CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (108) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [Gordon] Craig dreamed of having the entire performance take place without intermissions or the use of the curtain. The public was to come to…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:59pm on January 19, 2021☆⚑

HOW 8 COUNTRIES HAVE TRIED TO KEEP ARTISTS AFLOAT DURING PANEMIC by Robert Shuman

The National Theatre in London, Sept. 21, 2020. Governments around the world have tried to support the arts during the pandemic, some more generously than others. Lauren Fleishman/The New Yo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:08am on January 19, 2021☆⚑

HOW THE LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. INSPIRED THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM by Robert Shuman

(Walter Rutledge's article appeared on Playbill Online, 1/18; Photo of Arthur Mitchell by Sharon Perry.)  THE GREAT AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTION WAS BUILT ON A MODEL OF INCLUSIVENESS. On Apr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:42pm on January 18, 2021☆⚑

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARY GRANT by Robert Shuman

Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Nancy Nelson's Evenings with Cary Grant, which uses the icon's own words"and is enhanced with material from Grant's personal pap…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:33am on January 18, 2021☆⚑

ROBOTS TURN 100"AND STILL ENTHRALL US by Robert Shuman

(Adam Kirsch's article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, 1/16.)  The intelligent, human-like machines long promised by science fiction still don't exist, but they've played an importan…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:08pm on January 17, 2021☆⚑

NEW DAWN:  THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

I am worthy of success in the Theatre, and I am successful.   My path is important to myself and our community.   I am most truly successful, as an artist and otherwise, when I am my m…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:43pm on January 17, 2021☆⚑

FREE INAUGURATION MUSICAL: "A DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE" BY VIN MORREALE, JR. AND ERIC B. SIROTA (LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

Vin Morreale, Jr. (book & lyrics) and Eric B. Sirota (music) are pleased to announce the release of their new full-length musical comedy, "A Day at the White House," on podcast and st…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:54pm on January 16, 2021☆⚑

THE DELIGHTS OF SEA-CHANTEY TIKTOK 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 …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:56am on January 16, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (28) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:16pm on January 15, 2021☆⚑

TIM RICE: 'EVITA WAS A BONKERS IDEA' by Robert Shuman

(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 …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:17am on January 15, 2021☆⚑

ILLUSIONIST SIEGFRIED FISCHBACHER OF SIEGFRIED & ROY DIES by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:34pm on January 14, 2021☆⚑

CUOMO OUTLINES PLANS TO 'BRING ARTS AND CULTURE BACK TO LIFE' by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:37am on January 14, 2021☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (107) by Robert Shuman

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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:39pm on January 13, 2021☆⚑

IRELAND: LIVE THEATRE WAS GETTING INTERESTING. THEN COVID ARRIVED by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:38am on January 13, 2021☆⚑

BELARUS THREATENS TO KILL TWO UK DISSIDENTS by Robert Shuman

"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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:28pm on January 12, 2021☆⚑

MORE THAN THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: 8 ACTORS ON EMILY IN 'OUR TOWN' by Robert Shuman

(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, …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:22pm on January 12, 2021☆⚑

HERE ANNOUNCES IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PROGRAMMING FOR WINTER AND SPRING 2021 by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:45pm on January 11, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (27) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:42am on January 11, 2021☆⚑

FAUCI SUGGESTS THEATERS COULD REOPEN 'SOME TIME IN THE FALL' by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:22am on January 10, 2021☆⚑

NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

I am most truly successful, as an artist and otherwise, when I am my most authentic self, openly and honestly.   I adapt my vision to the new theatrical reality"and it has all positive ou…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:31am on January 9, 2021☆⚑

ROBOT WARS: 100 YEARS ON, IT'S TIME TO REBOOT KAREL ÄŒAPEK'S 'RUR' by Robert Shuman

(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 …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:29pm on January 8, 2021☆⚑

LEE BREUER: ON 'THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS', 'PATAPHYSICS PENYEACH', AND  'LA DIVINA CARICATURA, PART 1: THE SHAGGY DOG' by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:05pm on January 7, 2021☆⚑

LOST IN 2020: EPIC SHAKESPEARE, AND THE THEATER THAT PLANNED IT by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:21pm on January 6, 2021☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (26) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:17am on January 5, 2021☆⚑

LEE BREUER, REST IN PEACE (1937-2021) by Robert Shuman

(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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:27am on January 4, 2021☆⚑