'S A HOSTAGE VIDEO' BELARUSAN EXILE CLAIMS JOURNALIST 'TORTURED' AFTER PLANE ARREST by Robert Shuman

(Alastair Lockhart's article appeared on Express, 5/25.) The video released of arrested Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich is a "hostage video," a Belarusian exile has said. View: ht…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:04pm on May 25, 2021☆⚑

PLAYWRIGHT DAVID STOREY'S POSTHUMOUS MEMOIR: 'THE MORE SUCCESSFUL I BECAME, THE MORE ILL I FELT' by Robert Shuman

(David Storey's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/23; Photo: David Storey at home in Belsize Park, London, 1961, with his paintings in the background. Photograph: Courtesy of the Storey…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:20pm on May 25, 2021☆⚑

DRAMA BOOK SHOP, BACKED BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, TO OPEN IN JUNE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/19; via Pam Green; Photo:  The Drama Book Shop, in a former location. When it reopens next month, it will also have a cafe.Cre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:10pm on May 24, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (39) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:07am on May 23, 2021☆⚑

LUCILLE BALL'S SCANDALOUS PAST OF NUDE PHOTOS AND CASTING COUCHES by Robert Shuman

(Larry Getlen's article appeared in the New York Post, 5/21; via the Drudge Report;  Photo: the New York Post.) Before she became America's sweetheart, Lucille Ball's path to stardom was …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:55am on May 22, 2021☆⚑

CHILTON WILLIAMSON, JR. ON: THE SOUL OF FLANNERY O'CONNOR by Robert Shuman

(Williamson's article appeared in the Spectator, 5/17; Photo:  Wise blood: Flannery O'Connor in 1952.) Was Flannery O'Connor a racist, or was she not? Since the racial riots last summer, …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:14pm on May 21, 2021☆⚑