DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022: WINNERS ANNOUNCED (LIST) by Robert Shuman

(via Scott Klein,  Keith Sherman & Associates)   WINNERS ANNOUNCED   Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 14 at Sardi's Restaurant    www.DramaDeskAwards.com     W…

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TOM STOPPARD IN NEW YORK, ON BROADWAY: 'LEOPOLDSTADT': 2020 OLIVIER AWARD "BEST NEW PLAY""OPENING SUN., OCT. 2 by Robert Shuman

(Via Michelle Farabaugh, BBB, Adrian Bryan-Brown; Photo: The Original West End Company of Leopoldstadt (Credit: Marc Brenner)   ★★★★★ "Magnificent! Tom Stopp…

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REAGAN REMEMBERS D-DAY"PART OF THE BOOK 'REAGAN'S COWBOYS' BY JOHN B. ROBERTS II by Robert Shuman

"Reagan's Cowboys is something of a memoir of Roberts's career with the 40th president, and as such, it's a time machine back to the days of typewriters, hard-line telephones, and Marlboro c…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:25pm on June 7, 2022[SHARE]

JAMMING WITH JOKERMAN: HOW BOB MARLEY AND BOB DYLAN'S SONGS POWERED HIT MUSICALS by Robert Shuman

(Ammar Kalia's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/31; via Pam Green;  Photo:  Arinzé Kene in Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical and Shirley Henderson with Adam James in Girl fro…

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LOUIS LOVETT AND THE DARK HEART OF CHILDREN'S DRAMA by Robert Shuman

(Chris McCormack's article appeared in Irish Times, 6/6/22; Photo: Louis Lovett weighs up the challenge of The Tin Soldier: `What a child knows is their own world. So we like to bring in asp…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:11am on June 6, 2022[SHARE]

HELEN MIRREN: HOW I GOT HERE by Robert Shuman

(Harper's Bazaar; via Pam Green; Photo: Yahoo Finance)

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'OTVETKA' BY NEDA NEZHDANA (THEATRE OF PLAYWRIGHTS IN KYIV/ POPDIPINGDI PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FINBOROUGH THEATRE"VIEW NOW) by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand, 5/31, the Guardian; Photo: of Neda Nezhdana, Litgazeta.com.ua) Neda Nezhdana's urgent exploration of war is a collaboration with the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv. Otvetk…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:06pm on June 3, 2022[SHARE]

UKRAINIAN THEATER PLAYS TO EVACUEE CHILDREN IN ODESA BOMB SHELTER by Robert Shuman

(via Radio Free Europe, 5/31) It's billed as an escape from anxiety for kids who have been evacuated from war-torn parts of Ukraine. The Odesa Youth Theater is staging special performances i…

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CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (132) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To arouse a desire to create is difficult; to kill that desire is extremely easy. If I interfere with my own work, it is my own affair, but w…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:47pm on May 31, 2022[SHARE]

'GIRL ON AN ALTAR' REVIEW " COOL AND DEADLY VISION OF THE IMPACT OF MALE POWER by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's aicle appeared in the Guardian, 5/26; via Pam Green; Photo: A terrible, startling drama … Eileen Walsh (Clytemnestra) and David Walmsley (Agamemnon) in Girl on an Altar. …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:41pm on May 28, 2022[SHARE]

'SHAKE IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS': THE CONFOUNDING WORLD OF JAMES THIERRÉE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/25; Photo:  The instrument of the human body … James Thierrée in Room. Credit: Richard Haughton.) The circus star turns singer i…

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'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS' AT 40: THE PLANT THAT CONQUERED THE WORLD by Robert Shuman

(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/19; via Pam Green; Photo:  The cast and creative team of the original production of "Little Shop of Horrors." In the front at cente…

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***** TWO PALESTINIANS GO DOGGING REVIEW " DEVASTATINGLY HUMAN PORTRAIT OF CONFLICT SEARS ITSELF ON THE MIND by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's aricle appeared in he Guardian, 5/2; Seething with anger … Hala Omran as Reem in Two Palestinians Go Dogging at the Royal Court, London. Photograph: Ali Wright.) Royal Co…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:28pm on May 23, 2022[SHARE]

