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(A. J. Goldman's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/12; Photo: Carolin Conrad, left, and Lukas Rüppel in "Danton's Death" at the the Residenztheater in Munich. Â Credit…Sandra T…
(via AFP. Photo:  © Provided by AFP This handout picture released by the Greek Culture Ministry on November 15, 2020, shows the head of an ancient statue of the Greek god Hermes,…
(Wilson's article appeared in the London Review of Books, 10/8; via Norm Silverman.) Aeschylus'​ Oresteia begins with the story of a grieving, righteously angry woman seeking ju…
Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 155 (Folger Shakespeare Library) In his classes at Binghamton University, David Sterling Brown and his students examine Shakespeare's plays through the lens of…
(Natasha Tripney's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/7.) Undeterred by Covid, theatre-makers are beaming innovative plays into people's homes via Zoom, WhatsApp and Minecraft Since mid-Ma…
Vasily Malyshev/Sputnik; Sputnik (Valeria Paikova's article appeared on Russia Beyond, 11/6.) Â These committed movie stars became symbols of their era, setting silver screens alight with…
(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/4;Â Photo: Patti LuPone, left, as the title character and Chaim Topol as her husband in the pre-Broadway tour of the mus…
The first attempts at something new remain almost always misunderstood and misevaluated. There appear other people who borrow the new and show it to the general public in popular form, reapi…
(from Reuters, 11/6. Photo: Brazilian conductor and pianist Joao Carlos Martins, 80, who after many years lost the ability to play due to health complications from focal dystonia, smiles as …
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
Welcome to the future"#FutureStages. Above creator/guru, Brendan A. Bradley. Watch his introductory video below. On 10/30, he spoke to Bob Ost, executive director of Theater Resources…
(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 10/28; Photo: Russia Beyond the Headlines.) Vsevolod Meyerhold was a personality of great contradictions, and one of the m…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, 10/30; Photograph: Â Kaori Ito in "The Damask Drum" during the abbreviated "A Week of Art in Avignon."Â Credit…Christophe Rayn…
James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery dies in his sleep aged 90: Oscar-winning 007 legend passes away in the Bahamas after being 'unwell for some time' (Ryan Fahey's and Jack Elsom's article app…
(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 10/30; Photo: Robert Cuccioli as a Massachusetts pub owner who fancies himself more in Eugene O'Neill's "A Touch of the Poet."Credit�…
One must be a great connoisseur and specialist in our art to differentiate the work of every co-creator of a performance and to judge it at its real value. But the crowd meets the actor face…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
Don't miss Jim Turner & Ellie Covan's Unbirthday! A Very Merry Unbirthday To Us The Raising Cain Campaign Wrap Party Field Marshalled by the Birthday Kids Jim Turner & Ellie Co…
(Shawn's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, October 27, 2020; Photo:kcrw.com. ) I wonder if anyone but me remembers that during the years after the end of World War II, there …
(Donna Ferguson's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/25; Photo: JM Barrie, who shared a deep friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson. Photograph: Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images; via…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Andrew Kleidon's article appeared in the Door County Pulse, Â 10/23; Photo of Hallie Flanagan, Door County Post. ) A Quick and Decisive Blow to Progressive Theater In fewer than three yea…
How many productions in the theatres of all time can be mentioned where giftless actors hid behind an artistic stage director. How many times the background overcame the most important thing…
