WHEN EUROPE'S THEATERS REOPEN, WILL FANS RETURN? by Robert Shuman

(Thomas Rogers's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/5; via Pam Green; Photo: La Scala in Milan in July  2020. Credit…Antonio Calanni/Associated Press.) People from across the con…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:03pm on March 11, 2021☆⚑

FRENCH THEATRES OCCUPIED AS PROTESTERS DEMAND REOPENING by Robert Shuman

(Rana Moussaoui's article appeared on Yahoo.com, 3/10. Photo: A march in Paris ended with around 50 protesters forcing their way into the Odeon Theatre and refusing to leave.) French prot…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:30pm on March 10, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (113) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Competition as is well known is the best mover of progress, especially in all that is related to the theatre. (MLIA)

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:06am on March 10, 2021☆⚑

THINK YOU CAN'T DANCE? HERE'S HOW TO LEARN EVERYTHING FROM THE WAP ROUTINE TO 80S THROWBACKS by Robert Shuman

(Siobhan Burke's article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/8; Photograph: In the song-and-dance number " Who's Got the Pain" from the 1958 movie Damn Yankees. Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse ease int…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:35pm on March 9, 2021☆⚑

FROM PLAGUE PUNS TO ISOLATION CREATION: WHAT SHAKESPEARE TEACHES US ABOUT PANDEMIC LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Kelly Burke's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/8; William Shakespeare endured at least five periods of lockdown due to a pandemic. Photo: Composite: Quality Stock/Alamy.) After 60 years …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:30am on March 9, 2021☆⚑

HOW SOVIET POETS PERFORMED IN FOOTBALL STADIUMS IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS by Robert Shuman

(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 3/5; Photo: Mikhail Ozersky/Sputnik) "A poet in Russia is more than a poet," Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a leading author of his time, famously…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:37pm on March 8, 2021☆⚑

THE LEGENDARY PATTI SMITH WILL PERFORM A SPECIAL CONCERT AS PART OF NY POPSUP TUESDAY, MARCH 9 AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM by Robert Shuman

THE LEGENDARY PATTI SMITH  WILL PERFORM A SPECIAL CONCERT AS PART OF NY POPSUP TUESDAY, MARCH 9 AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM HONORING THE MEMORY OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE   PERFORMANCE FOR MUSE…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:41am on March 8, 2021☆⚑

NEW YORK TO ALLOW LIMITED LIVE PERFORMANCES TO RESUME IN APRIL by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/3; via Pam Green; Photo: New York State is relaxing coronavirus restrictions and allowing venues to reopen next month to limited …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:10pm on March 7, 2021☆⚑

'SARAH PLAYS A WEREWOLF': A BITING DRAMA ABOUT THEATRE AND TEENAGE TERROR by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/2; Photo: Controlling the gaze … Loane Balthasar in Sarah Plays a Werewolf. Photograph: Intermezzo Films.)  Katharina Wyss's film fe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:55am on March 7, 2021☆⚑

CAST OF SONDHEIM'S 'ASSASSINS' SET TO REUNITE by Robert Shuman

(Johnny Oleksinski's article appeared in the New York Post, 3/5; via Pam Green; Photo: The off-Broadway musical "Assassins," which opened in 1991, was controversial for its choice to make pr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:05pm on March 6, 2021☆⚑

SAVING BIRDLAND"AND JAZZ HISTORY by Robert Shuman

(Adam Gopnick's article appeared in the New Yorker, 3/ 4. Photo: The legendary New York City music venue has been crushed by the pandemic.Photograph by Brent N. Clarke / Getty. ) One truth o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:20am on March 5, 2021☆⚑

THE BIRTH OF 'RENT,' ITS CREATOR'S DEATH AND THE 25 YEARS SINCE by Robert Shuman

(Eric Grode's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/25; via Pam Green; Photo: Jonathan Larson, left, who wrote the music, lyrics and book of "Rent," with the play's director, Michael Gre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:26pm on March 4, 2021☆⚑

TRU (THEATER RESOURCEES UNLIMITED) ANNOUNCES MARCH COMMUNITY GATHERINGS VIA ZOOM by Robert Shuman

(via Michelle Tabnick.) Theater Resources Unlimited announces upcoming TRU Community Gatherings via Zoom    Thinking in Zoom (2): Producers and Technologists Friday, March 5, 2021 a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:04pm on March 3, 2021☆⚑

LIV ULLMANN LIFE LESSONS: NEVER TURN AWAY, NEVER KILL SOMEBODY'S DREAM by Robert Shuman

(Tim Gray's interview appeared in Variety, 3/1.) Liv Ullmann has been an international star since 1966's Ingmar Bergman's arthouse hit "Persona"; indeed, she is best-known for her coll…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:15am on March 3, 2021☆⚑

IRELAND: CORK THEATRE-MAKERS WAITING IN THE WINGS TO STEP INTO THE NEW NORMAL by Robert Shuman

(Mary Leland's article appeared in the Irish Times, 3/1; Photo: Gare St Lazare's adaptation of Samuel Beckett's How It Is. Photograph: Clare Keogh. ) Theatre scene that thrived before pandem…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:38pm on March 2, 2021☆⚑

AUSTRALIA: WHAT VISIONS HAVE I SEEN! ADELAIDE FESTIVAL BURSTS WITH SPECTACLE by Robert Shuman

(Steve Dow's article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 3/1; A Midsummer Night's Dream Adelaide Festival 2021: Photo: CREDIT:TONY LEWIS.) ARTS FESTIVAL Adelaide Festival opening weekend …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:50pm on March 1, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (35) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:03pm on February 28, 2021☆⚑

SHAKESPEARE TROUPE TO GO WITHOUT AN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/19; via Pam Green. Photo: John Harrell and Jessika D. Williams in the American Shakespeare Center production of "Othello," which …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:01am on February 27, 2021☆⚑

RONALD PICKUP: A THEATRICAL GREAT FROM A GOLDEN GENERATION by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/26; Photo: Self-deprecating … Ronald Pickup in 1972. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images.) The actor, who has died age…

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

BROADWAY'S DARK YEAR by Robert Shuman

(Judith Miller's article appeared in City Journal, 2/22.) Live theater has been devastated by the pandemic, and its return remains uncertain. No industry in New York City has been hit as har…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:48am on February 26, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (112) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: My system cannot be explained in an hour or in a day even. It must be systematically and practically studied for years. It does good only whe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:16pm on February 25, 2021☆⚑

***** 'TYPICAL' REVIEW " RICHARD BLACKWOOD IS MESMERISING IN POETIC TRAGEDY by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/25. Photo:  Richard Blackwood in Ryan Calais Cameron's Typical. Photograph: Franklyn Rodgers. ) Available online This superb play dra…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:11am on February 25, 2021☆⚑

JAPAN: 'YABUHARA KENGYO' SHOWS AUDIENCES THAT JUSTICE ISN'T ALWAYS BLIND by Robert Shuman

(Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in the Japan Times, 2/18; Photo: Playing the bad guy: Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke IV plays Suginoichi, a blind musician who kills and cheats to get ahead…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:57pm on February 24, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (34) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:07am on February 24, 2021☆⚑

AN EARLY CHEKHOV SHORT STORY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME by Robert Shuman

(Chekhov's story appeared in Russia Beyond, 2/23/2021.) Anton Chekhov. WOLF BAITING  Translated by Dan Biktashev It is said that we live in the nineteenth century. Do not be fooled, reade…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:35pm on February 23, 2021☆⚑