THE REDISCOVERY OF A LOST BLACK PLAYWRIGHT by Robert Shuman

(Michael Schulman's article appeared in the New Yorkers, 5/2; Illustration: The New Yorker.) How a dramaturge and a director resurrected Alice Childress's play "Wedding Band," about a Black …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:14pm on May 2, 2022[SHARE]

***** 'AN OCTOROON': THEATRE'S PAST CRIMES REWRITTEN AS A MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE (REVIEW PICK, IE) by Robert Shuman

(Chris McCormack's review appeared in the Irish Times, 4/27; Photo:  Patrick Martins as M'Closky in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh.) Centuries of obscene ca…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:23pm on April 28, 2022[SHARE]

U.K. EXAM BOARD ADDS NEW PLAYS BY WRITERS OF COLOUR TO DRAMA GCSE AND A-LEVEL by Robert Shuman

(Sally Weale's article appeared in the UK Guardian, 4/27; The Empress by Tanika Gupta is one of four new plays added to AQA's GCSE drama curriculum. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:33pm on April 27, 2022[SHARE]

TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS DELAYS by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/22/22; via Pam Green;   The Tony Awards ceremony will return to Radio City Music Hall on June 12, after being presented at …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:51pm on April 26, 2022[SHARE]

JAMIE LLOYD'S MINIMALIST HIP-HOP "CYRANO DE BERGERAC"   by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Schwartz's article appeared in the New Yorker, 4/28/ 22; The mania and melancholy of James McAvoy's Cyrano disguise a desperate rage.Illustration by Matt Williams.) A new staging,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:26pm on April 25, 2022[SHARE]

NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SHAKESPEARE MAY HAVE STOLEN THE PLOT OF CYMBELINE by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge's article appeared in the Observer, 4/24; Photo:  Tom Hiddleston as Posthumus and Jodie McNee as Innogen in Cymbeline at the Barbican in 2007. Photograph: Tristram Kento…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:01pm on April 24, 2022[SHARE]

***** HENRY VI: REBELLION / WARS OF THE ROSES REVIEW " THRILLING GAMES OF THRONES by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/21; Photo: Frail body, strong mind … Mark Quartley in Henry VI: Rebellion at the Royal Shakespeare theatre. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz/R…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:49pm on April 21, 2022[SHARE]

LIZA MINNELLI:  STOP TRYING TO HUMILIATE HER AT THE OSCARS"FIRST, ELLEN"NOW, THE CHAIR by Robert Shuman

(Brian Marks's article appeared in the Daily Mail, 4/19; via Pam Green.)  FRAIL LIZA MINNELLI, 76, FELT 'SHAKEN' AND 'SABOTAGED' AFTER BEING FORCED ON STAGE IN WHEELCHAIR AT OSCARS INSTEA…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:56pm on April 20, 2022[SHARE]

OVER THE BRIDGE, ONCE A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR THE BELFAST ESTABLISHMENT, IS BACK by Robert Shuman

(Connal Parr's article appeared in the Irish Times, 4/18; The cast of the new production of Over The Bridge; Photo:  The cast of the new production of Over The Bridge. ) Sam Thompson's cl…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:29pm on April 19, 2022[SHARE]

DAVID SERERO STARS AS MOSES IN THE U.S. PREMIERE OF 'THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE MUSICAL'"MAY 5TH (3PM), 8TH (6PM " PREMIERE), 10TH AND 12TH (8P by Robert Shuman

(via The Culture News news@theculturenews.com ) LET'S GO! Under star and director David Serero, the French musical The Ten Commandments"finally in English"based on the biblical story of M…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:23pm on April 18, 2022[SHARE]

A "HAMILTON" FOR THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Schwartz's article appeared in The New Yorker, 4/11; Illustration: "Suffs" braids the tangled history of the American suffrage movement into drama. Illustration by Kati SzilÃ�…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:50pm on April 17, 2022[SHARE]

AT A CONTEMPORARY DRAMA FESTIVAL, STAGING THE FRIGHTENINGLY REAL by Robert Shuman

(A.J. Goldmann's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/7/22; via Pam Green;  Photo: The ensemble in "Oasis de la Impunidad" ("Oasis of Impunity"), directed by Marco Layera, at the Sch…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:11pm on April 14, 2022[SHARE]

THE GREATEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL PLAY EVER, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF SHAKESPEARE by Robert Shuman