AUSTIN PENDLETON IS STILL ON BROADWAY, STILL A BABE MAGNET by Robert Shuman

(Henry Alford's article appeared in the The New Yorker, 5/16; Photo: WFMJ.com.) The actor and director hangs at the lounge of Studio 54, where he is performing in "The Minutes," to discuss s…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:12pm on May 20, 2022[SHARE]

'WE KEPT OUR BEARDS': OBERAMMERGAU'S PASSION PLAY EMERGES FROM PANDEMIC by Robert Shuman

(Kate Connolly's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/14/22; Photo:  Frederik Mayet as Jesus Christ in the 42nd Oberammergau passion play. Photograph: Lukas Barth/Reuters.) In 1633 the …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:02pm on May 19, 2022[SHARE]

'A STRANGE LOOP' REVIEW: A DAZZLING RIDE ON A MENTAL MERRY-GO-ROUND by Robert Shuman

(Maya Phillips's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/26; Photo: Jaquel Spivey, center, as Usher, a 25-year-old Broadway usher, in "A Strange Loop" at the Lyceum Theater in Manhattan.Â…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:40am on May 18, 2022[SHARE]

DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022"NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED  by Robert Shuman

DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2022 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED     (via Scott Klein / Logan Metzler at Keith Sherman & Associates; visit www.DramaDeskAwards.com .)     (Monday, May 16, 2…

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'SOMEWHERE IN THE BODY': SHINING A LIGHT ON THE REAL LUCIA JOYCE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Seaver's article appeared in the Irish Times, 5/14; Photos (top to bottom): Choreographer Áine Stapleton has spent eight years exploring Joyce's artistry; Lucia Joyce: Whenever h…

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'IT'S HARD TO FIND A TEACHER FOR SWORD-SWALLOWING': THE THRILLING SKILLS OF CIRCUS SHOWWOMEN by Robert Shuman

(Kate Wyver's article appeared in the guardian 5.9; via Pam Green;  Photo: The stars of Showwomen: (left to right) Fancy Chance, Marisa Carnesky, Lucifire and Livia Kojo Alour. Photograph…

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'THE LIDO IS FINISHED': FAMED PARIS CABARET SET FOR FINAL CURTAIN AMID MASS LAY-OFFS by Robert Shuman

(from France24, 5/13; Photo: Dancers perform at the Lido cabaret in Paris on September 10, 2019. © Christophe Archambault, AFP.) High-kicking showgirls and nightly cabaret shows at the…

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PUSSY RIOT MEMBER LEAVES RUSSIA DISGUISED AS DELIVERY COURIER by Robert Shuman

(By AFP-Agence France Presse, 5/11/22; via Drudge Report.) Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has left Russia, she said in an interview, after disguising herself as a food delivery courier to…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 8:15am on May 11, 2022[SHARE]

'FAT HAM' WINS 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BEST DRAMA (MORE)   by Robert Shuman

(Hillel Italie's article for the Associated Press, appeared in USA TODAY, 5/9.) Joshua Cohen's "The Netanyahus" has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The work, titled in full "The Ne…

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REVEALED: NOËL COWARD'S UNSEEN PLAYS AIMED TO DEAL WITH HOMOSEXUALITY by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Guardian, 5/8; Photo:  Noël Coward in 1953. Photograph: Haywood Magee/Getty Images.) Playwright planned scenes on same-sex relationship at a…

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AP EVIDENCE POINTS TO 600 DEAD IN MARIUPOL THEATER AIRSTRIKE by Robert Shuman

(Lori Hinnant's, Msyslav Chernov's, and Vasilisa Stephenko's article appeared on the AP, 5/5; Photo: GMToday.com.) LVIV, Ukraine (AP) " She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basemen…

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***** STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S 'OLD FRIENDS' REVIEW " A GLORIOUS ALL-STAR MEMORIAL SERVICE by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian 5/4; via Pam Green; Photo:  A vast cast for a huge talent … the curtain call for the gala performance. Photograph: David M Benett/G…

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