1,662 stories 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…
(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 …
 Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Â
(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 11/16.) Â Yuri Belinsky/Sputnik; Yevgeny Ivanov, Semyon Mishin-Morgenshtern/MAMM/MDF/russiainphoto.ru Just like any oth…
(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…
(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…
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…
(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…
 Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(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…
