1,652 stories by "Robert Shuman"
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/4.) As Hansard opens at the National Theatre and drama heats up in Westminster, our critic picks his favourite political theatre Cor…
All actors must be character actors, of course not in the sense of outer, but of inner characteristics. But even outwardly it is best for the actor to leave himself at times. This do…
When my opinion was asked, I made my remarks. Good and true words come not when you want to say them, but only when you do not think of them, when they become necessary themselves. (MLIA)
(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/30; via Pam Green.) The revival, starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone, will open next spring on Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthda…
When you play a good man look for the places where he is evil, and in an evil man look for the places where he is good. (MLIA)
(Steven McElroy's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/23; via Pam Green.) "Mouthpiece" by Kieran Hurley won $25,000 to fund a transfer from the Edinburgh Fringe to New York. "Mouthpiec…
What is done on the stage is seen better from the auditorium than from the stage itself. Looking from the auditorium I comprehended the mistakes on the stage at once. . . . (MLIA)
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the HEadlings, 6/3.) Nowadays, most theaters have stopped using prompters, but the Maly Theater cherishes this tradition and regards pro…
(Mia Galuppo's article appeared in the Hollywood Reporter, 8/29; via the Drudge Report.) Blake Jenner, Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt will star in an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim music…
The feeling of truth is the best awakener of emotion and the sense of living. . . . At first I did not have to imitate any one, and I felt well on the stage. There was only one unple…
Listen Timberlake Wertenbaker's adaptation from the French of Marcel Proust's allegorical reflection on time, memory, art and love. It begins with the vivid memory of a young boy's child…
The greatest obstacle in the artistic development of an actor is hurry, the forcing of his immature powers, the eternal desire to play leading parts and tragic heroes. To give heavy work…
(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/22; via Pam Green.) PARIS " Anémone, 65, an impersonator at the famous Chez Michou cabaret, and Freya Kor, 22, the winner of the"…
The secret . . . Physical bodily restraint, the taming of the anarchy of muscles, to reveal emotion in the strong places and think of nothing, to work out my own image which I was to copy an…
(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 8/21.) I find myself haunted by the funerals of the AIDS era. I attended too many of them and the creative lives they celebrated were …
It is much better to imitate an image created by yourself than another's methods of play or another's mannerisms. (MLIA)
(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/25.) The annual celebration of the work of Brian Friel carries powerful reminders of the work of building community "Politics are so obtr…
In order to make the effect true, one must do things to [the voice] . . . that in real life are not true. The same applies to make-up. One must paint, and pencil the brows to mak…
(Eric Grode's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/19; via Pam Green.) George Bernard Shaw's 6-Hour 'Beast'? She's All In A dancer turned director, Kimberley Rampersad is tackling "Man …
Emotion rose from the lowest to the highest notes, from calmness to insanity. This is what you must remember. Control yourself while you have strength to control yourself,"the longer…
(Holly Williams's article appeared in the Independent, 8/2.) It's nearly that time again: when crowds descend on Edinburgh for the world's biggest arts festival, where every pub basement and…
Faith has great meaning for the actor. Physical truth, and faith in that truth, call out inner spiritual truth and faith, and these free emotion, which comes from its secret hiding place…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/21.) Juliet Stevenson delivers one of the peak performances of the theatrical year in Robert Icke's striking reimagining of Schnitzl…
It is far from easy to stand motionless on the stage in the full sight of more than a thousand pair of eyes. I was successful but only at the cost of a tremendous bodily strain. I or…
(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/21; via Pam Green.) The screen and stage star is making his Broadway debut as the bottled-up husband wearing a "mask of cont…
