1,603 stories by "Robert Shuman"
(Pat Saperstein's article appeared in Variety, 5/8; photo: Comicbook.com.) Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn, whose collaboration with Siegfried Fischbacher created the well-known animal training and magi…
DEAD END KIDS: A STORY OF NUCLEAR POWER Visit and give to Mabou Mines Watch 'Dead End Kids' ________________________ CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY JoAnne Akalaitis THEÂ PLAY … PREMIERE:Â N…
Perhaps [some] think that outward acting which does not come from inner experiences but simply from the eye and the ear, acting which is simply a photograph of the painting and the sound the…
Dear Shetler Studios & Theatres community " We hope you and your loved ones are in good health, and that you are finding positive ways to adapt to the new world we find ourselves living …
(via  John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency.) The Homebound Project Features Collections of New Theatrical Work in Limited Release View-At-Home Recordings " All Proceeds Benefit No K…
Support and Visit Dixon Place  Our virtual stage is really cooking this week, with 4 new DP TV offerings below. There's even a sneak peek at the puppetry we've been promising! …
(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/30; via Pam Green.) LONDON " Right now, it feels like time's been put on hold. Or so I thought one recent afternoon as I walked the qui…
Watch Give to Mabou Mines   FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE 1980'S  A NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL/MABOU MINES PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY JOSEPH PAPP HAJJ A PERFORMANCE POEM The Publi…
(Michael Wilson's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/1.) Frank Sinatra can thank Robert De Niro and two annoyed songwriters for the song that revived his career and now is the theme m…
(National Theatre.) Watch A new play by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Watch Danny Boyle's monster hit Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Jonny Lee Mi…
(from the Guardian.) Written by Howard Brenton and directed by James Macdonald in 2013, this riveting drama based on real events is available to watch until 10pm on 3 May.
(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 4/23; photo: Variety.) Luminous is an overused word in theater criticism, but the word is aptly applied to Shirley Knight, the T…
(Matthew Aucoin's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 5/14.) Â Lear an opera by Aribert Reimann, at the Paris Opera, November 21"December 7, 2019 Orest an opera by Manfred Tr…
(Joan Acocella's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 5/14.) THE RED SHOES The White Helicopter a play by Alvis Hermanis, at the New Riga Theater, Riga, Latvia, opened November …
The secret of the voice lies in feeling an emotion. Once that is felt, the voice comes of itself. (MLIA) Â
(Chris Wiegand's article was updated 4/24 and appeared in the Guardian; photo: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the Guardian.) From live-streams of new plays …
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…
(Maureen Lee Lenker's article appeared in Entertainment Weekly, 4/21; photo: EW; via Pam Green.) It's time for a virtual celebration of 90 years of Stephen Sondheim being alive. EW…
(Natasha Tripney's interview appeared in the Guardian, 4/21.) Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin explain how political exile prepared them for lockdown and why their latest project is abou…
(from The New York Times, 4/16; photo: The New York Times;Â via Pam Green.) The Belarus Free Theater, founded in 2005 by dissident artists in the former Soviet republic, has operated clan…
(By Frank Gagliano, 4/19.) When I think of Wynn Handman's recent death, I feel guilty for not staying in touch with him over the years. And I feel (in this plague year, when all theaters …
In moments of inspiration, when, due to reasons unexplainable to us, one feels not the conception of the words themselves, but the deep meaning that is hidden in them, one finds the simplici…
Dear Friends, Of all of New York City's traditions, our favorite is this: every summer, we gather under the stars at the magical Delacorte Theater for Free Shakespeare in the Park. We co…
(Carmel Dagan's article appeared in Variety, 4/16.) Brian Dennehy, the winner of two Tonys in a career that also spanned films including "Tommy Boy," "First Blood" and "Cocoon," and televisi…
