THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS “TAKING IT TO THE STREETS,” AN ARCHIVAL EXHIBIT OF ITS FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF STREET THEATER HISTORY by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff and Briana Bartenieff) Theater for the New City (TNC), the historic Off-Broadway Venue that has produced new and avant-garde theater since 1971, is hosting a special exhi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:15am on August 25, 2026☆⚑

​MCMUSICAL’S FIRST DEVELOPMENTAL RUN COMES TO NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 17–20, 2026 by Robert Shuman

From the creators of Garfeld: The Musical (A Garfield Parody) comes McMusical, a brand-new, unhinged satirical romp making its first developmental production at Theater for the New City, Sep…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:47am on August 24, 2026☆⚑

HERE ARTS CENTER AND THE MILLION UNDERSCORES PRESENT ‘THE KICK INSIDE,’ 10/21-11/7 by Robert Shuman

HERE Arts Center and THE MILLION UNDERSCORES present The Kick Inside     (via Emily Owens) With text by Penny Arcade, Jess Barbagallo, Ethan Fishbane, Richard Foreman, Hillary Gao, Nazare…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:25am on August 23, 2026☆⚑

DEFIANT IRANIAN FILM SPOTLIGHTS CRACKDOWN ON FEMALE SINGERS by Robert Shuman

(Parisa Sohbati and Will Tizard’s article appeared on Radio Liberty/ Radio Free Europe, 8/22.) An unauthorized Iranian film released for free on YouTube is stirring debate by openly challe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:30pm on August 22, 2026☆⚑

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS “OBIT” BY REBECCA CHACE by Robert Shuman

When an advance-obituary writer arrives to interview a college president about his life and legacy, a routine professional encounter becomes an armed interrogation. She is carrying a gun, a …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:56am on August 22, 2026☆⚑

HOW IRISH KINDNESS IN A WAR-RAVAGED FRENCH TOWN INSPIRED UNKNOWN WRITER SAMUEL BECKETT by Robert Shuman

(Frank McNally’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 8/20/26; Samuel Beckett’s short poem, which appeared in The Irish Times 80 years ago, was inspired by his visits to Saint-Lô after …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:45pm on August 21, 2026☆⚑

PHOENIX FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT: ‘MURROW’ BY JOSEPH VITALE BRINGS EDWARD R. MURROW’S EPIC NEWS-CASTING CAREER TO LIFE by Robert Shuman

Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack (Daytrippers: 24 Miles from NYC)  Drilling Company & Phoenix Theatre Ensemble present MURROW by Joseph Vitale Sunday October 18, 2026 @ 2pm Nyack Li…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:49pm on August 20, 2026☆⚑

CLOWN EXHIBITION OFFERS FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO IRISH CIRCUS LIFE  by Robert Shuman

(Ralph Riegel’s article appeared in the Irish Independent, 8/20/26; Clown Maycon Fernandes heads for his show at Tom Duffy’s Circus in Antrim © Mark Condren.)      Collection was li…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:43am on August 20, 2026☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (173)  by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: When you begin to study each role you should first gather all the materials that have any bearing on it, and supplement them with more and mo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:48pm on August 19, 2026☆⚑

DARK COMIC THRILLER ‘THE EDGE MOTEL’ BEGINS PERFORMANCES SEPT. 4 (TNC) by Robert Shuman

(via Ron Lasko, Spin Cycle) The Dream Up Festival in association Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Artistic Director) presents the World Premiere of THE EDGE MOTEL by Tom Rowan (GLA…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:19am on August 19, 2026☆⚑

***** MAN SINGS THE SAME SONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR AN HOUR REVIEW – FRINGE GEM LEAVES YOU ECSTATIC by Robert Shuman

(Brian Logan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/17/26; Photo: We are all involved by the end … Australian clown Conk in Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour. Photog…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:41pm on August 18, 2026☆⚑

“ENOUGH: THE AGREEMENT” AT THE DREAM UP FESTIVAL (TNC), 8/23, 8/25, 8/26, 8/28, 9/5, 9/6, WORLD PREMIERE by Robert Shuman

by Jonathan G Galvez, Directed by Kristen Keim Produced by Graeme Cohen World Premiere, 75 min. Community Space Theater, $18 8/23 @ 2:00 PM, 8/25 @ 6:30 PM, 8/26 @ 9:00 PM, 8/28 @ 6:30 PM,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:05am on August 17, 2026☆⚑

***** ANGELS IN AMERICA REVIEW – TONY KUSHNER’S FIVE-HOUR FEVER DREAM PREDICTS AND REFLECTS THE US AT 250 by Robert Shuman

