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DRAMA DESK 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED  Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 6 at Sardi's Restaurant  MANDY PATINKIN AND KATHRYN GRODY TO HOST THE CEREMONY  www.DramaDesk.org  (…
(from Sky News, 5/24; Photo: AP.) Â Tina Turner " one of rock's great vocalists and most charismatic performers " has died aged 83, her spokesperson has confirmed. In a statement, they sa…
(Colette Davidson's article appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, 5/17; Glen Stubbe Photography/Courtesy of Children's Theatre Company.) May 17, 2023|MINNEAPOLIS Fievel Mousekewitz's im…
 (Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/16, 2023; Photo: The Greek theatre in Syracuse. Photograph: Gaspare Urso' ) Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imaginati…
(Chis Wiegand's article appeaed in the Guardian, 5/5; via Pam Green; Photo: On tomorrow and tomorrow … David Tennant in a publicity shot for the Donmar's forthcoming Macbeth. Photograph…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: You must be very careful in the use of a mirror (when trying to make sure that feelings are externally reflected). It teaches an actor to wat…
(from Radio Free Europe, 5/10; Photo: Nikolai Daineko.) Visit Radio Free Europe A Moscow court has sentenced a poet to four years in prison for publicly reciting verses condemning Russia…
(Philipp Jedicke's article appeared on DW, 5/5; Photo: DW.) "Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror" is about a fictional circus troupe during the Third Reich. This tale of humanity in inhumane …
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/6; via Pam Green; Photo: Adjoa Andoh as Shakepeare's Richard III. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and r…
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the guardian, 5/4;Photo:  Peter De Jersey as Cymbeline. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Departing artistic …
(From Variety, 5/3/2023; writing and compilation by Rebecca Rubin, Brent Lang, and Marc J. Franklin.) "Some Like It Hot," a jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film about two musicians …
(From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 5/2/2023. Photo: Daily Express.) An actor from a theater in Russia's Siberian region of Buryatia, who in March slit his wrists while on stage to protes…
(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/28/2023; via Pam Green; Photo: Transatlantic tragedy … Kenneth Branagh. Photograph: Johan Persson.) The play, which the actor has de…
(Tom Lamont's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/29; Photo: Photograph: David Vintiner/The Guardian.) He's the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks abou…
(via Scott Klein, Keith Sherman Associates.) www.DramaDesk.org The 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards (www.DramaDesk.org) will be held on Tuesday afternoon, June 6 at Sardi's Re…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In our art [as actors] you must live the part every moment that you are playing it, and every time. Each time it is recreated, it must be liv…
(Hillel Italie's article appeared on AP News, 4/25; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Vanity Fair.) NEW YORK (AP) " Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groun…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/24; Photo: Deeply deceptive dramas … W Somerset Maugham, 1957. Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer.) A new revival of The Circle…
(Mathew Murphy's article appeared in the Daily Beast, 4/23; via Pam Green; Photo: REUTERS/Ian Waldie.) GOODBYE POSSUMS Tributes have poured in for Australian comedian Barry Humphries who has…
(Juri Rescheto's report appeared on DW, 4/21.) View at: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-artists-push-back-against-identity-denial/video-65401461 Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine has no national i…
It is never too late to be alive (to theatre)"Penelope Chatterton paraphrase I take the time needed to express my creativity"and it is always in demand. Inspiration and invention lead me…
(Lloyd Webber's opinion appeared in The New York Times, April 17, 2023; via Pam Green. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters.) By Andrew Lloyd Webber Mr. Lloyd Webber is the composer of 13 …
(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the L.A. Times, Â 4/5.) "It's a radical act to ask someone to go to the theater these days," Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Fel…
(David Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/15; via Pam Green; Photo: The Phantom of the Opera has been seen by more than 140 million people worldwide. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP…
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