Friday, June 30, 2023
(Harrison Smith’s article appeared in the Washington Post, 6/30; Photo: Stage and screen actor Alan Arkin in 2018. His recent work included an Emmy-nominated starring role in “The Komins…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:33AMThursday, June 29, 2023
(via Radio Liberty. ) Iranian actor Mona Soufi gets her makeup done backstage before performing in the Haft-Khan Esfandiar musical theater production at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran. Go to Radi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:53PMTuesday, June 27, 2023
(David Smith’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/27; Photo: The Guardian.) Elizabeth Winkler’s controversial new book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, investigates highly f…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:40PMMonday, June 26, 2023
(Gagliano’s remembrance appeared 6/26.) I met lyricist Sheldon Harnick (died Friday, 23 June, 2023: age 99) once, at the Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference. Composer Claibe Richar…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:17PMFriday, June 23, 2023
(Robert Berkvist’s article appeared in The New York Times, 6/23; Photo: The lyricist Sheldon Harnick in 2015; via Ben Vereen/twitter. He gave voice to a broad range of characters, incl…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:46PMWednesday, June 21, 2023
(Silke Wünsch’s article appeared on DW, 6/19; Photo: The show was a trailblazer in how it portrayed sexual identity; Image: Imago/ZUMA Press) It was 50 years ago that “The Rocky Horror…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:46PMTuesday, June 20, 2023
(Keith Weir’s article appeared on Reuters, 6/19; Editing by Andrew Heavens; Photos: Reuters; via: msn; Drudge Report.) The archaeological area of Largo Argentina reopens to the public afte…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:15PMSunday, June 18, 2023
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Sheer imitation . . . has nothing to do with creativeness. . . . [Instead] assimilate the model. . . . You study it from the point of view of…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:52PMFriday, June 16, 2023
(By RFE/RL’s Belarus Service; Photo: Radio Free Europe.) Belarusian singer Patrytsia Svitsina, who in 2020 refused to accept a scholarship from authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:56PMThursday, June 15, 2023
(Michael Coveney’s and Julia Langdon’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/15; Photo: Glenda Jackson in 1984. At the height of her fame in the 1980s, she continued to appear in London st…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:53PMWednesday, June 14, 2023
OEDIPUS REX Listen In Our Time Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex begins with a warning: the murderer of the old king of Thebes, Laius, has never been identified or caught, and he’s still at la…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:18PMTuesday, June 13, 2023
(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/7; Photo: Theodoros Terzopoulos said he would like the festival ‘to reflect the social and political reality around us’. Photograph:…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:19PMMonday, June 12, 2023
(Rachel Sherman’s article appeared in the New York Times, 6/12; The producer David Stone, center, accepting the Tony Award for best musical for “Kimberly Akimbo.”Credit…Sara Krulwich…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:29AMSaturday, June 10, 2023
(Chris Wiegand’s interview appeared in the Guardian, 6/6/2023; Photo: Adrienne Kennedy with her son Adam in 1969. Photograph: Jack Robinson/Getty Images.) The great American playwright,…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:24PMThursday, June 8, 2023
(Yuriy Goodnichenko’s and Ilona Sologoub’s article appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 6/7; Photo: Famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko is seen in front of a destroyed building in the …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:45PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
(William Earl’s and Brent Lang’s article appeared on Variety, 6/7; Photo: Helen Murray.) Jodie Comer is getting rave reviews for her performance in the one-woman Broadway play “Prima …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:02PMMonday, June 5, 2023
(Charlotte Higgins’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/5; Photo: ‘What would you have done?’ … Stephen Campbell Moore as John Reith in When Winston Went to War with the Wireless. …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:29PMWednesday, May 31, 2023
DRAMA DESK 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED Awards will be presented Tuesday, June 6 at Sardi’s Restaurant MANDY PATINKIN AND KATHRYN GRODY TO HOST THE CEREMONY www.DramaDesk.org (Wednes…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PMWednesday, May 24, 2023
(from Sky News, 5/24; Photo: AP.) Tina Turner – one of rock’s great vocalists and most charismatic performers – has died aged 83, her spokesperson has confirmed. In a statement, the…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:01PMThursday, May 18, 2023
(Colette Davidson’s article appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, 5/17; Glen Stubbe Photography/Courtesy of Children’s Theatre Company.) May 17, 2023|MINNEAPOLIS Fievel Mousekewitz�…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:05PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/16, 2023; Photo: The Greek theatre in Syracuse. Photograph: Gaspare Urso’ ) Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imagina…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:38PMSaturday, May 13, 2023
(Chis Wiegand’s article appeaed in the Guardian, 5/5; via Pam Green; Photo: On tomorrow and tomorrow … David Tennant in a publicity shot for the Donmar’s forthcoming Macbeth. Photogra…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:58PMThursday, May 11, 2023
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: You must be very careful in the use of a mirror (when trying to make sure that feelings are externally reflected). It teaches an actor to wat…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:09PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
(from Radio Free Europe, 5/10; Photo: Nikolai Daineko.) Visit Radio Free Europe A Moscow court has sentenced a poet to four years in prison for publicly reciting verses condemning Russia�…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:11PMTuesday, May 9, 2023
(Philipp Jedicke’s article appeared on DW, 5/5; Photo: DW.) “Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror” is about a fictional circus troupe during the Third Reich. This tale of humanity in i…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:32PMSunday, May 7, 2023
(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/6; via Pam Green; Photo: Adjoa Andoh as Shakepeare’s Richard III. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:48PMThursday, May 4, 2023
(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the guardian, 5/4;Photo: Peter De Jersey as Cymbeline. Photograph: Ellie Kurttz.) Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Departing artistic di…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:29PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
(From Variety, 5/3/2023; writing and compilation by Rebecca Rubin, Brent Lang, and Marc J. Franklin.) “Some Like It Hot,” a jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film about two musici…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:53PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
(From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 5/2/2023. Photo: Daily Express.) An actor from a theater in Russia’s Siberian region of Buryatia, who in March slit his wrists while on stage to prot…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:37PMSunday, April 30, 2023
(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/28/2023; via Pam Green; Photo: Transatlantic tragedy … Kenneth Branagh. Photograph: Johan Persson.) The play, which the actor has de…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:30PMSaturday, April 29, 2023
(Tom Lamont’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/29; Photo: Photograph: David Vintiner/The Guardian.) He’s the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:25PM 
