FRANCE'S FEMALE DERVISH TAKES TRANSCENDENCE ONLINE by Robert Shuman

(from France 24, 2/13; Photo: France 24; via the Drudge Report.) French-Iranian Rana Gorgani, 37, used to think of whirling as something that should remain behind closed doors JOEL SAGET …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:52pm on February 13, 2021☆⚑

REMEMBERING HAL HOLBROOK; HE GAVE US TWAIN AND THEN HIMSELF by Robert Shuman

  (Keith C. Burris's article appeared in the Journal Inquirer, 2/8.) I have known, in my life, many men who thought of themselves as "great," and were anything but. And I have known a pre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:54am on February 13, 2021☆⚑

RUSSIAN DIRECTOR KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV FIRED FROM GOGOL CENTER by Robert Shuman

(Theo Merz's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/10; photo: Serebrennikov was last year found guilty of fraud after prosecutors accused him and others of siphoning off funds intended for cul…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:24pm on February 12, 2021☆⚑

EGYPT: KHALED NABAWY" REPRESENTING AND TALKING ABOUT EGYPT by Robert Shuman

By: Adam Sullivan Through COME_TO_EGYPT, international film star Khaled Nabawy, is encouraging those from all over the world, to see the Nile and visit the pyramids.  He  recently met …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:40am on February 12, 2021☆⚑

THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR  TRUSPEAK … HEAR OUR VOICES! VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER:  ANN HARADA, BRENDA BRAXTON, CADY HUFFMAN,  by Robert Shuman

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces TRUSpeak … Hear Our Voices! Virtual Fundraiser on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 5pm (eastern time) via Zoom, presented with the generous…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:55pm on February 11, 2021☆⚑

MARIA GUARNASCHELLI, INFLUENTIAL COOKBOOK EDITOR, DIES AT 79 by Robert Shuman

(Emily Langer's article appeared in the Washington Post, 2/10; via Karen Schimmel;  PHOTO:  Maria Guarnaschelli, right, with her daughter, chef Alex Guarnaschelli, in New York in 2013.…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:44am on February 11, 2021☆⚑

TOVE DITLEVSEN'S ART OF ESTRANGEMENT by Robert Shuman

(Hilton Als's article appeared in The New Yorker, 2/8. PHOTO: Photograph from AKG / TT News Agency. ) The Danish memoirist built a literature of disaster, brick by brick. Don't think yoursel…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:17pm on February 10, 2021☆⚑

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☆⚑