LES KURBAS, THE MAN WHO FORMED UKRAINIAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Andriy Bondar's article appeared in the Kiv Post, 12/3; Photo:  Les Kurbas, c. 1908.) The seeds sown by Les Kurbas on the Ukrainian stage sprouted in the following generations of artists…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:22pm on December 6, 2023[SHARE]

'PACIFIC OVERTURES' REVIEW " SMALL SONDHEIM IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 12/5; Photo: Sparkling with knowing humour … Pacific Overtures at Menier Chocolate Factory. Photograph: The Stage.)  Menier Chocolate Fa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:38pm on December 5, 2023[SHARE]

CARY GRANT: THE MAN WE THOUGHT WE KNEW by Robert Shuman

Cary Grant was considered one of the world's best-known movie stars, but it turns out there was plenty that audiences did not know about the debonair actor. In fact, he was born in England a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:15pm on December 3, 2023[SHARE]

'IS MY PLAY STILL RELEVANT? I DON'T CARE!' TOM STOPPARD ON HIS GAZA QUANDARY AND REVIVING ROCK 'N' ROLL by Robert Shuman

(Claire Armitstead's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/29 Photo:  Power couple … Stoppard and Vaclav Havel attending Rock 'n' Roll at the Royal Court in 2006. Photograph: David M Ben…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:14pm on December 1, 2023[SHARE]

APPEALS BY RUSSIAN DIRECTOR, PLAYWRIGHT AGAINST EXTENSION OF PRETRIAL DETENTION REJECTED by Robert Shuman

(from Radio Free Europe, 11/20; Photo: Russian stage director Yevgenia Berkovich; Creator: Anton Novoderjozhkin|Credit: Sipa USA via AP Copyright: Sipa USA.) The Moscow city court on Novembe…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:42pm on November 30, 2023[SHARE]

RUSSIA ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR UKRAINIAN EUROVISION WINNER by Robert Shuman

(from RadioFree Europe, 11/29; photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (left) poses with Jamala in Kyiv on November 29, 2022. ) The Moscow prosecutor's office said on November 29 that…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:33am on November 29, 2023[SHARE]

EDDIE IZZARD RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH ONE-PERSON 'HAMLET'-FROM JANUARY 25" MARCH 3 by Robert Shuman

Eddie Izzard Returns to New York with One-Person Hamlet by William Shakespeare From January 25 " March 3 At Off-Broadway's Greenwich House Theater Opening Night February 11 Adapted by Mar…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:06pm on November 28, 2023[SHARE]

BARBRA STREISAND'S MOTHER OF ALL MEMOIRS by Robert Shuman

(Rachel Syme's article appeaed in The New Yorker, 11/14/2023. Photo: Trust is a big theme in the book, and perhaps its reason for existing. Photograph by Irving Penn / © Condé Nast)  …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:59pm on November 22, 2023[SHARE]

***** 'HELL'S KITCHEN' REVIEW " ALICIA KEYS JUKEBOX MUSICAL IS A MARVEL by Robert Shuman

(Lauren Mechling's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/19; Photo: Maleah Joi Moon in Hell's Kitchen. Photograph: Photo Credit: Joan Marcus.)   The Public Theater, New York The star he…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:28pm on November 20, 2023[SHARE]

'THE SPANISH TRAGEDY' BY THOMAS KYD (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 3"LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd Abridged and adapted by Pauline Harris and Emma Smith Listen Spain is in the middle of a peace treaty with Portugal, when Marshall Hieronimo is forced down …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:41am on November 19, 2023[SHARE]

LOVE. FAMILY. MEMORY. "FLAWLESS": ROBIN GOLDFIN'S NEW PLAY AT TNC (11/9-26) by Robert Shuman

Theater for the New City Presents   Flawless, a tale of enchantment Written by Robin Goldfin  Directed by Ed Chemaly   November 9-26, 2023 (12 performances) Thursdays, F…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:25pm on November 16, 2023[SHARE]

FATHER OF SELF-EXILED BELARUSIAN WRITER JAILED FOR REPOSTING ARTICLE by Robert Shuman

(From Radio Free Europe, 11/10; Photo of Sasha Filipenka, from Radio Free Europe.) Self-exiled Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenka told RFE/RL on November 10 that a Minsk court sentenced his f…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:00am on November 10, 2023[SHARE]

