SEAN O'CASEY:  "THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN" AT IRISH REP"NOW THROUGH JUNE 22 (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

                By Bob Shuman In the splendid revival of The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), now running at Irish Repertory Theatre until June 22, Sean O'Casey describes h…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:28pm on May 5, 2019☆⚑

HOW THESE BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS ARE CHALLENGING AMERICAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's and Nicole Herrington's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/25; via Pam Green.) Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:39pm on May 1, 2019☆⚑

SHAKESPEARE: 'THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN' (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 3"LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

  Listen This and the Two Gentlemen of Verona are the least performed of the Shakespeare cannon and I wanted to see the progression between the first and the last. It is for this reason t…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:48pm on April 29, 2019☆⚑

ALIEN THE PLAY FULL SHOW NORTH BERGEN NJ HIGH SCHOOL 4K by Robert Shuman

ButtonSmasher Published on Apr 27, 2019 Alien The Play Full Show North Bergen NJ High School 4K including introduction and thank you from Sigourney Weaver #AlienThePlay #Alien #AlienDay #Sig…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:12am on April 28, 2019☆⚑

'TOOTSIE': THEATER REVIEW by Robert Shuman

(David Rooney's article appeared on The Hollywood Reporter, 4/23; via the Drudge Report.) Santino Fontana steps into Dustin Hoffman's Spanx in this contemporary musical update of the classic…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:09pm on April 24, 2019☆⚑

GEORGIA ENGEL, GENTLE-VOICED 'MARYTYLER MOORE' ACTRESS, IS DEAD AT 70 by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/15; via Pam Green.) Georgia Engel, whose distinctive voice and pinpoint comic timing made her a memorable part of "The Mary Tyler…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:36pm on April 23, 2019☆⚑

ON 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' WITH MELVYN BRAGG by Robert Shuman

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Listen  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's most popular works, written c1595 in the last years of Elizabeth I. It is a comedy of love and desir…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:01pm on April 22, 2019☆⚑

'THE CRADLE WILL ROCK' AT CSC AND 'FAUST 2.0' FROM MABOU MINES (REVIEWS FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Theatre watchers may contemplate how two plays, both once directed by Orson Welles for the Depression's Federal Theatre, have devilishly reappeared, not during a time of low un…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:59pm on April 19, 2019☆⚑

BIBI ANDERSSON, SWEDISH ACTRESS AND MUSE OF INGMAR BERGMAN, DIES AT 83 by Robert Shuman

(Harrison Smith's article appeared in the Washington Post, 4/14.) Bibi Andersson, a Swedish actress whose portrayals of chaste schoolgirls, beguiling young women and tortured wives made her …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:58pm on April 14, 2019☆⚑

CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: 'A GERMAN LIFE' REVIEW " MAGGIE SMITH SHINES AS GOEBBELS' SECRETARY by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billlington's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/12.) Absent from the stage for 12 years, Maggie Smith returns in triumph. But this is no barnstorming performance. She plays,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:13pm on April 14, 2019☆⚑

LET'S GO: 'THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN' AT IRISH REP by Robert Shuman

THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN The Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage by Sean O'Casey directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Visit Irish Rep  With Una Clancy, Terry Donnelly, Rory Duffy, Meg Hennessy…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:54pm on April 9, 2019☆⚑

INGMAR BERGMAN, NOVELIST by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Mendelsohn's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 4/18.) The Best Intentions by Ingmar Bergman, translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate Arcade, 298 pp., $16.99 (paper) …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:17pm on April 8, 2019☆⚑

***** WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME REVIEW " A FIVE-STAR BROADWAY TRIUMPH by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/31; via Pam Green.) Shattering, galvanizing and very funny, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me close reads an old text in…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:06pm on April 7, 2019☆⚑

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI by Robert Shuman

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI WITH KINOSHITA-KABUKI (Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in Japan Times, 3/12.) For many people, the mention of kabuki brings to mind images of ex…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:35pm on April 4, 2019☆⚑

THE IRISH TIMES IRISH THEATRE AWARDS: AND THE 2019 WINNERS ARE . . . by Robert Shuman

(Published 3/31.) Cillian Murphy and Sarah Morris win main acting awards BEST PRODUCTION Richard III "A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare's play, in association with the Abbey Th…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:15pm on April 3, 2019☆⚑

TOM STOPPARD: 'ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD' (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4) by Robert Shuman

Listen Mathew Baynton, Andrew Buchan and Toby Jones star in an energetic new production of the play that made Tom Stoppard's reputation overnight in 1967. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Ha…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:44pm on April 1, 2019☆⚑

A MAGNIFICENT ROAD TO RUIN IN 'THE LEHMAN TRILOGY' by Robert Shuman

(Ben Brantley's article appeared in The New York Time, 3/28; via Pam Green.) In the beginning, there is nothing. And in the end, there is " nothing, once again. Such is the way of all flesh,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:32pm on March 31, 2019☆⚑

HE'S THE STAR OF 'TOOTSIE' ON BROADWAY. WEARING HEELS IS THE EASY PART. by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/20; via Pam Green.) The actor Santino Fontana had his legs waxed for the first time last year. His chest, too. He mastered, mostly…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:59pm on March 27, 2019☆⚑

HIGH SCHOOL 'ALIEN' PRODUCTION WINS INTERNET RAVES by Robert Shuman

(Dave Itzkoff's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/25.) There are those perennial stage works that are perfectly suited to be performed in high schools across the country every year: …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:35pm on March 26, 2019☆⚑

SHAKEPEARE RECIPES: DID THE BARD EAT THAT? by Robert Shuman

(Marissa Nicosia's article appeared on Folger.edu; via Pam Green.)   Citrus and sugar: Making marmalade with Hannah Woolley As our First Chefs recipe series continues, Marissa Nicos…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:18pm on March 15, 2019☆⚑

ACTORS SHUT DOWN PARTS OF THEIR BRAINS TO TAKE ON ROLES, SCANS REVEAL by Robert Shuman

(Josh Gabbatiss's article appeared in the Independent, 3/12.) 'I got the idea that maybe acting was a bit similar to possession… when you're acting you're kind of being taken over by ch…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:36pm on March 12, 2019☆⚑

'MOCKINGBIRD' PLAY PUBLISHER DEMANDS $500,000 FROM HARPER LEE ESTATE by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Alter's and Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/8; via Pam Green.) The set for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Kavinoky Theater at D'Youville College in Buf…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:54pm on March 10, 2019☆⚑

RUSSIA'S ANNA KARENINA MUSICAL TO BE SHOWN IN U.S. AND UK CINEMAS by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 3 /4.) People living in America and the UK will be able to watch Russia's best-selling musical, Anna Karenina, staged by …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:37pm on March 8, 2019☆⚑

A 'TRADITION' OMISSION: I HAD NEVER SEEN 'FIDDLER' UNTIL NOW by Robert Shuman

(Taffy Brodesser-Akner's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/27; via Pam Green.) At the relatively late age of 43 " though basically a toddler compared to much of a recent audience for…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:25pm on March 6, 2019☆⚑

LET'S GO: 'DEATH OF A DRIVER' AT URBAN STAGES (3/1-3/24) by Robert Shuman

Urban Stages Presents DEATH OF A DRIVER Written by WILL SNIDER. Directed by KIM T. SHARP Starring SARAH BASKIN and PATRICK SSENJOVU New York: Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:40pm on March 5, 2019☆⚑