NEW DEAL FOR ARTISTS: AN UNEARTHED FILM ON HOW ARTS FUNDING SHOULD WORK by Robert Shuman

(Charles Bramesco's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/19; Photo:  A still of Orson Welles from New Deal for Artists. Photograph: Corinth Films.) For its 40th anniversary, the Orson W…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:12am on May 20, 2021☆⚑

DANCING THROUGH DARK TIMES: THE RETURN OF LIVE PERFORMANCES IN FRANCE by Robert Shuman

(Olivia Salazar-Winspear's article appeared on France 24, 5/13.)   As a storytelling tool, a ritual or a release, dance has been with us since our earliest days as humans. As live perf…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:03am on May 19, 2021☆⚑

CHARLES GRODIN, STAR OF 'BEETHOVEN' AND 'HEARTBREAK KID,' DIES AT 86 by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/18; Photo: The actor Charles Grodin with the title dog in the hit 1992 family movie "Beethoven." "I don't complain," he said, …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:37pm on May 18, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (118) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: First-class workers must receive first-class pay. (MLIA)  

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:52am on May 18, 2021☆⚑

WHEN COVID DROPPED THE CURTAIN ON BROADWAY ACTORS, TV KEPT THE LIGHTS ON by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/12; via Pam Green; Photo: Denée Benton, left, and Louisa Jacobson during filming of the coming HBO historical drama "The Gilded A…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:32am on May 17, 2021☆⚑

'THE SALESMAN': ARTHUR MILLER'S AMERICAN CLASSIC REFRAMED IN IRAN by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/11; Photo: Cracks in a marriage … Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti in The Salesman. Photograph: Allstar/Memento Films Production. …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:54am on May 16, 2021☆⚑

5 MUST-READ BOOKS (ALSO A PLAYWRIGHT) BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared on Russia Beyond, 5/15;  Photo: Press photo; Public domain.) One of the most mysterious and funniest Russian writers, he had a turbulent, complicated …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:29pm on May 15, 2021☆⚑

AUSTRALIA: DARK MOFO TO TURN ASHES OF DEAD TASMANIANS INTO FIREWORKS by Robert Shuman

(Nick Miller's article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 5/14; Photo: Pope Alice will appear at the 2021 Dark Mofo festival.) Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Hobart…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:05pm on May 14, 2021☆⚑

'THE BACCHAE': MELVYN BRAGG AND BBC RADIO4 'IN OUR TIME' GUESTS DISCUSS EURIPIDES' GREAT TRAGEDY by Robert Shuman

The Bacchae Listen  In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euripides' great tragedy, which was first performed in Athens in 405 BC when the Athenians were on the point of defeat and …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:30pm on May 13, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (117) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [With] Turgenev's A Month in the Country . . . built on the most delicate curves of love experience. . . . it was necessary to do away with a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:17pm on May 13, 2021☆⚑

CHICAGO'S GREAT CULTURAL COMEBACK IS COMING MUCH FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT. HERE'S WHY. by Robert Shuman

(Christ Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 5/5; Photo: Chicago Tribune.) Just weeks ago, the working assumption around town was that this would be a relatively quiet summer in …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:39pm on May 12, 2021☆⚑

THESE FOUR STAGE DIRECTORS KNOW JUST WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE by Robert Shuman

(Scott Heller's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/5/2021; via Pam Green. Photo: From left, the stage directors Whitney White, Tyne Rafaeli, Taibi Magar and Danya Taymor, who have tak…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:23pm on May 11, 2021☆⚑

JEREMY IRONS AND STEPHEN SCHWARTZ: 'WE EVEN PERFORMED IT IN FRONT OF THE POPE!' " HOW WE MADE GODSPELL by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/10. Photo: 'I dance like a duck' … Jeremy Irons, right, as Judas in London; the musical's first commercial staging in New York was 50 y…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:02pm on May 10, 2021☆⚑

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY"LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (38) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:08pm on May 9, 2021☆⚑

DAVID HARE: COVID-HIT UK THEATRE NEEDS A JOHN OSBORNE-INSPIRED REVOLUTION by Robert Shuman

(Lanre Bakare's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/8; Photo: Jimmy Akingbola and Simon Harrison in a production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at Jermyn Street theatre in 2008. Pho…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:48pm on May 8, 2021☆⚑

SECRETS OF RUSSIAN BALLERINAS: HOW TO STAY YOUNG WELL INTO YOUR GOLDEN YEARS by Robert Shuman

(Eleonora Goldman's article appeared on Russia Beyond, 5/6.) Maya Plisetskaya danced until 70! Vasily Malyshev, Vladimir Vyatkin/Sputnik Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Ekaterina Maximova"…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:23pm on May 7, 2021☆⚑

BROADWAY IS REOPENING. BUT NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/5; via Pam Green; Photo: Broadway, a powerful economic driver of New York City, will begin to reopen Sept. 14 with full-capacity …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:33am on May 6, 2021☆⚑

IRELAND: ALL THE WORLD IS A VAN: SHAKESPEARE IN A TIME OF COVID by Robert Shuman

(Patrick Freyne's article appeared in the Irish Times, 5/5; King Lear in a Van: Arthur Riordan as King Lear with Karen McCartney as Cordelia and Matthew Malone as Kent. Photograph: Nick Brad…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:02am on May 5, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (116) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [It was in our production of Cricket on the Hearth, based on Dickens], perhaps, that there sounded for the first time those deep and heartfel…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:24pm on May 4, 2021☆⚑

TWITTER'S MOST HEARTFELT LIZA MINNELLI TRIBUTE by Robert Shuman

(Rachel Syme's article appeared in the New Yorker, 5/1 Photo: Illustration by Ohni Lisle; Source photograph by Ken McKay / Shutterstock.) The superfan behind @LiZaOutlives says, "I will alwa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:25am on May 3, 2021☆⚑

REDISCOVERING FRANCE'S EARLY FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS by Robert Shuman

(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/28; via Pam Green.  Photo: From left, Marie Langlet, Julie Ménard and Marine Ségalen in a production of Madame de Villedieu's…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:43pm on May 2, 2021☆⚑

OLYMPIA DUKAKIS DIES: OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS FOR 'MOONSTRUCK' WAS 89 by Robert Shuman

(Bruce Haring's and Erik Pedersen's article appeared on Deadline, 5/1; via Pam Green. Photo: Olympia Dukakis in 'Moonstruck'Everett Collection.) Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her sup…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:12pm on May 1, 2021☆⚑

SONDHEIM MUSICAL, IN DEVELOPMENT FOR YEARS, LOOKS UNLIKELY by Robert Shuman

(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/27; via Pam Green. Photo: Stephen Sondheim, who had been working on developing "Buñuel" for the last decade or so with the playwrig…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:51pm on April 30, 2021☆⚑

MABOU MINES: 'LEAR' (WATCH NOW"THROUGH MAY 5) by Robert Shuman

MBOU MINES LEAR BY William Shakespeare ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY Lee Breuer PREMIERE: Triplex Performing Arts Center, NYC January 9, 1990 Ruth Maleczech with Greg Mehrten and Karen Kandel, …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:28pm on April 29, 2021☆⚑

CROWD ME WITH LOVE! OUR ULTIMATE TOP 20 "BEING ALIVE" COUNTDOWN FROM STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S COMPANY by Robert Shuman

(from Broadway Box, 4/26; via Pam Green.)  BroadwayBoxCom BroadwayBox Photo by Emilio Madrid, Martha Swope/NYPL for Performing Arts At the Alvin Theatre on April 26, 1970, the name Bobby …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:46pm on April 28, 2021☆⚑