ROBERT DWYER & AUSTIN WRIGHT'S ACE IN THE HOLE: "THE SHERIFF" FROM TWODOT BOOKS (INTERVIEW, Part 2) by Robert Shuman

Robert Dwyer & Austin Wright posse up with Bob Shuman for the second part of their Stage Voices interview on The Sheriff"to talk about fact being stranger than fiction, human nature and …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:42pm on April 9, 2021☆⚑

MILLIONS TO WATCH "COME TO EGYPT" MOVIE  by Robert Shuman

"Ancient Egyptians were unique, powerful, and a very advanced people," Khaled El-Nabawy says  Correspondent Adam Sullivan wrote about Khaled El-Nabawy's new venture in Egypt.  Filme…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:56am on April 8, 2021☆⚑

ACTORS' EQUITY ISSUES NEW PROTOCOLS FOR 'FULLY VACCINATED' PRODUCTIONS by Robert Shuman

(Ryan McPhee's article appeared in Playbill, 4/5; via Pam Green; Photo: 45th Street Playbill Staff.)   As the U.S. approaches COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for all adults, the union has up…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:08am on April 7, 2021☆⚑

THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) PRESENTS WRITER-PRODUCER VIRTUAL SPEED DATE: THE ART OF THE PITCH SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2021 AT 2:30PM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick.) Theater Resources Unlimited presents Writer-Producer Virtual Speed Date: The Art of the Pitch Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 2:30pm Submission Deadline: Thursday, April 15…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:10am on April 6, 2021☆⚑

ARTHUR KOPIT, WHOSE 'OH DAD' SHOOK UP THE THEATER, DIES AT 83 by Robert Shuman

(Anita Gates's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/3; via Pam Green. Photo: The playwright Arthur Kopit with the cast of his play "Wings" in 1978. Constance Cummings, second from left,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:45am on April 5, 2021☆⚑

TERESA DEEVY AND THE SECRETS OF THE GREEN SUITCASE by Robert Shuman

(Caoilfhionn Ni Bheachain's article appeared in the Irish Times, 4/3; Photo:  Teresa Deevy: in recent years, critical attention has turned to her radio drama. The Irish Times.) BEST KNOWN…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:34am on April 4, 2021☆⚑

ROBERT DWYER & AUSTIN WRIGHT'S ACE IN THE HOLE: "THE SHERIFF" FROM TWODOT BOOKS (INTERVIEW, Part 1) by Robert Shuman

  Robert Dwyer & Austin Wright posse up with SV's Bob Shuman to talk about big ideas, big landscapes, and tackling the biggest questions"like what it means to be human. Robert Dwyer…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:10pm on April 1, 2021☆⚑

KURT WEILL'S PATH FROM EUROPE TO BROADWAY WAS A STRAIGHT LINE by Robert Shuman

(Joshua Barone's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/15; via Pam Green; Photo: When the composer Kurt Weill was a teenager in Germany, as seen here in 1919, he was already showing sign…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:43pm on March 31, 2021☆⚑

'SHAKESPEARE WALLAH': MERCHANT IVORY'S BITTERSWEET TALE OF BOLLYWOOD AND THE BARD by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/30/2021; Photo: Shashi Kapoor and Felicity Kendal in Shakespeare Wallah, the second feature by Merchant Ivory Productions. Photograph: Al…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:53am on March 30, 2021☆⚑

IRELAND: AFTER A YEAR OF ABSENCE, THE GATE THEATRE IS BACK WITH THE PREMIERE OF FRANK MCGUINNESS'S NEW COVID-THEMED PLAY THE VISITING HOUR by Robert Shuman

(Deirdre Falvey's article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/27.) There's a gulp when you see it. Outside, the audience doors into Dublin's Gate Theatre from Parnell Square, before ascending tow…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:57pm on March 29, 2021☆⚑

'WHY ARE WE STUCK?' STAGE ACTORS CHALLENGE THEIR UNION OVER SAFETY by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/23; Photo: The Dallas Theater Center actors (from left) Chris Ramirez, Sally Vahle and Tiffany Solano took issue with their union…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:07pm on March 28, 2021☆⚑

THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) ANNOUNCES UPCOMING TRU COMMUNITY GATHERINGS VIA ZOOM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick.) Theater Resources Unlimited Announces Upcoming TRU Community Gatherings via Zoom  3/26 " A Conversation with David Armstrong (and the Podcast Pivot)  4/2 "…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:49pm on March 27, 2021☆⚑

