AT THE MOVIES: MARLENE DIETRICH by Robert Shuman

(Michael Wood's article appeared in The London Review of Books, 12/17.) Ihad​ misremembered The Scarlet Empress (1934), one of the thirteen Marlene Dietrich movies currently sho…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:56pm on December 19, 2020☆⚑

THE WONDER OF WAGNER by Robert Shuman

(Chilton Williamson, Jr.'s article appeared in The Spectator, 12/13.) Laramie, Wyoming Nearly all the famous artistic controversies in the aesthetic history of the western world " the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:19pm on December 18, 2020☆⚑

ON: ANN REINKING (1949-2020) by Robert Shuman

More than forty-six years ago, the Sherman brothers' Big Band musical Over Here! (they had written the scores for Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book, and the song "It's a Small World," for the…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:21pm on December 17, 2020☆⚑

'SIX' TRIES TO GET BACK ONSTAGE. AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. by Robert Shuman

(Alex Marshall's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/9; updated 9/14 : Photo: A security guard takes ticket holders' temperatures before a performance of "Six" in London, on Dec. 5.Cr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:57pm on December 16, 2020☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (103) by Robert Shuman

The lie must become or seem to be the truth on the stage in order to be convincing. (MLIA)

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:56pm on December 15, 2020☆⚑

ANN REINKING, TONY WINNER AND STAR OF BROADWAY'S 'CHICAGO,' DIES AT 71 by Robert Shuman

(Eli Countryman's article appeared in Variety, 12/14.) Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, an actor, dancer and choreographer, died on Saturday night in Washington, her sister-in-law Dahrla R…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:03pm on December 14, 2020☆⚑

***** 'OLEANNA' REVIEW " BRUTAL AND BRILLIANT REVIVAL OF PRE-#METOO MASTERPIECE (SV PICK, UK) by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/13. Photo:  Riveting … Jonathan Slinger and Rosie Sheehy in Oleanna by Mamet at Theatre Royal Bath. Photograph: Nobby Clark.…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:44pm on December 14, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (23) by Robert Shuman

Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:06pm on December 13, 2020☆⚑

A LOST ORSON WELLES TV PILOT THAT'S AS GROUNDBREAKING AS "CITIZEN KANE" by Robert Shuman

(Richard Brody's article appeared in The New Yorker, 12/11; Photo: The New Yorker.) The project that Orson Welles planned to film, in 1939, before turning his attention to "Citizen Kane" was…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:47pm on December 12, 2020☆⚑

'HIP HOP CINDERELLA' FOR THE HOLIDAYS"A FAMILY-FRIENDLY VIRTUAL THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE by Robert Shuman

(via David Coffman and Linda Chichester) HIP HOP CINDERELLA is a new musical, brought to our attention through the  TRU Zoom Community Gatherings, free on Fridays at 4:30 pm"also don't fo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:17pm on December 11, 2020☆⚑

AUGUST WILSON, AMERICAN BARD by Robert Shuman

(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/4/2020; via Pam Green. To accompany this essay, the Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs painted "Portrait of August Wilson" (2020…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:39pm on December 10, 2020☆⚑

FIRST MAN IN UK TO GET COVID-19 VACCINE IS NAMED WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by Robert Shuman

(Lee Brown's article appeared in the New York Post, 12/9; via the Drudge Report.) It's one for the books. The first man to get the new coronavirus vaccine in the UK is named William Shakespe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:40pm on December 9, 2020☆⚑

BEST THEATER OF 2020 (NY) by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's, Laura Collins-Hughes's, Scott Heller's, Maya Phillips's, Alexis Soloski's, and Elisabeth Vincentelli's article appeared in the New York Times, 12/1; Photogr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:54pm on December 8, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (22) by Robert Shuman

  Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:06pm on December 7, 2020☆⚑

ACTOR HARRY LENNIX PLANS TO BUILD 'THE BLACK VERSION OF LINCOLN CENTER' ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Jones's article appeared in The Chicago Tribune, 12/2; photo: This building at 4343 South Cottage Grove Ave. is slated to be the African American Museum of Performing Arts and a theat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:03pm on December 6, 2020☆⚑

THIS LOCKDOWN, ENGLAND'S THEATERS KNOW WHAT TO DO ONLINE by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/26; Tamzin Outhwaite, left, and Fiona Button in "What a Carve Up!"Credit…via Barn Theatre/Lawrence Batley Theatre/New Wolsey Theatre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:43pm on December 5, 2020☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (102) by Robert Shuman

The charming delicacy of the scenic artist's sketch is always uglified on the stage. . . . And no matter what the artist might do, he will never be able to conquer materiality and coarseness…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:40pm on December 4, 2020☆⚑

THEATRE COMPANIES IN UK TIER 3 AREAS DESCRIBE 'SHOCK AND HEARTBREAK' by Robert Shuman

(Lanre Bakare's article appeared in the UK Guardian, 12/3; Photo: Nottingham Playhouse says its Cinderella pantomime and Jack and the Beanstalk family show will now only be available to stre…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:51pm on December 3, 2020☆⚑

IRELAND: COVID-19"ANGER AS THEATRE SECTOR PONDERS WHY IT'S NOT ALLOWED REOPEN by Robert Shuman

(Ronan McGreevy's article appeared in the Irish Times, 12/2: Photo: Abbey Theatre directors Graham McLaren (left) and Neil Murray: Calling on the Government to "look again at the reopening o…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:39pm on December 2, 2020☆⚑

LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (21) by Robert Shuman

 Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:06pm on December 1, 2020☆⚑

ANITA DURST, CHASHAMA, TALKS WITH BOB OST AND THE TRU COMMUNITY by Robert Shuman

On 11/27 at 4:30pm, Anita Durst talked with Executive Director Bob Ost and the Friday TRU Community Gathering about an organization she founded twenty-five years ago, one that supports artis…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:53pm on November 30, 2020☆⚑

DEPENDING ON THE KINDNESS OF SOUND ENGINEERS by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/25; Photo: Carla Gugino, left, and Audra McDonald planned to share a stage this summer in "A Streetcar Named Desire," but ended u…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:26pm on November 29, 2020☆⚑

MEET THE REAL-LIFE GANGSTERS WHO INSPIRED GUYS AND DOLLS by Robert Shuman

(Mathew Lyons's article appeared in the Spectator,  11/24; Photo: Braodwaymusicalhome.com.) Guys and Dolls, the musical loosely based on the Broadway stories of Damon Runyon, premiered on…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:36pm on November 28, 2020☆⚑

EAT UP! DRAMA IS SERVED AT THESE FAMILY DINNERS by Robert Shuman

(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/25; Photo:  The ultimate hellish family gathering: Dinner with the Westons in Tracy Letts's "August: Osage County."Credit…Sar…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:20pm on November 27, 2020☆⚑

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (101) by Robert Shuman

[Our] conscious laws [of acting] exist for the purpose of awaking another and higher superconscious region of creativeness. This latter is outside of our comprehension, and we are helpless i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:57pm on November 26, 2020☆⚑