Thursday, October 14, 2021
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Much in creativeness is incumbent upon us all, the young and old, men and women, the gifted and giftless. All men are forced to put food in t…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:27AMTuesday, October 12, 2021
(Alexis Soloski’s interview appeared in the Guardisn, 10/12; Photo: ‘I was basically ripping the face off of civilisation’ … Ken Nwosu as Leo and Helena Wilson as Dawn in White N…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:45AMMonday, October 11, 2021
the two-character play by tennessee williams ____________________________ OCTOBER 22 at 7:30 an open rehearsal with Greg Mehrten and Maude Mitchell directed by Dana Greenfield, sound desig…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:53PMSunday, October 10, 2021
(Susan Pinker’s article appeared in The Wall Street Jouranl, 10/9; Illustration by Thomasz Walenta; via the Drudge Report.) Research shows that listening to the same narrative leads our he…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:05AMFriday, October 8, 2021
(Jake Cordell’s article appeared in the Moscow Times, 10/8/21; Photo: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, BBC.) The editor of the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper won the prestigious award …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:57AMThursday, October 7, 2021
(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 10/4; In fatal thrall … Christopher Eccleston as Creon and Jodie Whittaker as Antigone in the National theatre’s 2012 production…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:13AMTuesday, October 5, 2021
(from BBC 4) HERODOTUS In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of histories, dubbed by his detractors as the father of lies. Herodotus (c484 to 425 B…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:44PMMonday, October 4, 2021
(from Radio Prague, 10/3/2021; Photo: Václav Havel|Photo: Filip Jandourek, Czech Radio.) Born into a prominent wealthy family, Václav Havel came of age after the Communist coup of 1948, wh…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:02AMSunday, October 3, 2021
Damir Yusupov/The Bolshoi Theater (Valeria Paikova’s article appeared in Russia Beyond the headlines, 10/21/2021.) Russia gave the world not only ‘Crime and Punishment’ and ‘War and …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:56PMSaturday, October 2, 2021
(Nick Ahad’s article appeared in the Guardian, 9/30; Photo: Hi-tech horror … Riana Duce as Mina Harker. Photograph: Ed Waring.) Leeds Playhouse For a tale of the undead, Imitating the…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:29PMThursday, September 30, 2021
(This story is from CBSNewYork.com, 9/30.) Just two weeks after celebrating the return of Broadway, one of the most anticipated shows has been shut down. Wednesday night’s performance of…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:51PMWednesday, September 29, 2021
(Andrew Dickson’s article appeared in the Guardian, 9/28; Photo: The sunshine that blasts away the shadows… Irina Brook, director. Photograph: Amanda Lane.) She grew up in an artistic d…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:54PMTuesday, September 28, 2021
(Alexandra Guzeva’s article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 9/25.) An Emmy-winning Russian-born photographer shows her view of the magnificent world of Russian dance and its most …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:16PMMonday, September 27, 2021
(Brent Lang’s article appeared in Variety 9/26; Photo courtesy of Matthew Murphy.) ‘Slave Play’ Shut Out Despite Record Number of Nominations. “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a stage …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:57PMSunday, September 26, 2021
New York, New York: Off Broadway actor and producer Matt de Rogatis has announced that his non profit theater organization, Ruth Stage, has formed a partnership with the Cholangiocarcino…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:02PMTuesday, September 21, 2021
JOE KINNISON is on the hook for our latest interview, talking with SV’s Bob Shuman about getting started in bass fishing, enjoying the peace, beauty, and intellectual challenge of the spor…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:07PMSunday, September 19, 2021
(Stephen A. Russell’s article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 9/20. Photo: Sydney Morning Herald.) The word ‘cabaret’ conjures images of intimate, candlelit spaces with audi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:24PMSaturday, September 18, 2021
(from DW, 9/18.) Are arts and culture essential? In Germany, many who work in the sector say they are. During the pandemic, which threatened many people’s livelihoods, they launched the …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:53PMFriday, September 17, 2021
(from France 24, 9/17.) It was the dream of the late artist couple, Bulgarian-born Christo and his French wife Jeanne-Claude. As they gazed out of their window in the early 1960s, they ima…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:01PMThursday, September 16, 2021
(Neil Genzlinger’s article appeared in The New York Times, 9/15; Photo: The playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie in 1999 introducing a reading of “America Hurrah,” his best-known play. A…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:38PMWednesday, September 15, 2021
(Ryan Parker’s article appeared in the Hollywood Reporter, 9/15; The 20th Century film is due in theaters Dec. 10. West Side Story dropped its official trailer Wednesday, and the Stev…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:19PMTuesday, September 14, 2021
(Mark Kennedy’s article appeared pm the AP, 9/14; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Kristin Chenoweth; credit: AP.) NEW YORK (AP) — Theater royalty — in the form of Kristin Chenoweth, Ju…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:42PMMonday, September 13, 2021
(Chris McCormack’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 9/13; Materclass: Adrienne Truscott plays opposite Feidlim Cannon.) Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: Brokentalkers and Truscott’s frui…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:44AMSunday, September 12, 2021
(Amy Kazmin’s article appeared in the Financial Times, 9/9; street painting depicting Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year-old woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul in March 2015 © Yaghobzade…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:28PMSaturday, September 11, 2021
(Johnny Tickle’s article appeared on RT, 9/11; Photo: (t0p) Russian political activist and member of the punk band and activist group Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina. © Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP.; …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:36PMFriday, September 10, 2021
(Charles McNulty’s article appeared in the Lost Angeles Times, 9/9; Petrina Bromley, from left, Emily Walton, Jenn Colella, Sharon Wheatley, Astrid Van Wieren and Q. Smith in the musical …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:36PMThursday, September 9, 2021
(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 9/8/2021; Photo: Dazzling coups de theatre … Samantha Barks as Elsa in Frozen. Photograph: JohanPersson.) Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Lond…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:03PMWednesday, September 8, 2021
(Chris Jones’s article appeared in the Chicago Tribune Theater Loop, 9/8; Photo: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood star in the Tracy Letts play “Bug” at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Br…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:07PMTuesday, September 7, 2021
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: I have told you how we were educated in our childhood and youth. Compare our life with the life of the present generation of youth brought up…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:40PMMonday, September 6, 2021
(from France24, 6/9; via the Drudge Report; Photo: French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo poses at the 23rd Lumières awards ceremony in Paris on February 5, 2018. © Francois Mori, AP.) Actor Jea…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:28PMSunday, September 5, 2021
(Charles McNulty’s article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 8/19; “Hamilton’s” Javier Muñoz, shown in 2016, had a thoughtful response to a performer’s Instagram post concerning …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:02PM 
