(Mark Fisher's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/14.) Â The Hub, Edinburgh Liz Lochhead's Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity…
(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/12; via Pam Green.) The group recently arrived in New York to perform "Mom on Skype," first staged in April in Lviv, at the Irondale C…
(Joshua Goodman's article appeared on the AP, 8/13.) CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) " Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed …
(Catherine Shoard's article appear appeared in the Guardian, 8/9, via Pam Green.) The BBC kids' channel is known for its wit, invention and credo of inclusivity " but can its take on As You …
(Laura Studarus's article appeared on BBC 4, 8/9.) Once a decade, ever since 1634, German village Oberammergau has staged a remarkable, epic play about Jesus Christ involving thousands of re…
(via BBB, Adrian Bryan-Brown / Michelle Farabaugh / Angela Yamarone ) ★★★★★ "Magnificent! Sir Tom Stoppard's masterpiece. GO!" The Independent Leopo…
(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/3/22.) A veteran actor, he was also a founder of Theater for the New City and Theater Three Collaborative, Manhattan groups known…
(Peter Marks's article appeared in The Washington Post, 8/5; via msn and the Drudge Report.) It started with a photo album, submitted over the transom to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum i…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Our art teaches us first of all to create consciously and rightly, because that will best prepare the way for the blossoming of the su…
(Juan A. RamÃrez's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/31; via Pam Green.) The Ruth Stage's production understands the violence and identity crisis at the core of Brick's character,…
Listen Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euripides' great tragedy, which was first performed in Athens in 405 BC when the Athenians were on the point of defeat and humiliation in a long war wi…
(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Observer, 7/31.) Watermill, Newbury Tom Jackson Greaves thrillingly fuses movement with music in his revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Louisiana-set t…
(Gregoire Sauvage's article appeared on France 24, 7/20/22; videos: Little Big and Boris Grebenchtchikov.) The Kremlin has effectively taken over Russia's culture industry as the invasion of…
(Daniel Politi's article appeared on the AP, 7/27; via the Drudge Report.) BUENOS AIRES (AP) " MarÃa Eva Noble says she is carrying out the legacy of her namesake as she labors in a soup …
(Via Jim Byk/Kelly Guiod, The Press Room; Sajous's interview was recorded for "A Wonderful World.") "Floyd Collins is the finest work of American musical theater, not excluding opera,…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: [Tommaso] Salvini said: 'The great actor should be full of feeling, and especially he should feel the thing he is portraying. He must fee…
(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/21/22; via Pam Green.) In London, a new play about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and a revival of "The Seagull" explore undercu…
(Miriam Gillinsons'article appeared in the Guardian, 7/24.) Â Leicester Curve Nikolai Foster's new version is more like a play with dance and songs, giving ideas around love and loss, comm…
(Via Andrea Alton/Alton PR; Photo: Tanya O'Debra and Gregg Bellón in Shut UP, Emily Dickinson. Photo by Molly Broxton.) Tanya O'Debra's award-winning play Shut UP, Emily Dickinson, will b…
(from Radio Free Europe, 7/20/22.) Influential Russian playwright Mikhail Durnenkov fled Russia for Finland shortly after Moscow's February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Durnenkov's opposition to …
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/20.) Chichester Festival theatre Instantly infectious melodies, superb choreography and irresistible comedy are met with astonishing perfor…
(via Phylliswheeler.com) Phyllis Wheeler's novel The Long Shadow, represented by Marit Literary Agency, has won a Purple Dragonfly Award! These awards are judged by Story Monsters …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The very best that can happen​ is to have the actor completely carried away by the play. Then regardless of his own will he lives …
 (Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/17; via Pam Green.) Remedies used by healer Susanna Hall and her doctor husband will be planted at Stratford home In Shakespeare's…