1,596 stories by "Robert Shuman"
(Amanda Petrusich's article appeared in The New Yorker, 1/14. Photo: After nearly a year of solitude and crushing restrictions, chanteys are providing a glimpse into a more exciting way …
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Rob Walker's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/14; Photo: Dynamic duo … Tim Rice, right, and Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1970. Photograph: Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images.) As the …
(Paul Davenport's article appeared on the AP, 1/14; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Sigfried, left, with tiger: Reviewjournal.com.) Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo…
(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times 1/12; via Pam Green. Photo: "New York City is not New York without Broadway," Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday in unveiling plans…
Gordon Craig dreamed of a theatre without men and women, without actors. He wanted to supplant them with marionettes who had no bad habits or bad gestures, no painted faces, no exaggerated v…
(Chris McCormack's article appeared in The Irish Times, 1/13; Photo: When the curtain came down on Our New Girl, did it come down on innovative programming along with it? Credit: Ros Kavanag…
"We will definitely find you … and we will hang you, side-by-side," the main Belarusian government newspaper, Sovietska Belarus, wrote on 27 December 2020.reetheatre.com) "Death threats we…
(Laura Collin-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 1/6; via Pam Green. In a Broadway production of "Our Town," Helen Hunt, right, played Emily Webb with Jason Gedrick, left, …
(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman) Highlights include 9th Annual PROTOTYPE Festival, Soundwalks in Harlem and Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Online Premieres The OBIE-winning HERE (Kristin…
 Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Julia Jacobs's article appeared in The New York Times, 1/9; Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, right, speaking with Maurine Knighton, program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Founda…
I am most truly successful, as an artist and otherwise, when I am my most authentic self, openly and honestly. Â I adapt my vision to the new theatrical reality"and it has all positive ou…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/17. Photo:  Satirical … a sketch for Karel ÄŒapek's RUR by BedÅ™ich Feuerstein. Photograph: Dea Picture Library/De …
(Photos: Mabou Mines) By Bob Shuman Some of us had never seen Lee Breuer working, without a stocking cap"but what is probably most surprising is that we saw a playwright, so hands-on, at all…
(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/29/2020 Photo: Brendan Edward Kennedy, center, in the title role of "Henry V" at Brave Spirits Theater in Virginia.Credit…Claire…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(from Mabou Mines) Dear Friends, It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mabou Mines co-founder Lee Breuer on January 3, 2021. He died peacefully at home surrounde…
Maeterlinck is a charming, kind, and joyful host and companion. For days at a time we spoke about art, and he was very glad to know that actors were entering so deeply into the very being, m…
I adapt my vision to the new theatrical reality"and find deeper understanding and wider horizons. Theatre comes back strong in 2021"and heals us. Â
(Mark Brown's article appeared in the Guardian, 12/31; Photo: Tammy Faye Messner with Jim Bakker. Photograph: Associated Press.) Writer says singer's cancelled farewell tour resulted in '…
Theatre comes back strong in 2021"and heals us.
The hardest thing of all is to begin creative work, to find a goal, a foundation, a ground, a principle, or even a simple scenic piece of hokum and to be enthused by it. Enthusiasm, even the…
(Natasha Tripney's article appeared in the Guardian, 12/30; Photo: A mirror on the world … Mark Rylance in Jerusalem at the Royal Court. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the Guardian. ) Whil…
(Berlind played a role in producing more than 100 plays and musicals. And while he kept an eye on the bottom line, he could be seduced by sheer artistry; Photo: Even as he experienced flops,…
