ELEANOR METHVEN: A SORCERER OF THE STAGE
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/16/22.) For Methven, who stars as Prospero in Rough Magic's The Tempest, the rehearsal room is the beating heart of a theatre productio…
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/16/22.) For Methven, who stars as Prospero in Rough Magic's The Tempest, the rehearsal room is the beating heart of a theatre productio…
(Oliver Salazar-Winspear's, Natastacha Milleret's, Magali Faure's, and Marion Chaval's report appeared on France 24, 7/14/22.) Avignon may be France's oldest arts festival, but it has a reso…
(Andrew Gans's article appeared on Playbill, 7/14.)  This week Playbill catches up with two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser, cast as Big Mama in Ruth Stage's production of Tennesse…
(Torsten Landsberg's article appeared in DW, 7/12.) ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has adapted a Pippi Longstocking story, written by popular Swedish children's books author Astrid Lindgren, into a m…
(Michael Hogan's article appeared in the Observer, 7/10; via Pam Green.) The actor's breakup with comedian Seann Walsh went viral after he cheated on her with his dance partner and she respo…
(Carmel Dagan's article appeared in Variety, 7/7; via Pam Green.) James Caan, whose indelible, Oscar-nominated performance as Sonny Corleone, the recklessly hotheaded son of Marlon Brando's …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: ​Above all look for what is fine in art and try to understand it. (AP)
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/2.) Your Wellness In response to Galway's high suicide rate, more than 150 participants will tightrope-walk across the Corrib this mont…
(Benedict Nightingale's article appeared in The New York Times, 7/3/22; He was called "the greatest innovator of his generation," leaving an indelible mark with plays, musicals, opera and a …
(Miriam Gillinson's article appeared in the Guardian, 7/1.) Â Park theatre, London Joshua Collins is magnetic as a US soldier awaiting trial for murder in this hard-hitting drama hamstrung…
Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker wrote that Donald Trump's need to be comforted by Broadway music "degrades both the office of the Presidency and a great American institution" (Rachel Hagan's a…
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: ​I was ready to turn myself inside out​, to give [the audience] everything I had; yet inside of me I had never felt so empty.…
(Lyndsey Winship's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/26; via Pam Green.) Due to open in Stratford next year, the sibling to the Islington institution will have a special emphasis on local …
(Susan Orlean's article appeared in the New Yorker, 6/22.) Puppeteering is rarely an obvious career choice, but how Margo Lovelace (1922-2022) came to be a puppeteer is actually quite logica…
(Catherine Bennett's article appeared in the Observer, 6/19;via Pam Green.) One irritating theatre reviewer shouldn't hide the fact that too many writers pull punches Legally Blonde at Regen…
(Benjamin Lee's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/22.) The award-winning writer, whose hit musical originally opened on Broadway in the late 60s, died in New York City of cardiorespiratory…
(from France24, 6/17.) In this edition we focus on France's foremost playwright. Molière's witticisms and deft handling of the French language still dazzle, four centuries after he was b…
(Jennifer Schuessler's article appeared in The New York Times, 6/15; via Pam Green; Photo:Â Will Arbery with Jamie Brewer, one of the stars of his play "Corsicana," which was inspired by …
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: There is a good side to this period of waiting [to go on stage]. It drives you into such a state that all you can do is to long for your turn…
(Rory Carroll's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/16/22; Photo: James Joyce in Zurich in 1915. Photograph: Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy.) 1933 trial that vindicated 'pornogr…
 (via Scott Klein, Ken Sherman & Associates; Photos: Kyiv City Ballet.)  www.KCBTheater.com The Kyiv City Ballet (www.kcbtheater.com), under the artistic direction of Ivan …
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 6/12; Photo: Best actress: BrÃd NÃ Neachtain won for her role in Happy Days. Photograph: Andrew Downes/Xposure.) Six months ago Ire…
 (from The New York Times, 6/12, compiled by Rachel Sherman; Photo: Ben Power accepting the Tony for best new play for "The Lehman Trilogy."Credit…Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.…
(Simon Hattenstone's article appeared in the Guardian, 6/11; via Pam Green; Photo: Paapa Essiedu: 'Before the first day on a job, I have a nervous breakdown.' Photograph: Elliott Wilcox/The …
I went out to the front of the stage and stared into that awful hole beyond the footlights, trying to become accustomed to it, and to free myself from its pull; but the more I tried not to n…