'9 CIRCLES' REVIEW " UNFLINCHING APPRAISAL OF A WARTIME ATROCITY by Robert Shuman

(Miriam Gillinson's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/1.)  Park theatre, London Joshua Collins is magnetic as a US soldier awaiting trial for murder in this hard-hitting drama hamstrung…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:15pm on July 1, 2022☆⚑

DONALD TRUMP PLAYED SONG FROM 'CATS' TO CALM HIMSELF DOWN IN WHITE HOUSE, HIS STAFF CLAIM   by Robert Shuman

Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker wrote that Donald Trump's need to be comforted by Broadway music "degrades both the office of the Presidency and a great American institution" (Rachel Hagan's a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:29pm on June 29, 2022☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (135) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: ​I was ready to turn myself inside out​, to give [the audience] everything I had; yet inside of me I had never felt so empty.…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:21pm on June 27, 2022☆⚑

A MIGHTY GROOVE: SADLER'S WELLS SETS UP NEW DANCE HOME IN EAST LONDON by Robert Shuman

(Lyndsey Winship's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/26; via Pam Green.) Due to open in Stratford next year, the sibling to the Islington institution will have a special emphasis on local …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:06pm on June 26, 2022☆⚑

PUTTING ON PUPPET SHOWS WITH AN EDGE: DISCOVERING PUPPETEERING CHANGED MARGO LOVELACE"AND THE ART SCENE IN PITTSBURGH. by Robert Shuman

(Susan Orlean's article appeared in the New Yorker, 6/22.) Puppeteering is rarely an obvious career choice, but how Margo Lovelace (1922-2022) came to be a puppeteer is actually quite logica…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:54pm on June 24, 2022☆⚑

OF COURSE THEATRE CRITICS SHOULD SPEAK THEIR MIND, BUT NOT WITH CHEAP SHOTS by Robert Shuman

(Catherine Bennett's article appeared in the Observer, 6/19;via Pam Green.) One irritating theatre reviewer shouldn't hide the fact that too many writers pull punches Legally Blonde at Regen…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:52pm on June 23, 2022☆⚑

JAMES RADO, CO-CREATOR OF BROADWAY HIT HAIR, DIES AT 90 by Robert Shuman

(Benjamin Lee's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/22.) The award-winning writer, whose hit musical originally opened on Broadway in the late 60s, died in New York City of cardiorespiratory…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:45pm on June 22, 2022☆⚑

VERSAILLES CELEBRATES MOLIÈRE WITH A MONTH OF DRAMATIC DELIGHTS by Robert Shuman

(from France24, 6/17.) In this edition we focus on France's foremost playwright. Molière's witticisms and deft handling of the French language still dazzle, four centuries after he was b…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:11pm on June 21, 2022☆⚑

IN 'CORSICANA,' WILL ARBERY PUTS ART, FAMILY AND DOWN SYNDROME ONSTAGE by Robert Shuman

(Jennifer Schuessler's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/15; via Pam Green; Photo:  Will Arbery with Jamie Brewer, one of the stars of his play "Corsicana," which was inspired by …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:30pm on June 19, 2022☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (134) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: There is a good side to this period of waiting [to go on stage]. It drives you into such a state that all you can do is to long for your turn…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:08pm on June 17, 2022☆⚑

IRELAND MARKS BLOOMSDAY WITH PLAY ABOUT ULYSSES OBSCENITY TRIAL by Robert Shuman

(Rory Carroll's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/16/22; Photo: James Joyce in Zurich in 1915. Photograph: Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy.) 1933 trial that vindicated 'pornogr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:44am on June 16, 2022☆⚑

THE KYIV CITY BALLET TO TOUR THE US IN AN AMERICAN PREMIERE…SEPTEMBER " OCTOBER 2022 by Robert Shuman

  (via Scott Klein, Ken Sherman & Associates; Photos: Kyiv City Ballet.)   www.KCBTheater.com The Kyiv City Ballet (www.kcbtheater.com), under the artistic direction of Ivan …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:42pm on June 15, 2022☆⚑

