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☆⚑

SPAIN: 'NOVIEMBRE': EXPLOSIVE MANIFESTO TAKES THEATRE TO THE STREETS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/24; Authentic and earnest … Óscar Jaenada in Noviembre. Photograph: Album/Alamy.) Actors roam Madrid, springing provocative perf…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:21pm on April 27, 2021☆⚑

BROADWAY'S CAPITALIST MODEL ISN'T PERFECT, BUT HERE'S WHY IT WORKS, AND WHAT CAN BE FIXED by Robert Shuman

(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 4/22; Photo:  Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo during a shutdown. Olivo has since left the cast. (Matthew Murphy via AP/AP) The anti-…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:33pm on April 26, 2021☆⚑

'WEST SIDE STORY': THE REMAKE OF THE 1961 CLASSIC HITS THEATERS DEC. 10. by Robert Shuman

(Aaron Couch's article appeared in the Hollywood Reporter, 4/25; Photo: Twentieth Century Fox.) The first trailer for West Side Story danced its way to the Oscars on Sunday night. S…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:54am on April 26, 2021☆⚑

RARE PHOTOS OF LEGENDARY BALLETS RUSSES ON TOURS ABROAD by Robert Shuman

(Anna Sorokina's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 8/24; Photos above, credit: E. O. Hoppé; A.Botkin; The New York Public Library.) The world glory of the Russian ballet star…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:27pm on April 24, 2021☆⚑

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHAKESPEARE"LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (37) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:20pm on April 23, 2021☆⚑

IRELAND: DRUID'S NEW PRODUCTION EXPLORES THE MIND AND IMAGINATION OF EAVAN BOLAND by Robert Shuman

(Deirdre Falvey's article appeared in the Irish Times, 4/20; One of Frances Kelly's paintings, a portrait of her daughter Eavan Boland as a young girl. It features in the poster for Druid's …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:09pm on April 22, 2021☆⚑

"SIX GUN JUSTICE" WITH PAUL BISHOP PODCAST: ROBERT DWYER & AUSTIN WRIGHT ON THEIR BOOK: 'THE SHERIFF' (FROM TWODOT BOOKS) by Robert Shuman

Listen Hang out around the Six-Gun Justice water cooler for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment.  Co-host Paul Bishop talks with Western writers Austin Wright & Robert Dwy…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:21pm on April 21, 2021☆⚑

REJECTED BROADWAY POSTERS ON SALE TO HELP THEATER COMMUNITY by Robert Shuman

(Mark Kennedy's article appeared on the AP, 4/19; via Pam Green.) This combination of photos shows rejected theatrical poster art from "Cabaret, from left, "Equus," and "Matilda The Musical,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:45pm on April 20, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (36) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:42am on April 19, 2021☆⚑

THE BRIEF, BRILLIANT AND RADICAL LIFE OF LORRAINE HANSBERRY by Robert Shuman

(Parul Sehgal's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/14; via Pam Green. Photo: The playwright Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. Credit…David Attie/Getty Images.) The curtain rises on a dim,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:07pm on April 18, 2021☆⚑

STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JOHN WEIDMAN'S 'ASSASSINS' GATHERS A KILLER ROSTER OF PERFORMERS by Robert Shuman

(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the LA Times, 4/16; via Pam Green.) Members of three "Assassins" casts perform "Everybody's Got the Right" during the Classic Stage Company's filmed be…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:17pm on April 17, 2021☆⚑

MOLIERE IN THE PARK'S PEN/MAN/SHIP LIVE VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES by Robert Shuman

(Via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) Molière in the Park to present 7 live virtual performances of Christina Anderson's pen/man/ship, the company's first contemporary American play, directed b…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:27pm on April 16, 2021☆⚑

NEXT PROBLEM FOR THE ARTS IS GETTING AUDIENCES TO TRUST THE VACCINE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 4/15; Photo: The Chicago Tribune.) On Monday, the Washington Post arts critic Peter Marks announced a grand slate of live 2021-2…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:52pm on April 15, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (115) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: People who meet daily in the nervous atmosphere of the stage cannot establish those close and friendly relations which are necessary for true…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:06pm on April 14, 2021☆⚑

FRANCE: POEMS! SONGS! DEMANDS! IT'S NOT THEATER, BUT IT'S … SOMETHING by Robert Shuman

(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/8; via Pam Green.; Photo: Improvised choreography on Sunday in front of La Colline, one of the first theaters in Paris to be…

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

'HOWLING ANGER': HOW ANGELS IN AMERICA AND THE NORMAL HEART CONFRONTED THE AIDS CRISIS by Robert Shuman

(Ryan Gilbey's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/5; Photo: The Guardian.) 'You couldn't phone it in' … Andrew Garfield and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in the National Theatre's 2017 revival o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:31pm on April 12, 2021☆⚑

OST/TODOROFF/HARCUM: THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) ON ADVOCACY, OPPORTUNITY AND INSPIRATION DURING (AND AFTER) COVID by Robert Shuman

TRU community Gathering of Friday 4/9/21. In the room with Bob Ost, TRU Executive Director, President, and Co-founder: Aimee Todoroff, director, Managing Director of the League of Independen…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:51pm on April 11, 2021☆⚑

FRENCH AUDIENCES DEVELOP A TASTE FOR WINDOW THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(from Reuters, 4/11; via the Drudge Report.) PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) " French actress Isabelle Cagnat is pining to get back on stage once the pandemic is over, but on Sunday she had to be …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:27pm on April 11, 2021☆⚑