1,653 stories by "Robert Shuman"
(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/13; via Pam Green.) Most theaters closed down on their most lucrative night of the week, but some casts gave their fans a memorab…
(From Andrea Alton, Alton PR and Production) Hip to Hip Theatre Company Announces Summer Dates & Venues for 2019 Season Tour of Free Shakespeare in the Parks A Midsummer Night's Dream an…
(Georgianna Ziegler's article appeared in Shakespeare & Beyond, 7/9; via Pam Green.) Shakespeare by the sea, on the river, in the park or garden, on the common " in the summertime Shakes…
(Mark Fisher's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/9.) Crucible, Sheffield Transformative puppetry, design and direction, and a great human lead, make this adaptation of Yann Martel's book u…
UNCLE JIM CALLED (Rabe's story appeared in the 7/8 & 15 New Yorker.) A week ago Thursday, my uncle Jim called. When I picked up the phone and said, "Hello," he said, "Hello." The voice w…
Listen LORCA Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), author of Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, who mixed the t…
(Adam White's article appeared in the Telegraph, 7/3; via Pam Green.) Spare a thought for the Benedict Cumberbatch of an alternate end-of-2017. Having said goodbye to Sherlock, fresh f…
Hamilton Clancy (producer/director/actor/ theatre (producer/director/actor/ theatre maker) has been making theatre in and around Manhattan for the last…
(Roger Friedman's article appeared on Showbiz 411, 7/29.) Liberace and his glittering pianos are finally on track for Broadway. For the last couple of years, movie producer David Permut"who …
(Peter Crawley's article appeared in The Irish Times, 6/25.) Thought-provoking theatre where the audience is just you Review: Theatre for One's six microplays are bracing, intimate-as-a-whis…
(Nancy Coleman's article appeared in the New York Times, 6/21; via Pam Green.) Jeremy Wechsler was on his way to rehearsal one morning in March when his phone started, and then wouldn't stop…
By Bob Shuman Rob Ackerman's Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson, has all the commercial patter of a Tootsie or Neil Simon"even David Ives"comedy, but it's a play for wimps, symptomati…
By Bob Shuman Byungkoo Ahn's distillation of the lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Alan Turing, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Hans Christian Andersen, among others, works so effectively"and is so differe…
(Frank Iovene's article appeared on AFP, 6/15.) Rome (AFP) " The world of cinema was in mourning Saturday after Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli, feted for his lavish producti…
By Tania Fisher Sitting down with Roger Hendricks Simon is always an interesting experience. Director Oliver Stone put it most succinctly when he referred to Roger as "that wonderful act…
2018 Tony Award-winning LA MAMA PRESENTS 13 FRUITCAKES WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY BYUNGKOO AHN AS PART OF STONEWALL 50 AT LA MAMA JUNE 13 " 16, 2019 Â 'MOre' Zimin from 13 Fruitcakes Photo…
(CBS News, 6/10.) "Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, had a heavenly night at the Tony Awards, winning eight trophies Sunday night including best new musical and getting …
(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; via Pam Green.) LONDON " This city's season-long love affair with Arthur Miller reaches an intriguing if emotionally muted conclusi…
(Taffy Bodesser-Akner's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; photos by Brenda Ann Kenneally; via Pam Green.) THE TONY-WINNING ACTRESS TAKES US INSIDE HER DRESSING ROOM AND SHARES HE…
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By Bob Shuman The Plough and the Stars (1926), by Sean O'Casey, is an inflammatory play, which insulted the families of those who died in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and started a riot at the …
(Tarantino's article appeared in the Spectator, 3/30.) The movie that made me consider filmmaking, the movie that showed me how a director does what he does, how a director can control a mov…
Photo © EPA-EFE/MUNICIPALITY OF ROME (Nick Squires's article appeared in the Telegraph, 5/28.) The head of a deity emerges during excavations under Rome Town Hall Archeologists in R…
(Rob McClure's article appeared in The New York Time, 5/6; via Pam Green.) When did "sentimental" become a bad word? I've always felt the opposite. I became an actor because I enjoy being mo…
(from The New York Times, 4/30; via Pam Green.) The Tony Award nominees were announced Tuesday. Below is a list of all the nominees. This morning's announcement held a few surprises, includi…