BYUNGKOO AHN: '13 FRUITCAKES' (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Byungkoo Ahn's distillation of the lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Alan Turing, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Hans Christian Andersen, among others, works so effectively"and is so differe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:03pm on June 17, 2019☆⚑

ITALY'S 'GENIUS' FILM DIRECTOR FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI DIES by Robert Shuman

(Frank Iovene's article appeared on AFP, 6/15.) Rome (AFP) " The world of cinema was in mourning Saturday after Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli, feted for his lavish producti…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:18am on June 16, 2019☆⚑

ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON " NEW YORK'S OWN by Robert Shuman

By Tania Fisher Sitting down with Roger Hendricks Simon is always an interesting experience.  Director Oliver Stone put it most succinctly when he referred to Roger as "that wonderful act…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:22pm on June 14, 2019☆⚑

LET'S GO: '13 FRUITCAKES' AT LA MAMA by Robert Shuman

2018 Tony Award-winning LA MAMA PRESENTS 13 FRUITCAKES WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY BYUNGKOO AHN AS PART OF STONEWALL 50 AT LA MAMA JUNE 13 " 16, 2019   'MOre' Zimin from 13 Fruitcakes Photo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:10pm on June 12, 2019☆⚑

TONYS 2019: "HADESTOWN" THE BIG WINNER (FULL LIST) by Robert Shuman

(CBS News, 6/10.) "Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, had a heavenly night at the Tony Awards, winning eight trophies Sunday night including best new musical and getting …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:30pm on June 10, 2019☆⚑

IN THIS 'DEATH OF A SALESMAN,' WILLY LOMAN IS BLACK by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; via Pam Green.) LONDON " This city's season-long love affair with Arthur Miller reaches an intriguing if emotionally muted conclusi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:52pm on June 8, 2019☆⚑

HOW KELLI O'HARA GETS READY FOR BROADWAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT by Robert Shuman

(Taffy Bodesser-Akner's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; photos by Brenda Ann Kenneally; via Pam Green.) THE TONY-WINNING ACTRESS TAKES US INSIDE HER DRESSING ROOM AND SHARES HE…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:56am on June 6, 2019☆⚑

2019 DRAMA DESK WINNERS by Robert Shuman

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SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:15pm on June 4, 2019☆⚑

SEAN O'CASEY:  'THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS' AT IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman The Plough and the Stars (1926), by Sean O'Casey, is an inflammatory play, which insulted the families of those who died in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and started a riot at the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:29pm on June 1, 2019☆⚑

QUENTIN TARANTINO: HOW SPAGHETTI WESTERNS SHAPED MODERN CINEMA by Robert Shuman

(Tarantino's article appeared in the Spectator, 3/30.) The movie that made me consider filmmaking, the movie that showed me how a director does what he does, how a director can control a mov…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:52pm on May 31, 2019☆⚑

2,000-YEAR-OLD MARBLE HEAD OF GOD DIONYSUS DISCOVERED UNDER ROME by Robert Shuman

Photo © EPA-EFE/MUNICIPALITY OF ROME (Nick Squires's article appeared in the Telegraph, 5/28.) The head of a deity emerges during excavations under Rome Town Hall Archeologists in R…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:36pm on May 28, 2019☆⚑

AT 11, I SAT IN SEAT D8. NOW I'M ONSTAGE IN 'BEETLEJUICE.' by Robert Shuman

(Rob McClure's article appeared in The New York Time, 5/6; via Pam Green.) When did "sentimental" become a bad word? I've always felt the opposite. I became an actor because I enjoy being mo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:00pm on May 15, 2019☆⚑

FULL LIST OF THE 2019 TONY AWARD NOMINEES by Robert Shuman

(from The New York Times, 4/30; via Pam Green.) The Tony Award nominees were announced Tuesday. Below is a list of all the nominees. This morning's announcement held a few surprises, includi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:15pm on May 8, 2019☆⚑

SEAN O'CASEY:  "THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN" AT IRISH REP"NOW THROUGH JUNE 22 (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

                By Bob Shuman In the splendid revival of The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), now running at Irish Repertory Theatre until June 22, Sean O'Casey describes h…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:28pm on May 5, 2019☆⚑

HOW THESE BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS ARE CHALLENGING AMERICAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's and Nicole Herrington's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/25; via Pam Green.) Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:39pm on May 1, 2019☆⚑

SHAKESPEARE: 'THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN' (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 3"LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

  Listen This and the Two Gentlemen of Verona are the least performed of the Shakespeare cannon and I wanted to see the progression between the first and the last. It is for this reason t…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:48pm on April 29, 2019☆⚑

ALIEN THE PLAY FULL SHOW NORTH BERGEN NJ HIGH SCHOOL 4K by Robert Shuman

ButtonSmasher Published on Apr 27, 2019 Alien The Play Full Show North Bergen NJ High School 4K including introduction and thank you from Sigourney Weaver #AlienThePlay #Alien #AlienDay #Sig…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:12am on April 28, 2019☆⚑

'TOOTSIE': THEATER REVIEW by Robert Shuman

(David Rooney's article appeared on The Hollywood Reporter, 4/23; via the Drudge Report.) Santino Fontana steps into Dustin Hoffman's Spanx in this contemporary musical update of the classic…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:09pm on April 24, 2019☆⚑

GEORGIA ENGEL, GENTLE-VOICED 'MARYTYLER MOORE' ACTRESS, IS DEAD AT 70 by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/15; via Pam Green.) Georgia Engel, whose distinctive voice and pinpoint comic timing made her a memorable part of "The Mary Tyler…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:36pm on April 23, 2019☆⚑

ON 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' WITH MELVYN BRAGG by Robert Shuman

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Listen  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's most popular works, written c1595 in the last years of Elizabeth I. It is a comedy of love and desir…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:01pm on April 22, 2019☆⚑

'THE CRADLE WILL ROCK' AT CSC AND 'FAUST 2.0' FROM MABOU MINES (REVIEWS FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Theatre watchers may contemplate how two plays, both once directed by Orson Welles for the Depression's Federal Theatre, have devilishly reappeared, not during a time of low un…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:59pm on April 19, 2019☆⚑

BIBI ANDERSSON, SWEDISH ACTRESS AND MUSE OF INGMAR BERGMAN, DIES AT 83 by Robert Shuman

(Harrison Smith's article appeared in the Washington Post, 4/14.) Bibi Andersson, a Swedish actress whose portrayals of chaste schoolgirls, beguiling young women and tortured wives made her …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:58pm on April 14, 2019☆⚑

CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: 'A GERMAN LIFE' REVIEW " MAGGIE SMITH SHINES AS GOEBBELS' SECRETARY by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billlington's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/12.) Absent from the stage for 12 years, Maggie Smith returns in triumph. But this is no barnstorming performance. She plays,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:13pm on April 14, 2019☆⚑

LET'S GO: 'THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN' AT IRISH REP by Robert Shuman

THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN The Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage by Sean O'Casey directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Visit Irish Rep  With Una Clancy, Terry Donnelly, Rory Duffy, Meg Hennessy…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:54pm on April 9, 2019☆⚑

INGMAR BERGMAN, NOVELIST by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Mendelsohn's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 4/18.) The Best Intentions by Ingmar Bergman, translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate Arcade, 298 pp., $16.99 (paper) …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:17pm on April 8, 2019☆⚑