SOUTH AFRICA: BAXTER, PLAY HOUSE JOIN FORCES WITH STATE THEATRE FOR THE BIGGEST KUCHEZA AFRIKA FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(from the Cape Times, 3/26; Photo: FESTIVALKucheza Afrika Festival. Picture: Sanmari Marais.) Arts and theatre lovers are in for a special treat this Easter as the 2021 edition of the Kuc…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:51pm on March 26, 2021☆⚑

THEATER ACTORS STEP UP PUSH FOR UNION TO ALLOW THEM TO WORK by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/19; via Pam Green.) Nearly 2,000 performers have petitioned Actors' Equity for guidelines that will speed up a return to the stag…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:35pm on March 25, 2021☆⚑

'AN ACTOR'S REVENGE': KON ICHIKAWA'S PHENOMENAL KABUKI THRILLER by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/23; Photo: Kazuo Hasegawa as Yukinojo in An Actor's Revenge. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy.) In this stylish Japanese classic, a perfo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:56pm on March 24, 2021☆⚑

A CULT-CLASSIC SONDHEIM FLOP GETS AN ESSENTIAL NEW RECORDING by Robert Shuman

(from NPR, 3/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Even after brutal reviews for the short-lived Anyone Can Whistle, Stephen Sondheim continued to create provocative and form-shattering musicals. Stephe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:26am on March 23, 2021☆⚑

RASHAD* MANN* LICHTY* MCDERMOTT* MAXWELL* PENDLETON* WILLIAMS: 'THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA' by Robert Shuman

(via Joe Trentacosta)  PHYLICIA RASHAD joins EMILY MANN "In Conversation" with  La Femme's JEAN LICHTY to kick-off  TENNESSEE WILLIAMS'S 110th Birthday Celebration  followed by…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:54pm on March 22, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (114) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: I had dreamed that the actor who grew up in [our studios] would make his first timid steps in a small room which was built so as not to viola…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:48am on March 21, 2021☆⚑

IRELAND'S LEADING WRITERS CHAMPION LITERARY TREASURES THAT DESERVE TO BE UNBURIED by Robert Shuman

(Martin Doyle's article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/20.)  The great Irish books you may never have heard of It is all too easy for a good book to disappear into obscurity. Books slip b…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:55am on March 20, 2021☆⚑

THE RSC AT 60: THE GLORIOUS PAST AND VITAL FUTURE OF A THEATRICAL REVOLUTION by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/19; Ambitious … Jonathan Slinger in Richard III by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse, London, in 2008. Photograph: T…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:35pm on March 19, 2021☆⚑

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK (NY) IS BACK by Robert Shuman

(via the Public Theater) The Delacorte isn't empty… It's full of HOPE, PURPOSE, PROMISE… and what it needs now is YOU. We have spent the last year getting ready. We have been producing n…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:55pm on March 18, 2021☆⚑

WHERE IS HOLLYWOOD WHEN BROADWAY NEEDS IT? by Robert Shuman

(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/10; via Pam Green. Illustration: Credit…Antoine Cossé.) A critic writes a plea to the film and TV stars who got their sta…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:10pm on March 17, 2021☆⚑

JAMES LEVINE, MET OPERA CONDUCTOR FOR FOUR DECADES, DIES AT 77 by Robert Shuman

(Laurence Arnold's article appeared on Bloomberg, 3/17; Photo:  James Levine leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2010. Photographer: Hiroyuki Ito/Hulton Archive/G…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:14am on March 17, 2021☆⚑

DIXON PLACE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2021 PRODUCTION SEASON WITH FOUR COMMISSIONED PUPPETRY PREMIERES"IN-PERSON AND ONLINE by Robert Shuman

(Via Michelle Tabnick Public Relations) Dixon Place announces Spring 2021 Production Season With Four Commissioned Puppetry Premieres In-Person and Online   Dixon Place announces its S…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:29pm on March 16, 2021☆⚑

'STAGE FRIGHT': HITCHCOCK THRILLER MAKES THEATRE A CRIME SCENE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/16.) A long-lost London playhouse and Rada's headquarters feature in this 1950 caper starring a showstopping Marlene Dietrich Abraham …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:39am on March 16, 2021☆⚑