1,641 stories by "Robert Shuman"
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(Emma Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/1.) With theatres closed, now is the time to find pleasure in Shakespeare's texts. His first fans used them for chat-up lines " and read the…
New for Stage Voices, from our Mideast correspondent. Keep an eye out for: KINGDOMS OF FIRE By: Adam Sullivan International Egyptian Actor Khaled Nabawy as Tuman in Kingdoms of Fire T…
(Brian Hiatt's article appeared in Rolling Stone, 3/27; Photo: Rolling Stone.) Bob Dylan, who hasn't released an original song since 2012's Tempest, unexpectedly dropped a previously u…
(Richard Brody's article appeared in the New Yorker, 3/27; Photo Source: Atlas Media via Pam Green.) March 27, 2020 The coronavirus lockdown adds wild emotional lurches to the movie-vi…
(Photo of Jasper) SCENE: A dog park in the Bronx. Today, it is warmer"and there is sun.  (MARY JANE, early 70's, sits on a bench in the dog park. Using a launcher, SHE plays fetch…
(Published 3/20 in The New York Times; via Marit Shuman.) If you're stuck at home and hankering for the fine arts, there's plenty online. Since the coronavirus pandemic began temporarily�…
Oftener and oftener [Chekhov] would repeat: "I have written a great deal already, a whole library, in fact. I am not a dramatist. Hauptmann is a dramatist, and Naidenov." (MLIA)
(Richard Natale's and Brent Lang's article appeared in Variety, 3/24.) Terrence McNally, the playwright behind "Master Class" and "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," has died of compl…
(by Broadway.com Staff, Â Mar 22; Photo: The New York Post; via Pam Green.) March 22 marks Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday. It's impossible to state the great contribution and influences …
(The post Oberammergau Passion Play Canceled as Coronavirus Locks Down Germany appeared first in The New York Times; Photo: The New York Times; via Pam Green.) Over 400 years ago, village…
(Brandon Katz's article appeared in the Observer, 3/20; via Pam Green.) We're such Oscar fanatics that mere days after this year's ceremony we began predicting the nominees and winner…
By Bob Shuman SCENE: A wet dog park in the Bronx.  (MARY JANE, early 70's, sits on a bench in the dog run. Using a launcher, SHE plays fetch with her spaniel, HUDSON"although CHRISTIE…
Chekhov had decided to gather all his friends and relatives in one place while he married Olga Knipper at another, and to leave for their honeymoon on the Volga and the Oka without unnecessa…
(Logan Culwell-Block's article appeared on Playbill.com, 3/18 and 10/6; photo: Playbill.com; via Pam Green.) (Don't forget the current free Nightly Opera Stream from the Met Opera.)�…
Chekhov was in reality a practical joker and a schoolboy in spirit. (MLIA)
(Anthony Breznican's article appeared in Vanity Fair, 3/16; photo: Vanity Fair; via the Drudge Report.) The director talks about reimagining the musical that riveted him as a child.H 16, 202…
(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/12; photo: love4musicals.com;Â via Pam Green.) "Where you going?" a person asks the lady leaving his mattress one morning " probab…
(Matt Clinch's article appeared on CNBC 3/24; via the Dridge Report.) KEY POINTS Italy is one of the worst affected countries by COVID-19. It has 17,660 confirmed cases and 1,266 deaths, acc…
(Norman Lebrecht's note appeared on slippedisc.com, 3/12; photo: reviewtimes.com.) Two reasons: 1 Insurers 2 Lawyers (Read more)Â Â
 (Michael Riedel's article appeared in the New York Post, 3/12.) Broadway will shut down tonight until April 12, due to the coronavirus outbreak, several sources told The Post. In what…
By Bob Shuman SCENE: A dog park in the Bronx. There are two benches. The first is near the entrance to the run"the second it toward the opposite end. MARY JANE, early 70's, sits on one side …
The production of "The Cherry Orchard" was accomplished with great hardships. The play is delicate, it has all the tenderness of a flower. Break its stem and the flower dries, its odor vanis…
(Robert Berkvist's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/9; photo: BFI.) Widely hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, Mr. von Sydow formed a close relationship with the d…
