'GIRL ON AN ALTAR' REVIEW " COOL AND DEADLY VISION OF THE IMPACT OF MALE POWER by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's aicle appeared in the Guardian, 5/26; via Pam Green; Photo: A terrible, startling drama … Eileen Walsh (Clytemnestra) and David Walmsley (Agamemnon) in Girl on an Altar. …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:41pm on May 28, 2022☆⚑

'SHAKE IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS': THE CONFOUNDING WORLD OF JAMES THIERRÉE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/25; Photo:  The instrument of the human body … James Thierrée in Room. Credit: Richard Haughton.) The circus star turns singer i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:48pm on May 25, 2022☆⚑

'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS' AT 40: THE PLANT THAT CONQUERED THE WORLD by Robert Shuman

(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/19; via Pam Green; Photo:  The cast and creative team of the original production of "Little Shop of Horrors." In the front at cente…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:36pm on May 24, 2022☆⚑

***** TWO PALESTINIANS GO DOGGING REVIEW " DEVASTATINGLY HUMAN PORTRAIT OF CONFLICT SEARS ITSELF ON THE MIND by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's aricle appeared in he Guardian, 5/2; Seething with anger … Hala Omran as Reem in Two Palestinians Go Dogging at the Royal Court, London. Photograph: Ali Wright.) Royal Co…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:28pm on May 23, 2022☆⚑

AUSTIN PENDLETON IS STILL ON BROADWAY, STILL A BABE MAGNET by Robert Shuman

(Henry Alford's article appeared in the The New Yorker, 5/16; Photo: WFMJ.com.) The actor and director hangs at the lounge of Studio 54, where he is performing in "The Minutes," to discuss s…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:12pm on May 20, 2022☆⚑

'WE KEPT OUR BEARDS': OBERAMMERGAU'S PASSION PLAY EMERGES FROM PANDEMIC by Robert Shuman

(Kate Connolly's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/14/22; Photo:  Frederik Mayet as Jesus Christ in the 42nd Oberammergau passion play. Photograph: Lukas Barth/Reuters.) In 1633 the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:02pm on May 19, 2022☆⚑

'A STRANGE LOOP' REVIEW: A DAZZLING RIDE ON A MENTAL MERRY-GO-ROUND by Robert Shuman

(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/26; Photo: Jaquel Spivey, center, as Usher, a 25-year-old Broadway usher, in "A Strange Loop" at the Lyceum Theater in Manhattan.Â…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:40am on May 18, 2022☆⚑

DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022"NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED  by Robert Shuman

DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED     (via Scott Klein / Logan Metzler at Keith Sherman & Associates; visit www.DramaDeskAwards.com .)     (Monday, May 16, 2…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:38am on May 17, 2022☆⚑

'SOMEWHERE IN THE BODY': SHINING A LIGHT ON THE REAL LUCIA JOYCE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Seaver's article appeared in the Irish Times, 5/14; Photos (top to bottom): Choreographer Áine Stapleton has spent eight years exploring Joyce's artistry; Lucia Joyce: Whenever h…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:09pm on May 16, 2022☆⚑

'IT'S HARD TO FIND A TEACHER FOR SWORD-SWALLOWING': THE THRILLING SKILLS OF CIRCUS SHOWWOMEN by Robert Shuman

(Kate Wyver's article appeared in the guardian 5.9; via Pam Green;  Photo: The stars of Showwomen: (left to right) Fancy Chance, Marisa Carnesky, Lucifire and Livia Kojo Alour. Photograph…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:32pm on May 15, 2022☆⚑

'THE LIDO IS FINISHED': FAMED PARIS CABARET SET FOR FINAL CURTAIN AMID MASS LAY-OFFS by Robert Shuman

(from France24, 5/13; Photo: Dancers perform at the Lido cabaret in Paris on September 10, 2019. © Christophe Archambault, AFP.) High-kicking showgirls and nightly cabaret shows at the…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:24am on May 13, 2022☆⚑

PUSSY RIOT MEMBER LEAVES RUSSIA DISGUISED AS DELIVERY COURIER by Robert Shuman

(By AFP-Agence France Presse, 5/11/22; via Drudge Report.) Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has left Russia, she said in an interview, after disguising herself as a food delivery courier to…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:15am on May 11, 2022☆⚑

'FAT HAM' WINS 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BEST DRAMA (MORE)   by Robert Shuman

