IS THE CLIMATE CRISIS TOO GRIM TO WORK ON THE STAGE? SPARKLING WINE AND VILLAINS MIGHT HELP by Robert Shuman

(Oliver Milman's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/20/25. Photo: Manual Harlan, Royal Shakespeare Company.) A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output suggests views of the topic as…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:59am on October 23, 2025☆⚑

***** MACBETH REVIEW " A TERRIFYING LOCK-IN WITH BLOODIED, BOOZED-UP GANGSTERS by Robert Shuman

  (Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian 10/22/25; Photo: Sinister sisters … Irene Macdougall, Eilidh Fisher and Alison Peebles. Photograph: Helen Murra) The Other Place, Strat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:06am on October 22, 2025☆⚑

'OFFENSIVE' MUSICAL STARRING A PANSEXUAL ANNE FRANK COULD SAVE BROADWAY by Robert Shuman

(Ben Kawaller's article appeared in The Times, 10/17; Photo: The cast of Slam Frank on stage at AsylumNYC, JASPER LEWIS PHOTOGRAPHY.) A show has turned the tragedy of Anne Frank into an 'inc…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:16am on October 18, 2025☆⚑

"DETONATION RAT CABARET" (TNC, THROUGH 10/26) by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff.) Theater for the New City (TNC) invites you to review "DetoNation Rat Cabaret," a wild, darkly comic musical that dives into the secret lives of New York City rats. T…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:59pm on October 17, 2025☆⚑

DIANE KEATON, A STAR OF 'ANNIE HALL' AND 'FIRST WIVES CLUB,' DIES AT 79 by Robert Shuman

(Anita Gates's article appeared 10/11/2025; Photo: Diane Keaton at a Ralph Lauren fashion show in 2022. One review of her breakthrough movie, "Annie Hall," called her "the consummate actress…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:04pm on October 16, 2025☆⚑

CROWDS IN ST PETERSBURG "SING" ABOUT OVERTHROW by Robert Shuman

(Iona Cleave's article appeared in the Telegraph 10/15/25.) Hundreds gather to chant anti-war lyrics labelled 'extremist' under Moscow's censorship laws Hundreds of young people gathered in …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:58pm on October 15, 2025☆⚑

ART AFTER APOCALYPSE " OPERA SPURRED BY RUSSIA'S ECOCIDE IN UKRAINE TO RETURN TO KYIV by Robert Shuman

(Kate Tsurkan's article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 10/3/25; Photo:  Postmodern opera "Gaia-24," Act III " Free Bleeding. (Valeriya Landar / The Kyiv Independent.) A moment from a p…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:32pm on October 14, 2025☆⚑

LÁSZLÓ KRASZNAHORKAI WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025 by Robert Shuman

(Emma Loffhagen's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/9/2025; Photo: 'Beauty in language. Fun in hell' … László Krasznahorkai Photograph: Carlos Álvarez/Getty .) The Hungarian no…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:04pm on October 9, 2025☆⚑

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN WITH ITS LEGENDARY VILLAGE COSTUME BALL OCTOBER 31 by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff.) Dance with ghouls and swing with the spirits in the East Village's favorite Halloween tradition.   WHERE AND WHEN October 31, 2025 "Village Halloween Costume Ball" P…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:11pm on October 8, 2025☆⚑

***** (THE) WOMAN REVIEW " EXPLOSIVE COMEDY TELLS THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH ABOUT MOTHERHOOD by Robert Shuman

(Anya Ryan's article appeared in the Guardian 10/5/25; Photo: Roaring from a place of isolation … Lizzy Watts in (the) Woman at Park theatre, London. Photograph: Charlie Flint.) Park theat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:08pm on October 6, 2025☆⚑

MIKE DAISEY TO HEADLINE FRIGID NEW YORK'S 14TH ANNUAL GOTHAM STORYTELLING FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(via Emily Owens; Photo: Mike Daisey.) November 4-16 at UNDER St. Marks & wild project    FRIGID New York will present the 14th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, fea…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:08am on October 3, 2025☆⚑

BROADWAY ACTORS PREPARING TO STRIKE OVER UNION NEGOTIATIONS by Robert Shuman

(Reuters, the Guardian, Oct 1, 2025.) Healthcare is a central issue in the ongoing negotiations between the Actors' Equity union and the Broadway League Broadway actors are preparing to walk…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:16pm on October 1, 2025☆⚑