THESE UKRAINIAN ARTISTS, WRITERS WERE KILLED BY RUSSIA'S WAR by Robert Shuman

(Dinara Khalilova's article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 10/25/23; Photo:  Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval (top left), artist and researcher of Ukrainian cuisine Olha Pavl…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:36am on November 3, 2023[SHARE]

A HOTBED OF ENGLISH RADICALISM? AUDEN, BRITTEN AND THE UNSUNG GLORY OF THE GROUP THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(Sam Kinshin-Smith's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/1; Photo: Gifted generation … Auden and Britten. Photograph: Britten Pears Arts.) When they weren't having screaming rows, the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:49pm on November 2, 2023[SHARE]

JAMES RADO CELEBRATION OF LIFE by Robert Shuman

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***** 'THE CONFESSIONS' REVIEW " DAZZLING DRAMA DRAWN FROM A MOTHER'S MEMORIES by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/24; Photo:  Pamela Rabe (left) and Eryn Jean Norvill in The Confessions. Photograph: Christophe Raynaud de Lage.)  National Theat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:54pm on October 25, 2023[SHARE]

SHAKESPEARE/PATRICK PAGE: 'ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE' (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

Bob Shuman I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, and set the murderous Machiavel to school.  Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?  Tut, were …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:14pm on October 22, 2023[SHARE]

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (155) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: There is far more bad taste in the world than good. In the place of nobility a sort of showiness has been created, prettiness in place of bea…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:17pm on October 14, 2023[SHARE]

IN CASE YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR HALLOWEEN"'ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE' by Robert Shuman

Dubbed "The villain of Broadway" by Playbill, Tony Award® Nominee and Grammy Award® Winner Patrick Page has never shied away from exploring his dark side. Now, with this tour …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:12pm on October 10, 2023[SHARE]

BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT ALEXANDER ZELDIN ON USING THEATRE TO BRING US CLOSER TO LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Jennifer Ben Brahimim's, Marion Chavali's,  Aline Bottin's,  Alison Sargent's Loic Chalavoni's, and Sonia Patricelli's article appeared on France24, 10/10/2023.) "A simple celebration…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:13pm on October 10, 2023[SHARE]

GOETHE'S 'FAUST' COMMEMORATED ON A GERMAN €100 COIN by Robert Shuman

(Veronika Fors's article appeared on DW, 10/6;  Photo: The tragic play is still regularly restaged today. Shown here is a 2015 staging by Robert Wilson at the Berliner EnsembleImage: Maur…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:17pm on October 7, 2023[SHARE]

PLAYWRIGHT JON FOSSE'S NOBEL PRIZE ANNOUNCES HIS OVERDUE ARRIVAL ON THE GLOBAL STAGE by Robert Shuman

(Philip Oltermann's article appeared in the Guardian, 10/5; Photo: A serious contender for a good decade … the Guardian.) The critically acclaimed author is the first ever laureate in the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:05pm on October 5, 2023[SHARE]

"PURLIE VICTORIOUS" HUSTLES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE by Robert Shuman

(Vinson Cunningham's article appeared in The New Yorkers, 9/30; Odom plays each of Purlie's notes with a musician's tonal perfection. Illustration by Amrita Marino.) Sophisticated comedic tu…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:09pm on October 4, 2023[SHARE]

PUTIN ON TRIAL: THE PLAY 'THE HAGUE' OPENS AT BULGARIA'S NATIONAL THEATER by Robert Shuman

(By Boyan Tonchev and Ilian Ruzhin, from Radio Free Europe,  Bulgarian Service, 9/26; Photo: The Washington Post. ) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his entourage face a war crimes tr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:00pm on September 26, 2023[SHARE]

'THE SEVENTH SEAL' AND INGMAR BERGMAN (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4"IN OUR TIME"DISCUSSION PROGRAM) by Robert Shuman

Listen at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qmkx In Our Time In the 1000th edition of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the most celebrated film of the Swedish di…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:57pm on September 24, 2023[SHARE]