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☆⚑

BROADWAY'S 'COMPANY' ONE YEAR AFTER COVID SHUTDOWN: PATTI LUPONE, KATRINA LENK AND A DOZEN CO-STARS CHRONICLE A 12-MONTH PAUSE IN BEING ALIVE †by Robert Shuman

(Greg Evans's article appeared on Deadline, 3/12; via Pam Green.) To hear the cast of Broadway's Company tell it, the industry's shutdown one year ago today was perhaps more shockin…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:42pm on March 15, 2021☆⚑

'SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE': MARIA ABERG'S INTERNATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY LOOKS AHEAD by Robert Shuman

(Afrifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/15; Photo: Maria Aberg in the south of Sweden where she grew up. Photograph: Hanna-Katrina JÄ™drosz.) The acclaimed Swedish director's …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:53am on March 15, 2021☆⚑

BROADWAY IS A 'BELLWETHER,' ITS REOPENING SENDS A POSITIVE SIGN: ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Christoforous's article appeared on yahoo.com, 3/13; via Pam Green.) One year after theaters went dark because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's finally some light at the end of the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:21pm on March 14, 2021☆⚑

CORMAC MCCARTHY, BRUTAL BUT BRILLIANT by Robert Shuman

(Chilton Williamson, Jr's article appeared in the Spectator, 7/25; Photo:  Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Professor Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock (5878987c…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:54am on March 14, 2021☆⚑

SHAKESPEARE IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Robert Shuman

(L to R) Swingin' the Dream, 1939; Moms Mabley; From Macbeth, 1936 (Courtesy New York Public Library); Rose McClendon, 1936 (Courtesy Library of Congress American Memory Colle…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:53pm on March 13, 2021☆⚑

WHEN BROADWAY WILL REOPEN AND WHAT SHOWS YOU CAN SEE FIRST by Robert Shuman

(Lauren Steussy's article appeared in the New York post, 3/11; via Pam Green.) It's been almost exactly a year since Broadway went dark due to the coronavirus pandemic " but now there'…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:20am on March 12, 2021☆⚑

TRU (THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED) MARCH PANEL VIA ZOOM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick) TRU (THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED) MARCH PANEL VIA ZOOM THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED   RETHINKING MARKETING STRATEGIES TO REACH THE WIDER VIRTUAL AUDIENCE THURSDAY, M…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:37pm on March 11, 2021☆⚑