THE IRISH TIMES IRISH THEATRE AWARDS 2022: ALL THE WINNERS REVEALED by Robert Shuman

(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 6/12; Photo: Best actress: Bríd Ní Neachtain won for her role in Happy Days. Photograph: Andrew Downes/Xposure.) Six months ago Ire…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:26pm on June 14, 2022☆⚑

TONY AWARD WINNERS 2022: LIST by Robert Shuman

  (from The New York Times, 6/12, compiled by Rachel Sherman; Photo:  Ben Power accepting the Tony for best new play for "The Lehman Trilogy."Credit…Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:35am on June 13, 2022☆⚑

PAAPA ESSIEDU ON GRIEF, DOUBT AND FURY AT BORIS JOHNSON: 'BIGOTRY IS THE BACKBONE OF HIS CHARACTER' by Robert Shuman

(Simon Hattenstone's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/11; via Pam Green; Photo: Paapa Essiedu: 'Before the first day on a job, I have a nervous breakdown.' Photograph: Elliott Wilcox/The …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:46pm on June 12, 2022☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (133) by Robert Shuman

I went out to the front of the stage and stared into that awful hole beyond the footlights, trying to become accustomed to it, and to free myself from its pull; but the more I tried not to n…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:20pm on June 10, 2022☆⚑

DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022: WINNERS ANNOUNCED (LIST) by Robert Shuman

(via Scott Klein,  Keith Sherman & Associates)   WINNERS ANNOUNCED   Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 14 at Sardi's Restaurant    www.DramaDeskAwards.com     W…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:20am on June 9, 2022☆⚑

TOM STOPPARD IN NEW YORK, ON BROADWAY: 'LEOPOLDSTADT': 2020 OLIVIER AWARD "BEST NEW PLAY""OPENING SUN., OCT. 2 by Robert Shuman

(Via Michelle Farabaugh, BBB, Adrian Bryan-Brown; Photo: The Original West End Company of Leopoldstadt (Credit: Marc Brenner)   ★★★★★ "Magnificent! Tom Stopp…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:44pm on June 8, 2022☆⚑

REAGAN REMEMBERS D-DAY"PART OF THE BOOK 'REAGAN'S COWBOYS' BY JOHN B. ROBERTS II by Robert Shuman

"Reagan's Cowboys is something of a memoir of Roberts's career with the 40th president, and as such, it's a time machine back to the days of typewriters, hard-line telephones, and Marlboro c…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:25pm on June 7, 2022☆⚑

JAMMING WITH JOKERMAN: HOW BOB MARLEY AND BOB DYLAN'S SONGS POWERED HIT MUSICALS by Robert Shuman

(Ammar Kalia's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/31; via Pam Green;  Photo:  Arinzé Kene in Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical and Shirley Henderson with Adam James in Girl fro…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:44pm on June 7, 2022☆⚑

LOUIS LOVETT AND THE DARK HEART OF CHILDREN'S DRAMA by Robert Shuman

(Chris McCormack's article appeared in Irish Times, 6/6/22; Photo: Louis Lovett weighs up the challenge of The Tin Soldier: `What a child knows is their own world. So we like to bring in asp…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:11am on June 6, 2022☆⚑

HELEN MIRREN: HOW I GOT HERE by Robert Shuman

(Harper's Bazaar; via Pam Green; Photo: Yahoo Finance)

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:03pm on June 4, 2022☆⚑

'OTVETKA' BY NEDA NEZHDANA (THEATRE OF PLAYWRIGHTS IN KYIV/ POPDIPINGDI PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FINBOROUGH THEATRE"VIEW NOW) by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand, 5/31, the Guardian; Photo: of Neda Nezhdana, Litgazeta.com.ua) Neda Nezhdana's urgent exploration of war is a collaboration with the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv. Otvetk…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:06pm on June 3, 2022☆⚑

UKRAINIAN THEATER PLAYS TO EVACUEE CHILDREN IN ODESA BOMB SHELTER by Robert Shuman

(via Radio Free Europe, 5/31) It's billed as an escape from anxiety for kids who have been evacuated from war-torn parts of Ukraine. The Odesa Youth Theater is staging special performances i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:35pm on June 1, 2022☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (132) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To arouse a desire to create is difficult; to kill that desire is extremely easy. If I interfere with my own work, it is my own affair, but w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:47pm on May 31, 2022☆⚑