1,603 stories by "Robert Shuman"
(from The New York Times, 6/10; Interviews by Laura Collins-Hughes, Michael Paulson and Salamishah Tillet; Photos: Clockwise from top left: the playwright Lydia R. Diamond; the a…
(Ruth Bender's article appeared in the Walls Street Journal, 6/13; Photo: One of the world's most famous nightclubs, Tresor, located in a disused Berlin power plant, stands empty due to coro…
(via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) MOLIÈRE IN THE PARK TO PRESENT LIVE STREAM PRESENTATION OF MOLIÈRE'S TARTUFFE  starring Raúl E. Esparza & Samira Wiley, directed by MIP'…
(Mark Brown's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/10.) Location of the Red Lion, which predated the Globe, has been subject of debate for years Archaeologists believe they have found remains…
I was convinced again that between the dreams of the stage director and their realization there is a tremendous difference, and that the theatre is first of all intended for the actor and ca…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/8; photo: Harriet Walter as Biddy in Three Birds Alighting on a Field at the Royal Court in 1991. Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy) �…
(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 6/5; photo NY Daily News.) Following a social-media tumult sparked by a series of racially accusatory tweets from a former performer a…
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/3; on Michael Hill in Pass Over. Photograph: Amazon Prime Video.) 5 / 5 stars5 out of 5 stars. Available online Lee's 2018 fil…
(From the New York Times, 5/31; via Pam Green; Photo: The New York Times.) Patrick Kingsley, an international correspondent, and Laetitia Vancon, a photojournalist, are driving more than 3,7…
A Presidential Election Year Is Like the Wild West . . . When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro"the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history"reached First Lady Nanc…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/1; photo: Exemplary freshness and vigour … Roy Williams, pictured in 2008. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian.) Our new series on …
(Philip Oltermann's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/29.) Extra legroom and no interval: Germany plans for post-lockdown theatre Berliner Ensemble unveils auditorium with most chairs ripp…
(Gordon Cox's article appears in Variety, 5/27.) Larry Kramer, the writer and influential gay activist who pressed the U.S. government and the medical establishment to respond to the AIDS ep…
(Cathy Park Hong's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/21; Photo: The New York Times; via Pam Green.) The cast and crew of "Wolf Play" were on their third day of tech rehearsals at Soh…
(via John Wyszniewski at Everyman Agency.) 2020-21 R&D Group: All applications must be submitted by June 22nd, 2020 for consideration. The Civilians (Steve Cosson, Artistic Directo…
It is no little task to carry over to the stage those principles which were created in painting, music, and the other arts that had gone so far ahead of us. Will the speaking voice ever be a…
(Lanre Bakare's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/21; Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA.) Sonia Friedman calls for rescue package to save more than 1,000 theatres from permanent closure British …
(Ronald Bergan's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/18; Photo: The Guardian; via Adam Sullivan) For more than half a century, there seemed to be one constant in French cinema " the actor Mi…
(Via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency) The Ars Nova Forever Telethon Features Over 100 Artists with Hosts Freestyle Love Supreme, Ashley Park, Lilli Cooper, Dave Malloy, John Early, Rach…
(The post appeared first in The New York Times, 5/15; photo: The New York Times; via Pam Green.) Before my scheduled preview performance of "The Present," a new show from the Geffen Pl…
(Alex Ross's article appeared in The New Yorker, 5/11.) He's a political activist. His repertory is vast. And, during Germany's shutdown, he streamed more than fifty performances from home. …
STREAMING FROM FRIDAY FOR A WEEK: BERLINER ENSEMBLE""MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN" WITH HELENE WEIGEL, FROM 1957 Â View Stay at home " BE at home: While the doors of the Berlin ensembl…
(Harkup's excerpt appeared in Shakespeare & Beyond, 5/5; via Pam Green.) What would it have been like to live through the plague outbreaks of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? And w…
By Bob Shuman SCENE: In the woods. A small clearing, off a parking lot"hardly more than a triangle where two parallel felled logs act as benches. MARY JANE, early 70's, sits on a log. As…
(David Rooney's article appeared in the Hollywood Reporter, 5/12; Photo: 12newsnow; via the Drudge Report.) The Broadway League on Tuesday confirmed that theaters will remain dark for an add…