(Mark Fisher’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/16/26; Visitations … Angels in America. Photograph: Golin/Edinburgh international festival.) King’s theatre, Edinburgh People, ideas…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:45am on August 16, 2026☆⚑

LA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE CLUB PROUDLY PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “ALLEGRA & THE CELLO, IN MOVEMENTS” by Robert Shuman

(via Katie Rosin, Kampfire PR)  ALLEGRA & THE CELLO, IN MOVEMENTS A New Opera by Catherine Filloux A HIGH HARD HEAT/ Dominick Balletta ProductionStory & Libretto by Catherine Fillou…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:53pm on August 14, 2026☆⚑

CHINA’S NEW ‘ETHNIC UNITY’ LAW LOOMS OVER CLOSED-DOOR TRIAL OF KAZAKH WRITER by Robert Shuman

(Zamira Eshanova’s article appeared on Radio Free Europe, 8/14/26. Photo: Zhengis Reskhan (left) with members of his family in an undated handout photo.) After months of uncertainty, the f…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:35am on August 14, 2026☆⚑

“PHYL” STARTS 10/3 AT MINT THEATRE–WITH STEREOPHONICS’ LILY GANSER TO PLAY PHYLLIS “PHYL” by Robert Shuman

(via Joe Trentacosta,  JT Public Relations.) MINT THEATER COMPANY’S NEW YORK PREMIERE OF  PHYL  BY CECILY HAMILTON; Directed by BRITT BERKE Launching its LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX season …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:22pm on August 13, 2026☆⚑

HOLLYWOOD ENCORE: HOW ‘PRO-SHOT’ BROADWAY SHOWS BECAME A MAJOR DRAW ON THE BIG SCREEN by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Hassenger’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/13/2026; A still from Hadestown: The Musical. Photograph: LD Entertainment.) Filmed versions of hit shows such as Hadestown, Hamilton…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:30am on August 13, 2026☆⚑

***** B​UGGERS REVIEW – PHENOMENAL FLESH AND BLOOD PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS BACON AND GEORGE DYER by Robert Shuman

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh The painter and his lover are played with real intensity by Alistair Hall and Peter Clements, in a visceral psychodrama of contained violence and sadness The f…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:23pm on August 12, 2026☆⚑

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER URGES BROADWAY COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS ‘UNSUSTAINABLE’ COST OF LIVE THEATER by Robert Shuman

(JD Knapp’s article appeared on The Wrap. 8/8. Andrew Lloyd Webber attends the West End Opening Night of “Evita” at the London Palladium on July 1, 2025. (Simon Ackerman/Getty Images.)…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:28pm on August 11, 2026☆⚑

FRIGID NEW YORK ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR 2026-27 SEASON by Robert Shuman

(via Emily Owens.) FRIGID New York announces the lineup of programming for their 29th season including the 5th annual Days of the Dead Festival, the 14th annual Gotham Storytelling Festival…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:06pm on August 10, 2026☆⚑

SPIDERWOMAN THEATER’S BLOCK PARTY POW WOW: AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 (BROOKLYN) by Robert Shuman

(via Ron Lasko, Spin Cycle.) SPIDERWOMAN THEATER’S BLOCK PARTY POW WOW: AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION Saturday, August 15 in Brooklyn * Honoring the 100th Birthday of company co-founder Gloria…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:47pm on August 9, 2026☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (172) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: We know that’s Shakespeare re-created stories by others. That is what we do to the work of the dramatist, we bring to life what is hidden u…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:24pm on August 8, 2026☆⚑

TNC SETS ITS 14TH DREAM UP FESTIVAL (AUG 23 TO SEPT 13: LINEUP) by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff.) WHERE AND WHEN: August 23 to September 13, 2026 Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th Street) Presented by Theater for the New City, Crystal Field, Exec…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:03pm on August 6, 2026☆⚑

CRYSTAL FIELD: “THE ROOT OF IT ALL: A DENTIST’S TALE” (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Even in a gentrified East Village (now old news), there is an abandoned mattress on Second Avenue, police barricades at the crossing, the trash of paper shopping bags, and plas…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:20pm on August 3, 2026☆⚑

‘DO NOT EXECUTE’: IRANIAN WRITERS​ AND ARTISTS​ (ACTOR/DIRECTOR) JOIN OUTCRY AFTER PUBLIC HANGINGS IN ISFAHAN by Robert Shuman

(From Radio Free Europe, 7/29/2026.) Iranian writers, filmmakers, and other cultural figures have joined the local and international outcry against a surge of executions in the country, usin…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:16pm on July 30, 2026☆⚑