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☆⚑

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☆⚑