NEW FEDERAL THEATRE REOPENS THE WASH"UNTOLD STORY OF 1881 ATLANTA WASHERWOMEN'S STRIKE (11/20-12/14) by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff.) Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre to present a return engagement of "The Wash" by Kelundra Smith, a play inspired by the Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike of 1881. Incre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:15pm on September 30, 2025☆⚑

'I WANTED TO STAND BESIDE SOLDIERS' " AI WEIWEI ON HIS TRIP TO WARTIME UKRAINE by Robert Shuman

(Kate Tsurkan's article appeared in the Kiev Independent, 9/17/25; Photo: Ai Weiwei, Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Olena Zas…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:48am on September 29, 2025☆⚑

TNC PRESENTS STRINDBERG REP IN AMERICAN PREMIERE OF STRINDBERG'S "FIRST WARNING," NEWLY TRANSLATED BY ROBERT GREER (10/2-12) by Robert Shuman

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS AUGUST STRINDBERG REP IN THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF A NEWLY TRANSLATED PLAY BY AUGUST STRINDBERG "First Warning," a comedy, is translated and directe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:42am on September 27, 2025☆⚑

THE BROADWAY MUSICAL IS IN TROUBLE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 9/22; Robyn Hurder in "Smash," one of several new musicals last Broadway season that lost their investments.Credit…Richard Termin…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:14pm on September 23, 2025☆⚑

THE WEIR REVIEW " A RIVETING RETURN FOR CONOR MCPHERSON'S LONESOME BARFLIES by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/19; Built to last … (from left) Kate Phillips, Brendan Gleeson and Owen McDonnell in The Weir. Photograph: Rich Gilligan.) The Weir rev…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:01pm on September 22, 2025☆⚑

PHOTOS: LAST PERFORMANCE OF TNC'S "HOME SWEET HOME," 9/14/2025 by Robert Shuman

(Random shots from the last performance of TNC'S "Home Sweet Home" at Tompkins Square Park, NYC, Sunday, 9/14/25.)    

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:44pm on September 18, 2025☆⚑

***** CREDITORS REVIEW " CHARLES DANCE, GERALDINE JAMES AND NICHOLAS FARRELL GET GASPS AND GUFFAWS FROM STRINDBERG by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's Review appeared in the Guardian, 9/14/25; Photo: The Guardian.) Orange Tree theatre, London Director Tom Littler finds the comedy in the Swedish tragedian's play about how peo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:28pm on September 17, 2025☆⚑

ROBERT REDFORD, MAGNETIC HOLLYWOOD ICON AND SUNDANCE FOUNDER, DIES AT 89 by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Arkin's article appeared on ABC NEWS,  9/16; Photo: Getty Images.) Redford was best known as a go-to leading man of the late 1960s and 1970s, instantly recognizable for his windsw…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:37pm on September 16, 2025☆⚑

SHAKESPEARE IN THE DOG PARK: "LITTLE JEWEL: IN THE PLAGUES AND THROES OF LOVE""PHOTOS FROM TNC by Robert Shuman

Frank Farrell took the following photos of the cast of "Little Jewel:  In the Plagues and Throes of Love""based on "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." The schedule for the show, at Theater for…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:45pm on August 29, 2025☆⚑

MEET THE VIBRANT CAST FOR 'LITTLE JEWEL: IN THE PLAGUES AND THROES OF LOVE" by Robert Shuman

They're young, they're talented, and boy can they howl . . .  The names of the cast in the photo are (from left to right): Bobni Das, Ireland Meacham, Eike Ross, Katy Robinson…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:06pm on August 27, 2025☆⚑

TNC DREAM UP FESTIVAL IN TIME OUT NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

(Bob Shuman's 'Little Jewel: In the Plagues and Throes of Love' is one of the shows in the 2025 Dream Up Festival.) Time Out says (August 11/2025) The lucky 13th edition of TNC's diverse …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:02pm on August 26, 2025☆⚑

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY SETS ITS THIRTEENTH DREAM UP FESTIVAL"ANNUAL FEAST OF ADVENTUROUS THEATER WILL PLAY AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 14. ALL EVENTS A by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff) THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY SETS ITS THIRTEENTH DREAM UP FESTIVAL WHERE AND WHEN: August 24 to September 14, 2025 Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th Stree…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:07am on August 4, 2025☆⚑

'LITTLE JEWEL: IN THE PLAGUES AND THROES OF LOVE' COMING TO THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY THIS AUGUST (PRESS RELEASE) by Robert Shuman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Bob Shuman/Stage Voices [email protected]   THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO PRESENT DREAM UP FESTIVAL WORLD PREMIER…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:20pm on July 31, 2025☆⚑