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(Juan A. RamÃrez's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/31; via Pam Green.) The Ruth Stage's production understands the violence and identity crisis at the core of Brick's character,…
Listen Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euripides' great tragedy, which was first performed in Athens in 405 BC when the Athenians were on the point of defeat and humiliation in a long war wi…
(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Observer, 7/31.) Watermill, Newbury Tom Jackson Greaves thrillingly fuses movement with music in his revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Louisiana-set t…
(Gregoire Sauvage's article appeared on France 24, 7/20/22; videos: Little Big and Boris Grebenchtchikov.) The Kremlin has effectively taken over Russia's culture industry as the invasion of…
(Daniel Politi's article appeared on the AP, 7/27; via the Drudge Report.) BUENOS AIRES (AP) " MarÃa Eva Noble says she is carrying out the legacy of her namesake as she labors in a soup …
(Via Jim Byk/Kelly Guiod, The Press Room; Sajous's interview was recorded for "A Wonderful World.") "Floyd Collins is the finest work of American musical theater, not excluding opera,…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [Tommaso] Salvini said: 'The great actor should be full of feeling, and especially he should feel the thing he is portraying. He must fee…
(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/21/22; via Pam Green.) In London, a new play about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and a revival of "The Seagull" explore undercu…
(Miriam Gillinsons'article appeared in the Guardian, 7/24.) Â Leicester Curve Nikolai Foster's new version is more like a play with dance and songs, giving ideas around love and loss, comm…
(Via Andrea Alton/Alton PR; Photo: Tanya O'Debra and Gregg Bellón in Shut UP, Emily Dickinson. Photo by Molly Broxton.) Tanya O'Debra's award-winning play Shut UP, Emily Dickinson, will b…
(from Radio Free Europe, 7/20/22.) Influential Russian playwright Mikhail Durnenkov fled Russia for Finland shortly after Moscow's February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Durnenkov's opposition to …
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/20.) Chichester Festival theatre Instantly infectious melodies, superb choreography and irresistible comedy are met with astonishing perfor…
(via Phylliswheeler.com) Phyllis Wheeler's novel The Long Shadow, represented by Marit Literary Agency, has won a Purple Dragonfly Award! These awards are judged by Story Monsters …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The very best that can happen​ is to have the actor completely carried away by the play. Then regardless of his own will he lives …
 (Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/17; via Pam Green.) Remedies used by healer Susanna Hall and her doctor husband will be planted at Stratford home In Shakespeare's…
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/16/22.) For Methven, who stars as Prospero in Rough Magic's The Tempest, the rehearsal room is the beating heart of a theatre productio…
(Oliver Salazar-Winspear's, Natastacha Milleret's, Magali Faure's, and Marion Chaval's report appeared on France 24, 7/14/22.) Avignon may be France's oldest arts festival, but it has a reso…
(Andrew Gans's article appeared on Playbill, 7/14.)  This week Playbill catches up with two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser, cast as Big Mama in Ruth Stage's production of Tennesse…
(Torsten Landsberg's article appeared in DW, 7/12.) ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has adapted a Pippi Longstocking story, written by popular Swedish children's books author Astrid Lindgren, into a m…
(Michael Hogan's article appeared in the Observer, 7/10; via Pam Green.) The actor's breakup with comedian Seann Walsh went viral after he cheated on her with his dance partner and she respo…
(Carmel Dagan's article appeared in Variety, 7/7; via Pam Green.) James Caan, whose indelible, Oscar-nominated performance as Sonny Corleone, the recklessly hotheaded son of Marlon Brando's …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: ​Above all look for what is fine in art and try to understand it. (AP)
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/2.) Your Wellness In response to Galway's high suicide rate, more than 150 participants will tightrope-walk across the Corrib this mont…
(Benedict Nightingale's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/3/22; He was called "the greatest innovator of his generation," leaving an indelible mark with plays, musicals, opera and a …
