(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…
Craftsmanship teaches the actor how to walk on the stage and play. But true art must teach him how to awaken consciously his subconscious creative self for its superconscious organic cre…
(Andrew Eglinton's and Mika Eglinton's article appeared in the Japan Times, 8/13.) Since the late 1970s, people from all over the world have traveled to the village of Toga in rural Toyama P…
One accidental touch, the bud opened and from it burst fresh young petals, seeking he warmth of the sun. And with me, an accidental touch of the makeup brush on my face served to open th…
By Tania Fisher So how does the son of a mailman, from a small town near Pittsburgh, end up directing more live network television than anyone else in the history of the medium"and being …
WORKS & PROCESS, THE PERFORMING ARTS SERIES AT THE GUGGENHEIM, ANNOUNCES FALL 2019 SEASON  Highlights · New commissions by Machine Dazzle and Caroline Shaw · Rotunda pe…
One feature in my makeup gave a living and comic expression to my face, and something suddenly turned within me. All that was dim became clear, all that was groundless suddenly had groun…
(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/12; via Pam Green.) A sumptuous Ibsen revival starring Uma Thurman and a knockout premiere by Adam Bock close the Williamstown season…
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 8/16.) Russian plays are no less famous in the theater and opera world than the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in the literary. If yo…
(John Muller's article appeared in Shakespeare and Beyond, 7/19; via Pam Green.) In his life and times Frederick Douglass was known around the world as an orator, abolitionist, suffragist, a…
 Andrea Andresakis, Stage Director/Choreographer, has written about her Woodstock Anniversary Tribute: "I just finished editing this short video in time for the 50th Anniversary …
Listen Robert McCrum explores the elusive Samuel Beckett's astonishing literary career through rare audio tape recordings from the Samuel Beckett Research Centre at the University of Reading…
(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Time, 8/8; via Pam Green.) With plays and musicals folding left and right, Broadway stars impart wisdom they gained when it happened …
Listen on BBC Radio 3 Imagine where we'd be without Shakespeare's plays. It's difficult to contemplate now. But it was thanks to another man that many of them were brought to life. Today…
(Gemma Tipton's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/27.) Company reflects on decades of casting spells and pushing the envelope with its productions It's fascinating how the same set of w…
(Frank Gagliano is a playwright who has held many positions in the world of theatre, including being the Artistic Director of Carnegie Mellon's Showcase of New Plays and the Benedum Professo…
(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, Â 8/2; via Pam Green.) Despite a history stretching to 1934, it feels like a David to the art exhibition's Goliath. but its progra…
Listen Chris Bowlby travels with Tony Harrison to Prague, to discover how one of Britain's best known poets was shaped by the cultural energy and tragedy of 1960s Czechoslovakia. Harrison re…
By Bob Shuman Historians, looking back at contemporary American theatre, will have to evaluate whether our stages were reflections of society or partisan distortions. Were our artists "livin…
(Mark Kennedy's article appeared on the AP, Â 7/31.) NEW YORK (AP) " Harold Prince, a Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries of musical theater with such groundbreaking s…
Listen on BBC Radio 3Â Vladimir Mayakovsky was THE poet of the Russian Revolution. A revolutionary in his personal life as well as in his art, Mayakovsky sought to overthrow traditional p…
PTP/NYC'S (POTOMAC THEATRE PROJECT) INCLUDES WORKS BY TOM STOPPARD, VACLAV HAVEL, HAROLD PINTER & SAMUEL BECKETT THAT RESONATE WITH OUR CULTURAL AND POLITICAL MOMENT PTP/NYC (Potomac The…
FREE INTRODUCTION TO TRU'S PRODUCER PROGRAM Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from 6:30pm-8:30pm Polaris North Theatre Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a Free Introduction to TRU's P…
(Laura Cappelle's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/18; via Pam Green.) An underwhelming official lineup led many festivalgoers to branch out into the less well-known complimentary p…
       Listen A celebration of the simple joys of life, and the story of Brecht's much-loved poem that described them. In 1954, poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht…