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☆⚑

'AFTER THE REHEARSAL': BERGMAN'S BRILLIANT SPOTLIGHT ON MAKING AND WATCHING THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's artciel appeared in the Guardian, 2/23;  Lena Olin and Erland Josephson with the Hedda Gabler sofa in After the Rehearsal. Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy.) Ingma…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:31am on February 23, 2021☆⚑

SAMUEL BECKETT'S 'HAPPY DAYS' IS TURNING 60. ITS IMAGE OF A TRAPPED WOMAN IS AS POTENT AS EVER by Robert Shuman

(Claire Thomas's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/22.) I first saw Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne in 2009. I remember the barren stage and the entombed …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:39pm on February 22, 2021☆⚑

ON CONTACT: THE POWER OF CLASSICS by Robert Shuman

(from RT, 2/21.) On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with Emily Allen-Hornblower and Marquis McCray the power of the classics, such as Sophocles' play Philoctetes, to elucida…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:40pm on February 21, 2021☆⚑

ATTEND THE TALE OF 'ANYONE CAN WHISTLE,' THEN AND NOW by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/19; via Pam Green; Photo:  From left, Maria Friedman, John Owen Edwards, John Yap and Stephen Sondheim working on the recording of…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:06pm on February 21, 2021☆⚑

JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE, 89, DIES; PROLIFIC WRITER OF SCREENPLAYS AND MORE by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/11; Photo: Jean-Claude Carrière in 1999. He had more than 150 film and television writing credits and also wrote books and plays…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:11pm on February 20, 2021☆⚑

NEW DAWN:  THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

I take the time needed to express my creativity"and it is always  in demand.   Inspiration and invention lead me, and my ship comes in now.   I can easily solve any problem and corr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:42am on February 20, 2021☆⚑

FRANCE: CULTURE VS COVID: A FINAL CURTAIN CALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS? INTERVIEWS WITH BASIL TWIST AND MARION SIEFERT by Robert Shuman

(Olivia Salazar-Winspear's interviews appeared 2/19 on France24.) As part of France24's week-long series about how the arts are dealing with Covid-19, we take a look at the impact of the hea…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:16pm on February 19, 2021☆⚑

FACED WITH THE COLD, SMU MUSIC PROFESSOR SLEPT WITH HIS 330-YEAR-OLD VIOLIN TO PROTECT IT by Robert Shuman

(Tim Diovanni's article appeared in the Dallas Morning News, 2/19; SMU professor Aaron Boyd poses with his violin on Thursday.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer; via the Drudge Report.) Wi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:01pm on February 19, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (111) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Much which seemed natural to me was in reality born of old theatrical frumpery. The most terrible thing of all is when self-conceit deceives …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:29pm on February 18, 2021☆⚑

INTERACTIVE 'THE CHERRY ORCHARD' ONLINE STARRING *JESSICA HECHT*ANNA BARYSHNIKOV*DARYA DENISOVA*JEFFREY HAYENGA*ELANIE MOORE*NAEL NACER*MARK NEL by Robert Shuman

(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency.) Baryshnikov Arts Center and Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation Co-Present Arlekin Players Theatre's The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:37pm on February 18, 2021☆⚑

UP CLOSE: THE VOODOO MACBETH THAT GENERATED JOBS FOR BLACK AMERICANS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION by Robert Shuman

(from Shakespeare & Beyond, February 16, 2021.)  |  Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth in 1936. Courtesy Library of Congress A struggling economy. Unemployed artis…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:03pm on February 17, 2021☆⚑

STARS IN YOUR EYES: THE 50S MUSICAL SALUTING ACTORS IN A CRISIS by Robert Shuman

  (Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/16; Photo: Slapstick and sentimental songs … Pat Kirkwood in the 1956 musical comedy Stars in Your Eyes. Photograph: networkona…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:24am on February 17, 2021☆⚑

S. KOREA'S MUSICAL SCENE RESUMES ONSTAGE SHOWS, WELCOMES FANS AS COVID-19 SEATING RULES EASED by Robert Shuman

(from Yonhap 12/12; PHOTO: provided by Acom, shows a scene from the musical "The Last Empress." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) " The South Korean musical scene is elat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:26pm on February 16, 2021☆⚑

CLAIRE BLOOM AT 90: A PHENOMENAL ACTOR WITH POISE, SPIRIT AND STEEL by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/15; via Pam Green; Photo: 'High creative aspirations' … Claire Bloom, photographed in 2016. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian.…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:37am on February 16, 2021☆⚑

WOKE TEACHERS WANT SHAKESPEARE CUT FROM CURRICULUM: 'THIS IS ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY' by Robert Shuman

(James Varney's article appeared in The Washington Times, 2/15; via the Drudge Report.) The crown teachers once put on Shakespeare now lies uneasy upon his head as the English playwright com…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:41pm on February 15, 2021☆⚑

JAPAN: SECRETS OF THE OSLO ACCORDS COME TO LIGHT ON STAGE by Robert Shuman

(Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in The Japan Times, 2/10; Photo: Behind closed doors: Playwright J.T. Rogers' drama, "Oslo," is based on the true-life clandestine meetings that took place …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:39am on February 15, 2021☆⚑

JM SYNGE'S POWERFUL VISION OF IRELAND STILL PROVOKES AND INSPIRES by Robert Shuman

(Seán Hewitt's article appeared in the Irish Times, 2/13; Illustration: JM Synge: For many years, his drama was too close to home.) In the year of the dramatist's 150th anniversary, his w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:02pm on February 14, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (33) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:43am on February 14, 2021☆⚑