(Hillel Italie's article for the Associated Press, appeared in USA TODAY, 5/9.) Joshua Cohen's "The Netanyahus" has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The work, titled in full "The Ne…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:16pm on May 10, 2022☆⚑

REVEALED: NOËL COWARD'S UNSEEN PLAYS AIMED TO DEAL WITH HOMOSEXUALITY by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/8; Photo:  Noël Coward in 1953. Photograph: Haywood Magee/Getty Images.) Playwright planned scenes on same-sex relationship at a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:03am on May 8, 2022☆⚑

AP EVIDENCE POINTS TO 600 DEAD IN MARIUPOL THEATER AIRSTRIKE by Robert Shuman

(Lori Hinnant's, Msyslav Chernov's, and Vasilisa Stephenko's article appeared on the AP, 5/5; Photo: GMToday.com.) LVIV, Ukraine (AP) " She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basemen…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:55am on May 5, 2022☆⚑

***** STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S 'OLD FRIENDS' REVIEW " A GLORIOUS ALL-STAR MEMORIAL SERVICE by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian 5/4; via Pam Green; Photo:  A vast cast for a huge talent … the curtain call for the gala performance. Photograph: David M Benett/G…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:27pm on May 4, 2022☆⚑

THE REDISCOVERY OF A LOST BLACK PLAYWRIGHT by Robert Shuman

(Michael Schulman's article appeared in the New Yorkers, 5/2; Illustration: The New Yorker.) How a dramaturge and a director resurrected Alice Childress's play "Wedding Band," about a Black …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:14pm on May 2, 2022☆⚑

***** 'AN OCTOROON': THEATRE'S PAST CRIMES REWRITTEN AS A MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE (REVIEW PICK, IE) by Robert Shuman

(Chris McCormack's review appeared in the Irish Times, 4/27; Photo:  Patrick Martins as M'Closky in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh.) Centuries of obscene ca…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:23pm on April 28, 2022☆⚑

U.K. EXAM BOARD ADDS NEW PLAYS BY WRITERS OF COLOUR TO DRAMA GCSE AND A-LEVEL by Robert Shuman

(Sally Weale's article appeared in the UK Guardian, 4/27; The Empress by Tanika Gupta is one of four new plays added to AQA's GCSE drama curriculum. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:33pm on April 27, 2022☆⚑

TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS DELAYS by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/22/22; via Pam Green;   The Tony Awards ceremony will return to Radio City Music Hall on June 12, after being presented at …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:51pm on April 26, 2022☆⚑

JAMIE LLOYD'S MINIMALIST HIP-HOP "CYRANO DE BERGERAC"   by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Schwartz's article appeared in the New Yorker, 4/28/ 22; The mania and melancholy of James McAvoy's Cyrano disguise a desperate rage.Illustration by Matt Williams.) A new staging,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:26pm on April 25, 2022☆⚑

NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SHAKESPEARE MAY HAVE STOLEN THE PLOT OF CYMBELINE by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Observer, 4/24; Photo:  Tom Hiddleston as Posthumus and Jodie McNee as Innogen in Cymbeline at the Barbican in 2007. Photograph: Tristram Kento…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:01pm on April 24, 2022☆⚑

***** HENRY VI: REBELLION / WARS OF THE ROSES REVIEW " THRILLING GAMES OF THRONES by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/21; Photo: Frail body, strong mind … Mark Quartley in Henry VI: Rebellion at the Royal Shakespeare theatre. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz/R…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:49pm on April 21, 2022☆⚑

LIZA MINNELLI:  STOP TRYING TO HUMILIATE HER AT THE OSCARS"FIRST, ELLEN"NOW, THE CHAIR by Robert Shuman

(Brian Marks's article appeared in the Daily Mail, 4/19; via Pam Green.)  FRAIL LIZA MINNELLI, 76, FELT 'SHAKEN' AND 'SABOTAGED' AFTER BEING FORCED ON STAGE IN WHEELCHAIR AT OSCARS INSTEA…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:56pm on April 20, 2022☆⚑

OVER THE BRIDGE, ONCE A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR THE BELFAST ESTABLISHMENT, IS BACK by Robert Shuman

(Connal Parr's article appeared in the Irish Times, 4/18; The cast of the new production of Over The Bridge; Photo:  The cast of the new production of Over The Bridge. ) Sam Thompson's cl…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:29pm on April 19, 2022☆⚑