(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…
(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:Â ht…
(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…
(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/19; via Pam Green; Photo:Â The Drama Book Shop, in a former location. When it reopens next month, it will also have a cafe.Cre…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Larry Getlen's article appeared in the New York Post, 5/21; via the Drudge Report;Â Photo: the New York Post.) Before she became America's sweetheart, Lucille Ball's path to stardom was …
(Williamson's article appeared in the Spectator, 5/17; Photo:Â Wise blood: Flannery O'Connor in 1952.) Was Flannery O'Connor a racist, or was she not? Since the racial riots last summer, …
(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…
(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…
(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."Â "I don't complain," he said, …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: First-class workers must receive first-class pay. (MLIA) Â
(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…
(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. …
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared on Russia Beyond, 5/15;Â Photo: Press photo; Public domain.) One of the most mysterious and funniest Russian writers, he had a turbulent, complicated …
(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…
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 …
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…
(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 …
(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…
(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…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(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…
(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"…
(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 …
(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…