PAUL HUNTLEY EXIT INTERVIEW: BROADWAY'S HAIR MASTER PUTS AWAY THE WIGS by Robert Shuman

(Robin Pogrebin's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/7; via Pam Green. PHOTO: The eminent Broadway wig designer Paul Huntley in 1997, with a hairpiece to be worn by F. Murray Abraham …

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

NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

Inspiration and invention lead me, and my ship comes in now.   I can easily solve any problem and correct answers come to me easily.  I know what to do.   My projects complete easil…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:58pm on February 9, 2021☆⚑

BOOK: TOM STOPPARD'S DOUBLE LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Gaby Wood's article appeared in the March 2021 issue of  the Atlantic; via Pam Green.) For Britain's leading postwar playwright, virtuosity and uncertainty go hand in hand. Tom Stoppard:…

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

GOVERNOR CUOMO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES EXPANSIVE "NY PopsUp" FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO MARSHALS THE RETURN OF THE PERFORMING ARTS TO NEW YORK WITH "NY PopsUp"   AN EXPANSIVE STATEWIDE FESTIVAL OF POP-UP EVENTS DELIVERED RIGHT INTO THE DAILY LIFE OF …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:51pm on February 8, 2021☆⚑

KYOTO EXPERIMENT MARKS A NEW ERA by Robert Shuman

(Andrew Eglinton's and Mika Eglinton's article appeared in the Japan Times, 2/5; Photo: Shared history: "This Song Father Used to Sing (Three Days in May)," a play by Thai director Wichaya A…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:14am on February 8, 2021☆⚑

BRINGING OUT THE BEST OF SONDHEIM, HERMAN AND … SCHRAUBSTADER? by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/3; via Pam Green; Photo: Emily Skinner performing "The Ladies Who Lunch" as part of the Signature Theater's "Simply Sondheim" revue.C…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:42pm on February 7, 2021☆⚑

HOW RUSSIAN THEATER GURU KONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKY CHANGED THE ACTING UNIVERSE by Robert Shuman

  B.Brilliantov/Sputnik; Getty Images (Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 1/29/2021.) Konstantin Stanislavsky's ideas changed the face of theater as much as Albert Einst…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:12am on February 7, 2021☆⚑

ARS NOVA ANNOUNCES NEW FEBRUARY EVENTS INCLUDING VISION RESIDENCY PROGRAMMING FROM RONA SIDDIQUI  by Robert Shuman

(Via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency; Photo: Rona Siddiqui.) Ars Nova, "a company known for pop-culture-savvy experimentation, with a hipness that sets it apart" (New York Times), under…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:19pm on February 6, 2021☆⚑

THE LAST METRO: THEATRE IS A SANCTUARY IN FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT'S WARTIME GEM by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/2; Photo: Backstage secrets … Catherine Deneuve in The Last Metro. Photograph: APL Archive/Alamy.) Our series on films about the stage …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:45am on February 6, 2021☆⚑

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, SOUND OF MUSIC STAR AND OLDEST ACTOR TO WIN AN OSCAR, DIES AGED 91 by Robert Shuman

(Andrew Pulver's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/5; via Pam Green; Christopher Plummer, who has died aged 91. Photograph: Vera Anderson/WireImage.) Veteran and respected actor had a care…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:17pm on February 5, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (32) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:39am on February 5, 2021☆⚑

FRANZ KAFKA'S 'LETTER TO MY FATHER' LIVE ONLINE " DIRECTED BY M-34'S JAMES RUTHERFORD, 2/19 " 3/28 by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity; Photo of Michael Guagno: Bailey Bretz; photo of scene: Eileen Meny Photography.) Brooklyn, NY " M-34 presents Franz Kafka's Letter To My Father, translated …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:05pm on February 4, 2021☆⚑

