MONOLOGUE FROM BOB SHUMAN'S 'TEMPEST' PREQUEL
If you enjoyed Sycorax: the Untold Story, you might like playing her in a class, audition, or even a full production (or know someone who would). Whether you're an actor seeking a powerful S…
If you enjoyed Sycorax: the Untold Story, you might like playing her in a class, audition, or even a full production (or know someone who would). Whether you're an actor seeking a powerful S…
(via You Tube; Photo: Craftsmanship magazine) The sparkling music of the violin and cello accompanies the vision of the wonderful masks present at the famous CARNIVAL of Venice.
In the past two weeks, the world witnessed continued attacks on artistic expression and free speech. From playwrights censored for challenging authority to musicians harassed for their songs…
(from Sky News) The 66-year-old dissident told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that "society becomes so timid, to really avoid any kind of questioning or argument. Â "Today I…
The past week's international stage highlights, brought to you via the world's foremost journalism. Â Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and mat…
(via Jane Dubin) Hi all, I was so moved by your responses to Rooted One to All, the first single released from Village of Vale, the new musical I am producing. Another song from the sh…
(Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and materials for this article.) ON BROADWAY: White Rose: The Musical About: An uplifting musical telling the …
(Christine Lebert's article appeared on DW, 2/2. Photo: DW.) "Falling in Love" is the title of the new show at Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast, Europe's biggest revue theater. The glamorous l…
A look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wit…
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/1/2024; Photo: Heady … Black as Hazel with Derek Riddell as John. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Dorfman theatre, London Beth Steel's new…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage there cannot be, under any circumstances, action which is directed immediately at the arousing of a feeling for its own sake.Â�…
(Ray Furlong's report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 1/31; Photo:Â Bi-2 production shot.) A Russian singer arrived in Israel while his bandmates remained in detention in Thailand on Janua…
On January 31, 1606, the renowned Globe Theatre in London witnessed the final performance of William Shakespeare's King Henry VIII. The play, co-authored with John Fletcher, marked the Bard'…
The actor, dancer and singer starred in musicals including West Side Story and Chicago (Chris Wiegan's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/30; Photo: Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd annual …
(via DARR Publicity; Photo: Jeremy Varner) Broadway legend Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd himself, joins Sea Dog Theater's Artistic Director Chris Domig (their friendship echoes Morrie & Mitch…
(Lauren Mechling's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/29; Photo: Brian d'Arcy James/Photograph: Joan Marcus.) Studio 54, New York Song-heavy adaptation of the bruising 1962 Blake Edw…
The past week's international stage highlights, brought to you via the world's foremost journalism. Â Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and mat…
(Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and materials for this article.) ON BROADWAY: Days of Wine and Roses: About:Â A tragic exploration of alcoho…
(Helen Meany's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/19; Photo: 'Minute flickers of emotion' … Stephen Rea in Krapp's Last Tape, directed by Vicky Featherstone, at Project Arts Centre, Dubli…
(from The New York Times, 1/24; via The Drudge Report; Photo: The New York Times.) A performance artist has sued the Museum of Modern Art, saying that officials neglected to take corrective …
On January 24, 1901, the Moscow Art Theatre unfurled its curtains to an enraptured audience, unveiling Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" in a theatrical crescendo. Directed by the maestro Kons…
Rocco George as Svejk. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Formative antiwar story is a hilariously subversive depiction of the idiocy of war and the men who wage it February 1 to 18, 2024 Theater for …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage do not run for the sake of running, or suffer for the sake of suffering. Don't act 'in general,' for the sake of action; always …
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; Photo: Fine performance … David Warner as Falstaff and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Prince Hal in Henry IV Part I in 2008. Photo…