A LOST ORSON WELLES TV PILOT THAT'S AS GROUNDBREAKING AS "CITIZEN KANE" by Robert Shuman

(Richard Brody's article appeared in The New Yorker, 12/11; Photo: The New Yorker.) The project that Orson Welles planned to film, in 1939, before turning his attention to "Citizen Kane" was…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:47pm on December 12, 2020☆⚑

'HIP HOP CINDERELLA' FOR THE HOLIDAYS"A FAMILY-FRIENDLY VIRTUAL THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE by Robert Shuman

(via David Coffman and Linda Chichester) HIP HOP CINDERELLA is a new musical, brought to our attention through the  TRU Zoom Community Gatherings, free on Fridays at 4:30 pm"also don't fo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:17pm on December 11, 2020☆⚑

AUGUST WILSON, AMERICAN BARD by Robert Shuman

(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/4/2020; via Pam Green. To accompany this essay, the Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs painted "Portrait of August Wilson" (2020…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:39pm on December 10, 2020☆⚑

FIRST MAN IN UK TO GET COVID-19 VACCINE IS NAMED WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by Robert Shuman

(Lee Brown's article appeared in the New York Post, 12/9; via the Drudge Report.) It's one for the books. The first man to get the new coronavirus vaccine in the UK is named William Shakespe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:40pm on December 9, 2020☆⚑

BEST THEATER OF 2020 (NY) by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's, Laura Collins-Hughes's, Scott Heller's, Maya Phillips's, Alexis Soloski's, and Elisabeth Vincentelli's article appeared in the New York Times, 12/1; Photogr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:54pm on December 8, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (22) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:06pm on December 7, 2020☆⚑

ACTOR HARRY LENNIX PLANS TO BUILD 'THE BLACK VERSION OF LINCOLN CENTER' ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Jones's article appeared in The Chicago Tribune, 12/2; photo: This building at 4343 South Cottage Grove Ave. is slated to be the African American Museum of Performing Arts and a theat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:03pm on December 6, 2020☆⚑

THIS LOCKDOWN, ENGLAND'S THEATERS KNOW WHAT TO DO ONLINE by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/26; Tamzin Outhwaite, left, and Fiona Button in "What a Carve Up!"Credit…via Barn Theatre/Lawrence Batley Theatre/New Wolsey Theatre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:43pm on December 5, 2020☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (102) by Robert Shuman

The charming delicacy of the scenic artist's sketch is always uglified on the stage. . . . And no matter what the artist might do, he will never be able to conquer materiality and coarseness…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:40pm on December 4, 2020☆⚑

THEATRE COMPANIES IN UK TIER 3 AREAS DESCRIBE 'SHOCK AND HEARTBREAK' by Robert Shuman

(Lanre Bakare's article appeared in the UK Guardian, 12/3; Photo: Nottingham Playhouse says its Cinderella pantomime and Jack and the Beanstalk family show will now only be available to stre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:51pm on December 3, 2020☆⚑

IRELAND: COVID-19"ANGER AS THEATRE SECTOR PONDERS WHY IT'S NOT ALLOWED REOPEN by Robert Shuman

(Ronan McGreevy's article appeared in the Irish Times, 12/2: Photo: Abbey Theatre directors Graham McLaren (left) and Neil Murray: Calling on the Government to "look again at the reopening o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:39pm on December 2, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (21) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:06pm on December 1, 2020☆⚑

ANITA DURST, CHASHAMA, TALKS WITH BOB OST AND THE TRU COMMUNITY by Robert Shuman

On 11/27 at 4:30pm, Anita Durst talked with Executive Director Bob Ost and the Friday TRU Community Gathering about an organization she founded twenty-five years ago, one that supports artis…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:53pm on November 30, 2020☆⚑

DEPENDING ON THE KINDNESS OF SOUND ENGINEERS by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/25; Photo: Carla Gugino, left, and Audra McDonald planned to share a stage this summer in "A Streetcar Named Desire," but ended u…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:26pm on November 29, 2020☆⚑

MEET THE REAL-LIFE GANGSTERS WHO INSPIRED GUYS AND DOLLS by Robert Shuman

(Mathew Lyons's article appeared in the Spectator,  11/24; Photo: Braodwaymusicalhome.com.) Guys and Dolls, the musical loosely based on the Broadway stories of Damon Runyon, premiered on…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:36pm on November 28, 2020☆⚑

EAT UP! DRAMA IS SERVED AT THESE FAMILY DINNERS by Robert Shuman

(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/25; Photo:  The ultimate hellish family gathering: Dinner with the Westons in Tracy Letts's "August: Osage County."Credit…Sar…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:20pm on November 27, 2020☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (101) by Robert Shuman

[Our] conscious laws [of acting] exist for the purpose of awaking another and higher superconscious region of creativeness. This latter is outside of our comprehension, and we are helpless i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:57pm on November 26, 2020☆⚑

TREVOR NUNN TO DIRECT LISA DWAN IN BECKETT'S HAPPY DAYS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/18; Photo: Astonishing … Lisa Dwan in No's Knife at the Old Vic in 2016. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the Guardian.) Dwan will play …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:26pm on November 25, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (20) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:54pm on November 24, 2020☆⚑

5 EXTRAORDINARY SOVIET CLOWNS by Robert Shuman

(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 11/16.)   Yuri Belinsky/Sputnik; Yevgeny Ivanov, Semyon Mishin-Morgenshtern/MAMM/MDF/russiainphoto.ru Just like any oth…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:47pm on November 23, 2020☆⚑

ARE STREAMED PLAYS THEATER OR TV? UNIONS SETTLE A DISPUTE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/19; Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA's agreement clears the way for more entertainment during the pandemic winter; via Pam Green.) T…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:28pm on November 22, 2020☆⚑

WB YEATS, THE SPANISH FLU AND AN EXPERIMENT IN QUARANTINE by Robert Shuman

(Joseph M. Hassett's article appeared in the Irish Times, 11/20.) The elixir of love is potent medicine for all locked in by pandemic or the virus of hatred WB Yeats's December 14th, 1918 le…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:44pm on November 21, 2020☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (100) by Robert Shuman

It is only through a strongly developed outer and inner technique that one can reach . . . the complete concentration of one's inner life on the stage, the ability to fire one's passions and…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:32pm on November 20, 2020☆⚑

DOLLY PARTON HELPED FUND MODERNA'S VACCINE. IT BEGAN WITH A CAR CRASH AND AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP. by Robert Shuman

(Timothy Bella's article appeared in The Washington Post, 11/18; Photo: Today.com; via the Drudge Report.) As Dolly Parton tells it, her first-ever car accident in October 2013 was minor, bu…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:11pm on November 19, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (19) by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:48pm on November 17, 2020☆⚑