(from Radio Liberty, 7/2.) A Kyrgyz artist is keeping alive a puppet theater tradition that dates back centuries. Esenbek Mairykov, 71, learned to carve his dancing mountain goats from his g…
Listen Henrik Ibsen's epic two-part stage play was versioned by Ben Power for the National Theatre in 2011. Set in the 4th century AD, it tells the story of Julian the Apostate and his f…
(Helen Shaw's article appeared in the New Yorker, June 5, 2023; Photo: Grissom says that the playwright gave him a life-changing mission. Illustration by Valentin Tkach.) James Grissom says …
(Harrison Smith's article appeared in the Washington Post, 6/30; Photo: Stage and screen actor Alan Arkin in 2018. His recent work included an Emmy-nominated starring role in "The Kominsky M…
(via Radio Liberty. ) Iranian actor Mona Soufi gets her makeup done backstage before performing in the Haft-Khan Esfandiar musical theater production at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran. Go to Radi…
(David Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/27; Photo: The Guardian.) Elizabeth Winkler's controversial new book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, investigates highly fraug…
(Gagliano's remembrance appeared 6/26.) I met lyricist Sheldon Harnick (died Friday, 23 June, 2023: age 99) once, at the Eugene O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference. Composer Claibe Richardson…
(Robert Berkvist's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/23; Photo: The lyricist Sheldon Harnick in 2015; via Ben Vereen/twitter. He gave voice to a broad range of characters, in…
(Silke Wünsch's article appeared on DW, 6/19; Photo: The show was a trailblazer in how it portrayed sexual identity; Image:Â Imago/ZUMA Press) It was 50 years ago that "The Rocky Horror S…
(Keith Weir's article appeared on Reuters, 6/19; Editing by Andrew Heavens; Photos: Reuters; via: msn; Drudge Report.) The archaeological area of Largo Argentina reopens to the public after …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Sheer imitation . . . has nothing to do with creativeness. . . . [Instead] assimilate the model. . . . You study it from the point of view of…
(By RFE/RL's Belarus Service; Photo: Radio Free Europe.) Belarusian singer Patrytsia Svitsina, who in 2020 refused to accept a scholarship from authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, …
(Michael Coveney's and Julia Langdon's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/15; Photo: Glenda Jackson in 1984. At the height of her fame in the 1980s, she continued to appear in London stage …
OEDIPUS REX Listen In Our Time Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex begins with a warning: the murderer of the old king of Thebes, Laius, has never been identified or caught, and he's still at large …
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/7; Photo: Theodoros Terzopoulos said he would like the festival 'to reflect the social and political reality around us'. Photograph: Mar…
(Rachel Sherman's article appeared in the New York Times, 6/12; The producer David Stone, center, accepting the Tony Award for best musical for "Kimberly Akimbo."Credit…Sara Krulwich/The N…
(Chris Wiegand's interview appeared in the Guardian, 6/6/2023; Photo: Adrienne Kennedy with her son Adam in 1969. Photograph: Jack Robinson/Getty Images.) The great American playwrigh…
(Yuriy Goodnichenko's and Ilona Sologoub's article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 6/7; Photo: Famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko is seen in front of a destroyed building in the Uk…
(William Earl's and Brent Lang's article appeared on Variety, 6/7; Photo: Helen Murray.) Jodie Comer is getting rave reviews for her performance in the one-woman Broadway play "Prima Faci…
(Charlotte Higgins's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/5; Photo: 'What would you have done?' … Stephen Campbell Moore as John Reith in When Winston Went to War with the Wireless. Phot…
DRAMA DESK 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED  Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 6 at Sardi's Restaurant  MANDY PATINKIN AND KATHRYN GRODY TO HOST THE CEREMONY  www.DramaDesk.org  (…
(from Sky News, 5/24; Photo: AP.) Â Tina Turner " one of rock's great vocalists and most charismatic performers " has died aged 83, her spokesperson has confirmed. In a statement, they sa…
(Colette Davidson's article appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, 5/17; Glen Stubbe Photography/Courtesy of Children's Theatre Company.) May 17, 2023|MINNEAPOLIS Fievel Mousekewitz's im…
 (Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/16, 2023; Photo: The Greek theatre in Syracuse. Photograph: Gaspare Urso' ) Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imaginati…
(Chis Wiegand's article appeaed in the Guardian, 5/5; via Pam Green; Photo: On tomorrow and tomorrow … David Tennant in a publicity shot for the Donmar's forthcoming Macbeth. Photograph…