(Rebecca Mead's article appeared in the New Yorker, 4/11; Mike Bartlett Illustration by João Fazenda.) A few years ago, the British playwright Mike Bartlett offered an ingenious take on f…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:36pm on April 12, 2022[SHARE]

OLIVIER AWARDS 2022: THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/10; Photo:  Tom Larkin and Hiran Abeysekera in Life of Pi. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Find out who won what at the Royal Albert Ha…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:19pm on April 11, 2022[SHARE]

BROADWAY BETS BIG ON A SPRING REBOUND. WILL THE VIRUS COOPERATE? by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/10; via Pam Green; Photo: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker celebrated the long-delayed opening of "Plaza Suite," the co…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:10pm on April 10, 2022[SHARE]

***** 'THE MEANING OF ZONG' REVIEW " A MASTERFUL MEDITATION ON THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY by Robert Shuman

(Gareth LlÅ·r Evans's review appeared in the UK Guardian, 4/8; Photograph: Curtis Richard Photography.) Bristol Old Vic Giles Terera's lyrical and inventive drama about a brutal episode in…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 9:09am on April 8, 2022[SHARE]

RUSSIAN ARTIST STAGES PROTEST PERFORMANCE AGAINST BUCHA MASSACRE by Robert Shuman

(Sophia Kishkovsky's article appeared in The Art Newspaper, 4/7/2022. Photo: Images of the performance about the Bucha massacre were distributed by the independent news site Holod© Telegr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:06pm on April 7, 2022[SHARE]

'I COULDN'T KEEP IT INSIDE': BALLET STAR OLGA SMIRNOVA ON QUITTING THE BOLSHOI AND FLEEING RUSSIA by Robert Shuman

(Lyndsey Winship's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/5/22; via Pam Green; Photo:  After Putin invaded Ukraine, the Russian dancer denounced the war, left the Kremlin-allied company " an…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:29am on April 6, 2022[SHARE]

CIARÁN O'REILLY REFLECTS ON IRISH REP, THE PANDEMIC AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM by Robert Shuman

(Joe Westerfield's article appeared in Newsweek, 3/29; Photo: Irish Repertory's Ciarán O'Relly talked to Newsweek about the how the company got through and came out of the pandemic shutdo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:04pm on April 5, 2022[SHARE]

WHAT DO SHAKESPEARE AND MAMET HAVE IN COMMON? by Robert Shuman

(Sarah Larson's article appeared in the New Yorker, 4/4/22; Illustration: Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss, Laurence FishburneIllustration by João Fazenda.) "American Buffalo" 's Laurence Fishb…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:35pm on April 4, 2022[SHARE]

**** CULTURE WARS AND CONSERVATIVES: THE RIVETING PLAY SET AT A DRUNKEN HOUSE PARTY by Robert Shuman

(Cameron Woodhead's article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 3/31/22; Photo: Old tensions surface in this rare drama. CREDIT:JODIE HUTCHINSON.)      Heroes of the Fourth…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 5:55pm on April 2, 2022[SHARE]

***** 'DIARY OF A SOMEBODY' REVIEW " STUNNING DRAMA FROM JOE ORTON'S JOURNAL by Robert Shuman

(Ryan Gilbey's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/31; Photo:  Taut with tension … Toby Osmond and George Kemp in Diary of a Somebody. Photograph: Brittain Photography.) Seven Dials …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:16pm on March 31, 2022[SHARE]

BELARUS FREE THEATRE: NICOLAI KHALEZIN/ SVETLANA SUGAKO/ FRANK HENTSCHKER/ DANIELLA KALIADA"CASSANDRAS DURING WAR by Robert Shuman

(The following article was compiled and written after listening to an interview with artistic collaborators from Belarus Free Theatre, 3/22; by Bob Shuman, Stage Voices. ) An old saying: "Wh…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:03am on March 31, 2022[SHARE]

REVIEW: IF YOU NEED ANOTHER VISION OF TEXAS STATE POLITICS, GO SEE HOLLAND TAYLOR'S 'ANN' by Robert Shuman

(Mary McNamara's appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 3/29; Photo: Holland Taylor portrays former Texas Gov. Ann Richards in "Ann" at the Pasadena Playhouse. [Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:03pm on March 29, 2022[SHARE]

ROBERT MOSES AND JANE JACOBS GO TO LONDON by Robert Shuman

(Rebecca Mead's article appeared in the New Yorker, 3/26; illustration: from The New Yorker.) How David Hare took a few Moses-esque liberties when writing "Straight Line Crazy," which partly…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 6:02pm on March 28, 2022[SHARE]