SOUTH AFRICA: SANDRA PRINSLOO AND LARA FOOT COLLAB IN GUT-WRENCHING THEATRE DRAMA 'KAMPHOER' by Robert Shuman

(Kedibone Modise's article appeared in the Johannesburg Cape Times, 2/2; Photos:  Sandra Prinsloo stars in 'Kamphoer die verhaal van Susan Nell'. Pictures: Key Eye Poetry Photography.) La…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:56am on February 4, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (110) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [According to theatre practitioner Gordon Craig's interpretation] in order to lighten the sufferings of his father, it was necessary [for Ham…

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

WHO WAS MIKE NICHOLS WHEN HE WASN'T PLAYING MIKE NICHOLS? by Robert Shuman

(Louis Menand's article appeared in the New Yorker, 2/1; PHOTO: Nichols on the set of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), which swept the Academy Award nominations.Photograph by © B…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:29am on February 3, 2021☆⚑

DIXON PLACE: SPRING SNEAK PEEK by Robert Shuman

Friday, February 5, 2021 at 7:30PM (est) Free Admission Participants from the Sirovich Senior Playwriting & Visual Theatre Workshop (part of CECO DP's Cultural Education &…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:36pm on February 2, 2021☆⚑

FAILING BETTER: THE AFTERLIFE OF SAMUEL BECKETT'S BEST-KNOWN PHRASES by Robert Shuman

(Terence Killeen's article appeared in the Irish Times, 2/1; Photo: Samuel Beckett being at a rehearsal of Waiting for Godot in Paris, 1961. Photograph: Roger Viollet via Getty.) Waiting for…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:52am on February 2, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (31) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:34pm on February 1, 2021☆⚑

***** 'WEG MET EDDY BELLEGUEULE' REVIEW " A FOUR-WAY TRIUMPH (LIVE STREAM, AMSTERDAM) by Robert Shuman

(Susannah Clapp's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/31; Photo: The Guardian.) Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, live stream Playing multiple roles " and all the music " four young actors d…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:59am on February 1, 2021☆⚑

BROADWAY THEATER OWNER RETHINKS POST-PANDEMIC TICKET SELLING by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's and Ben Sisario's article appeared in The New York Times, 1/29; via Pam Green;  In a sign that some theaters are rethinking how they will operate when Broadway reopens,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:04pm on January 31, 2021☆⚑

NEW DAWN:  THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

My projects complete easily and automatically"and I am pleased with my process and results.   All right resources are mine now"and I am grateful.    I am worthy of success.   My …

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

'HOTEL GOOD LUCK'"CO-PRESENTED BY THE NEW OHIO THEATRE, NYC, 2/12-20 (WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO?) by Robert Shuman

(via Emily Owens)   Hotel Good Luck tells the moving and dizzying story of Bobby, a late-night radio DJ who is confronted with an upsetting event which plunges him into a rabbit hole o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:06pm on January 30, 2021☆⚑

AFTER AUDITION: TAKASHI MIIKE'S REHEARSAL-ROOM SHOCKER OVER YOUR DEAD BODY by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the UK Guardian, 1/26. Photo:  Stage fright … Ebizô Ichikawa in the play within the film Over Your Dead Body. Photograph: OYDB Film Partners. …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:21am on January 30, 2021☆⚑

MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV: A DANCER WHOSE FLIGHT TO FREEDOM BROUGHT HIM CULT STATUS by Robert Shuman

(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 1/28; Photos:  Russia Beyond. ) Mikhail Baryshnikov is not one to go unnoticed. A true living legend of ballet, he is one of the grea…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:13pm on January 29, 2021☆⚑

HOLLYWOOD MOURNS CICELY TYSON: 'ONE OF THOSE LEGENDS YOU'D HOPED WE WOULD HAVE FOREVER' by Robert Shuman

(Angelique Jackson's article appeared in Variety, 1/29; via Pam Green; Photo: Variety.) Cicely Tyson's co-stars and admirers shared their remembrances of the late Emmy and Tony-winning actor…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:56am on January 29, 2021☆⚑