1,596 stories by "Robert Shuman"
What is done on the stage is seen better from the auditorium than from the stage itself. Looking from the auditorium I comprehended the mistakes on the stage at once. . . . (MLIA)
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the HEadlings, 6/3.) Nowadays, most theaters have stopped using prompters, but the Maly Theater cherishes this tradition and regards pro…
(Mia Galuppo's article appeared in the Hollywood Reporter, 8/29; via the Drudge Report.) Blake Jenner, Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt will star in an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim music…
The feeling of truth is the best awakener of emotion and the sense of living. . . . At first I did not have to imitate any one, and I felt well on the stage. There was only one unple…
Listen Timberlake Wertenbaker's adaptation from the French of Marcel Proust's allegorical reflection on time, memory, art and love. It begins with the vivid memory of a young boy's child…
The greatest obstacle in the artistic development of an actor is hurry, the forcing of his immature powers, the eternal desire to play leading parts and tragic heroes. To give heavy work…
(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/22; via Pam Green.) PARIS " Anémone, 65, an impersonator at the famous Chez Michou cabaret, and Freya Kor, 22, the winner of the"…
The secret . . . Physical bodily restraint, the taming of the anarchy of muscles, to reveal emotion in the strong places and think of nothing, to work out my own image which I was to copy an…
(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 8/21.) I find myself haunted by the funerals of the AIDS era. I attended too many of them and the creative lives they celebrated were …
It is much better to imitate an image created by yourself than another's methods of play or another's mannerisms. (MLIA)
(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/25.) The annual celebration of the work of Brian Friel carries powerful reminders of the work of building community "Politics are so obtr…
In order to make the effect true, one must do things to [the voice] . . . that in real life are not true. The same applies to make-up. One must paint, and pencil the brows to mak…
(Eric Grode's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/19; via Pam Green.) George Bernard Shaw's 6-Hour 'Beast'? She's All In A dancer turned director, Kimberley Rampersad is tackling "Man …
Emotion rose from the lowest to the highest notes, from calmness to insanity. This is what you must remember. Control yourself while you have strength to control yourself,"the longer…
(Holly Williams's article appeared in the Independent, 8/2.) It's nearly that time again: when crowds descend on Edinburgh for the world's biggest arts festival, where every pub basement and…
Faith has great meaning for the actor. Physical truth, and faith in that truth, call out inner spiritual truth and faith, and these free emotion, which comes from its secret hiding place…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/21.) Juliet Stevenson delivers one of the peak performances of the theatrical year in Robert Icke's striking reimagining of Schnitzl…
It is far from easy to stand motionless on the stage in the full sight of more than a thousand pair of eyes. I was successful but only at the cost of a tremendous bodily strain. I or…
(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/21; via Pam Green.) The screen and stage star is making his Broadway debut as the bottled-up husband wearing a "mask of cont…
Craftsmanship teaches the actor how to walk on the stage and play. But true art must teach him how to awaken consciously his subconscious creative self for its superconscious organic cre…
(Andrew Eglinton's and Mika Eglinton's article appeared in the Japan Times, 8/13.) Since the late 1970s, people from all over the world have traveled to the village of Toga in rural Toyama P…
One accidental touch, the bud opened and from it burst fresh young petals, seeking he warmth of the sun. And with me, an accidental touch of the makeup brush on my face served to open th…
By Tania Fisher So how does the son of a mailman, from a small town near Pittsburgh, end up directing more live network television than anyone else in the history of the medium"and being …
WORKS & PROCESS, THE PERFORMING ARTS SERIES AT THE GUGGENHEIM, ANNOUNCES FALL 2019 SEASON  Highlights · New commissions by Machine Dazzle and Caroline Shaw · Rotunda pe…
One feature in my makeup gave a living and comic expression to my face, and something suddenly turned within me. All that was dim became clear, all that was groundless suddenly had groun…
