(from Shakespeare & Beyond, February 16, 2021.)  | Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth in 1936. Courtesy Library of Congress A struggling economy. Unemployed artis…
 (Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/16; Photo: Slapstick and sentimental songs … Pat Kirkwood in the 1956 musical comedy Stars in Your Eyes. Photograph: networkona…
(from Yonhap 12/12; PHOTO: provided by Acom, shows a scene from the musical "The Last Empress." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) " The South Korean musical scene is elat…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/15; via Pam Green; Photo: 'High creative aspirations' … Claire Bloom, photographed in 2016. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian.…
(James Varney's article appeared in The Washington Times, 2/15; via the Drudge Report.) The crown teachers once put on Shakespeare now lies uneasy upon his head as the English playwright com…
(Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in The Japan Times, 2/10; Photo: Behind closed doors: Playwright J.T. Rogers' drama, "Oslo," is based on the true-life clandestine meetings that took place …
(Seán Hewitt's article appeared in the Irish Times, 2/13; Illustration: JM Synge: For many years, his drama was too close to home.) In the year of the dramatist's 150th anniversary, his w…
 Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(from France 24, 2/13; Photo: France 24; via the Drudge Report.) French-Iranian Rana Gorgani, 37, used to think of whirling as something that should remain behind closed doors JOEL SAGET …
 (Keith C. Burris's article appeared in the Journal Inquirer, 2/8.) I have known, in my life, many men who thought of themselves as "great," and were anything but. And I have known a pre…
(Theo Merz's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/10; photo: Serebrennikov was last year found guilty of fraud after prosecutors accused him and others of siphoning off funds intended for cul…
By: Adam Sullivan Through COME_TO_EGYPT, international film star Khaled Nabawy, is encouraging those from all over the world, to see the Nile and visit the pyramids. He  recently met …
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces TRUSpeak … Hear Our Voices! Virtual Fundraiser on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 5pm (eastern time) via Zoom, presented with the generous…
(Emily Langer's article appeared in the Washington Post, 2/10; via Karen Schimmel; Â PHOTO: Â Maria Guarnaschelli, right, with her daughter, chef Alex Guarnaschelli, in New York in 2013.…
(Hilton Als's article appeared in The New Yorker, 2/8. PHOTO: Photograph from AKG / TT News Agency. ) The Danish memoirist built a literature of disaster, brick by brick. Don't think yoursel…
(Robin Pogrebin's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/7; via Pam Green. PHOTO: The eminent Broadway wig designer Paul Huntley in 1997, with a hairpiece to be worn by F. Murray Abraham …
Inspiration and invention lead me, and my ship comes in now.  I can easily solve any problem and correct answers come to me easily. I know what to do.  My projects complete easil…
(Gaby Wood's article appeared in the March 2021 issue of the Atlantic; via Pam Green.) For Britain's leading postwar playwright, virtuosity and uncertainty go hand in hand. Tom Stoppard:…
GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO MARSHALS THE RETURN OF THE PERFORMING ARTS TO NEW YORK WITH "NY PopsUp" Â AN EXPANSIVE STATEWIDE FESTIVAL OF POP-UP EVENTS DELIVERED RIGHT INTO THE DAILY LIFE OF …
(Andrew Eglinton's and Mika Eglinton's article appeared in the Japan Times, 2/5; Photo: Shared history: "This Song Father Used to Sing (Three Days in May)," a play by Thai director Wichaya A…
(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/3; via Pam Green; Photo: Emily Skinner performing "The Ladies Who Lunch" as part of the Signature Theater's "Simply Sondheim" revue.C…
 B.Brilliantov/Sputnik; Getty Images (Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 1/29/2021.) Konstantin Stanislavsky's ideas changed the face of theater as much as Albert Einst…
(Via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency; Photo: Rona Siddiqui.) Ars Nova, "a company known for pop-culture-savvy experimentation, with a hipness that sets it apart"Â (New York Times), under…
(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/2; Photo: Backstage secrets … Catherine Deneuve in The Last Metro. Photograph: APL Archive/Alamy.) Our series on films about the stage …
(Andrew Pulver's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/5; via Pam Green; Christopher Plummer, who has died aged 91. Photograph: Vera Anderson/WireImage.) Veteran and respected actor had a care…