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(from The New York Times, 6/11; via Pam Green.) STUTTGART, Germany " Midway through "We Are Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On," a theatrical walkabout through the Stuttgart State Theaters, I …
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/22.) This magnificently honest play about the Shelleys and Byron's summer of sexual experimentation raises difficult questions about…
When I asked one of the journalists how they produced such remarkable critics, I was told of a very clever and purposeful method used in Germany. They let a young critic, he told me, always …
(Michael Billington's and Ryan Gilbey's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/19; above: Â Ian Holm in 2003. On stage he was especially noted for his performances in Shakespeare and Pinter. …
Stratford Festival King John house program: https://cdscloud.stratfordfestival.ca… When the rule of a hedonistic king is questioned, rebellion ensues, culminating in the chilling attempt t…
(from Theatermania, 6/15; via Pam Green.) Marianne Elliott directs the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical. Author David Gordon Locations Broadway June 15, 2020 The cast of Stephen Sondhei…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/15;Â The Coup, with Tony Armatrading as Black Lightning. Photograph: Ivan Kyncl/ArenaPAL.) A Caribbean-set 'play of revolutionary …
(from the London Review of Books.) Listen to Podcast 'NO, I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED!': SUSAN PEDERSEN AND JOANNA BIGGS ABOUT SHELAGH DELANEY AND HER LANDMARK 1958 PLAY, A TAST…
(from The New York Times, 6/10; Interviews by Laura Collins-Hughes, Michael Paulson and Salamishah Tillet; Photos: Clockwise from top left: the playwright Lydia R. Diamond; the a…
(Ruth Bender's article appeared in the Walls Street Journal, 6/13; Photo: One of the world's most famous nightclubs, Tresor, located in a disused Berlin power plant, stands empty due to coro…
(via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) MOLIÈRE IN THE PARK TO PRESENT LIVE STREAM PRESENTATION OF MOLIÈRE'S TARTUFFE  starring Raúl E. Esparza & Samira Wiley, directed by MIP'…
(Mark Brown's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/10.) Location of the Red Lion, which predated the Globe, has been subject of debate for years Archaeologists believe they have found remains…
I was convinced again that between the dreams of the stage director and their realization there is a tremendous difference, and that the theatre is first of all intended for the actor and ca…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/8; photo: Harriet Walter as Biddy in Three Birds Alighting on a Field at the Royal Court in 1991. Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy) �…
(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 6/5; photo NY Daily News.) Following a social-media tumult sparked by a series of racially accusatory tweets from a former performer a…
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/3; on Michael Hill in Pass Over. Photograph: Amazon Prime Video.) 5 / 5 stars5 out of 5 stars. Available online Lee's 2018 fil…
(From the New York Times, 5/31; via Pam Green; Photo: The New York Times.) Patrick Kingsley, an international correspondent, and Laetitia Vancon, a photojournalist, are driving more than 3,7…
A Presidential Election Year Is Like the Wild West . . . When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro"the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history"reached First Lady Nanc…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/1; photo: Exemplary freshness and vigour … Roy Williams, pictured in 2008. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian.) Our new series on …
(Philip Oltermann's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/29.) Extra legroom and no interval: Germany plans for post-lockdown theatre Berliner Ensemble unveils auditorium with most chairs ripp…
(Gordon Cox's article appears in Variety, 5/27.) Larry Kramer, the writer and influential gay activist who pressed the U.S. government and the medical establishment to respond to the AIDS ep…
(Cathy Park Hong's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/21; Photo: The New York Times; via Pam Green.) The cast and crew of "Wolf Play" were on their third day of tech rehearsals at Soh…
(via John Wyszniewski at Everyman Agency.) 2020-21 R&D Group: All applications must be submitted by June 22nd, 2020 for consideration. The Civilians (Steve Cosson, Artistic Directo…
It is no little task to carry over to the stage those principles which were created in painting, music, and the other arts that had gone so far ahead of us. Will the speaking voice ever be a…
(Lanre Bakare's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/21; Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA.) Sonia Friedman calls for rescue package to save more than 1,000 theatres from permanent closure British …
