TRAVELLING HOMER: HOW THE NATIONAL THEATRE IS STAGING A MULTI-CITY ODYSSEY by Robert Shuman

(Jessica Murray's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/8; Photo: Patsy Browne-Hope and Frank Hickman in rehearsals for The Lotus Eaters, the first episode of NT Public Acts' new five-part Ody…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:57pm on March 10, 2023☆⚑

ACCLAIMED PLAYWRIGHT DAVID HARE OPENS UP ON HIS NEXT BIG CHALLENGE by Robert Shuman

(Kerrie O'Brien's article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 3/6/2023; Photo: Sydney Morning Herald.) What David Hare wants to write about at the moment is pretty simple: the fact that t…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:00pm on March 8, 2023☆⚑

THE RUMBLE OVER RUSSIAN COMPOSER TCHAIKOVSKY AT AN ELITE UKRAINIAN CONSERVATORY by Robert Shuman

(Rostyslav Khotin's article appeared on Radio Free Europe, 3 /4.) Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky had Ukrainian roots and was influenced by Ukrainian motifs. Should he stay or shou…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:54pm on March 5, 2023☆⚑

'DOGS OF EUROPE' (BELARUS FREE THEATRE, ADELAIDE FESTIVAL) by Robert Shuman

(Jansson J. Antmann's article appeared in Limelight Magazine, 3/2/2023;  Photo: Dogs of Europe. Photo © Adam Forte, Daylight Breaks.) Exiled from their homeland, the performers of Bela…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:40pm on March 4, 2023☆⚑

HOW ART, MUSIC AND DANCE AFFECT YOUR BRAIN AND BODY by Robert Shuman

(Bethany Brookshire's article appeared in The Washington Post, 3/2; via the Drudge Report; Illustration: How art, music and dance affect your brain and body© George Wylesol for The Was…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:53pm on March 2, 2023☆⚑

UKRAINE'S NATIONAL OPERA LOSES MEMBERS TO RUSSIA'S WAR, SAYS ART IS ALWAYS POLITICAL by Robert Shuman

(Olena Makarenko's reporting appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 2/2/23.) Following a three-month break after the start of Russia's all-out war, the National Opera of Ukraine resumed its perfo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:32am on February 28, 2023☆⚑

'NOBODY CAN GO BACK " WE ALL FACE JAIL': THE DISSIDENT THEATRE COMPANY OPENING ADELAIDE FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(Kelly Burke's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/26/23; Photo: … Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada of Belarus Free Theatre in London. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters.) Belarus Free…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:31pm on February 27, 2023☆⚑

'MEDEA' REVIEW " SOPHIE OKONEDO IS MAGNIFICENT AS ANCIENT GREECE'S PREEMINENT REBEL WOMAN by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/17; via Pam Green; Photo: Never an outright monster … Sophie Okonedo, right, and Ben Daniels in Medea. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Med…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:37pm on February 25, 2023☆⚑

FOR BURT BACHARACH, 'PROMISES, PROMISES' WAS ONE BROADWAY HIT TOO MANY by Robert Shuman

(Laurence Maslon's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/13; via Pam Green; Photo:Burt Bacharach, at the piano, arrived in New York as rehearsals began in September 1968. He was joined b…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:10am on February 19, 2023☆⚑

RAQUEL WELCH, 'ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.' AND 'THREE MUSKETEERS' ICON, DIES AT 82 by Robert Shuman

(Carmel Dagan's article appeared in Variety, 2/15; via Pam Green; Photo: Corbis via Getty Images.) Raquel Welch, the actor who became an icon and sex symbol thanks to films like "One Million…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:12pm on February 15, 2023☆⚑

'IT'S A GRIEF AND A HEALING': WHY DANCE-MAKERS LOVE THE RITE OF SPRING by Robert Shuman

(Sarah Crompton's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/12/23; Photo:  'I think you must do it just by feel': Dada Masilo's interpretation of The Rite of Spring, based on the traditional da…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:14am on February 14, 2023☆⚑

NEW OHIO THEATRE TO CLOSE AUGUST 31, 2023 by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs/DARR Publicity, 2/13.) New York, NY " After 30 years as an indispensable pillar of the downtown independent theatre community, New Ohio Theatre will conclude operations at 1…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:21pm on February 13, 2023☆⚑

THE TEMPEST REVIEW " ALEX KINGSTON IS A MAGNIFICENT PROSPERO by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/2; via Pam Green; Revelatory … Alex Kingston as Prospero. Photograph: Ikin Yum.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Climat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:33pm on February 11, 2023☆⚑

BURT BACHARACH, LEGENDARY POP COMPOSER, DIES AT 94 by Robert Shuman

(Chris Morris's article appeared in Variety, 2/9; via Pam Green; Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images.) Songwriter, composer, producer and arranger Burt Bacharach, a dominant force in American…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:02pm on February 10, 2023☆⚑

VÁCLAV HAVEL: 'AUDIENCE' AT LA MAMA"THROUGH FEBRUARY 19 (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

by Bob Shuman Visit La MaMa Translated and Directed by Vít Hořejš Performed by Vít Hořejš & Theresa Linnihan Production design: Alan Barnes Netherton �

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:54pm on February 9, 2023☆⚑

ANCIENT GREEK PLAY ECHOES FIGHT TO PROTECT AMAZON (BRAZIL) by Robert Shuman

(Suzanne Cords's article appeared in DW, 1/27; Photo from DW.) Activist Kay Sara portrays Antigone in Milo Rau's modern-day tragedy about the Indigenous people's fight for survival. Ancient …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:34pm on February 2, 2023☆⚑

OTHELLO; THE UNFRIEND; ON THE ROPES " REVIEW by Robert Shuman

(Susannah Clapp's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/29; via Pam Green; Photo:A tragedy in which 'bludgeoning comes naturally': Michael Akinsulire, centre, in the title role, and company in…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:48pm on January 31, 2023☆⚑

ALAN CUMMING HANDS BACK HIS OBE CITING THE 'TOXICITY OF EMPIRE' by Robert Shuman

(Tim Jonze's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/27; via Pam Green; 'I was incredibly grateful to receive [the OBE] in 2009,' wrote Alan Cumming. Photograph: Kristina Bumphrey/REX/Shutter…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:28pm on January 28, 2023☆⚑

A FREE SPIRIT AND A FEARLESS ARTIST: COLETTE AT 150 by Robert Shuman

(Olivia Salazar-Winpear's, Jennifer Ben Brahim's, Marion Chaval's, and Magali Faure's report appeared on France 24, 1/26.) A century and a half after her birth, Colette remains an icon: a be…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:35pm on January 26, 2023☆⚑

40 YEARS SINCE NENA'S '99 LUFTBALLONS' BECAME A GLOBAL HIT by Robert Shuman

(Silke Wünsch's article appeared in DW, 1/23/23; Photo: Singer Nena in the 1980sImage: United Archives/kpa/picture alliance.) Despite the recording company's initial doubts about the song's…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:58pm on January 24, 2023☆⚑

BETTY CAN JUMP AT THE PRAM FACTORY: THE RADICAL 1970S PLAY THAT BUILT A SCENE " AND CHANGED AUSTRALIA by Robert Shuman

(Kath Kenny's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; photo: Betty Can Jump was raw and amateurish " but at the time it was so powerful it left women in tears. Photograph: Betty Can Jump …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:25pm on January 20, 2023☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (146) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: An actor of our type is obliged to work so much more than others, both on his inner equipment, which creates the life of the part, and also o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:58pm on January 19, 2023☆⚑

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARY GRANT! by Robert Shuman

Get to know the real Cary Grant for his 119th birthday, in Nancy Nelson's acclaimed biography (he was born January 18, 1904). Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Na…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:05am on January 17, 2023☆⚑

'IT'S A HARD TIME': WHY ARE SO MANY BROADWAY SHOWS CLOSING EARLY? by Robert Shuman

(David Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/14; via Pam Green; Photo: KPOP, Almost Famous, Ohio State Murders. Composite: Getty; Handout.) A slew of well-reviewed productions ha…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:19pm on January 15, 2023☆⚑

VACLAV HAVEL'S 'AUDIENCE', AT LA MAMA, Feb 2-19, 2023  (LET'S GO THEATRE) by Robert Shuman

VACLAV HAVEL'S 'AUDIENCE' ​February 2"19, 2023 Thursday"Saturday at 7PM Sunday at 2PM Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 East 4th Street, 2nd floor New York, NY 10003 Tickets: Adults: $30 Stude…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:32pm on January 13, 2023☆⚑