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Sunday, October 27, 2024

OUTNUMBERED BY PUPPETS’: DEPOPULATED VILLAGE IN JAPAN CRAFTS DOLLS FOR SENSE OF LIFE by Robert Shuman

(Peter Guo’s article appeared on NBC News, Oct. 27, 2024. Photo: Puppets in the tiny rural village of Ichinono, Japan.Philip Fong / AFP – Getty Images.) Ichinono has fewer than 60 reside…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:18PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: JIM BROADBENT ON KEN CAMPBELL’S ELECTRIFYING EPIC ILLUMINATUS! by Robert Shuman

(Jim Broadbent’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/22; Photo: aragec.com.) In the 70s, Campbell’s sprawling sci-fi odyssey was a huge education and a hysterical adventure for an eclec…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:11PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

***** OEDIPUS REVIEW – LESLEY MANVILLE AND MARK STRONG ELECTRIFY ANCIENT SAGA TURNED POLITICAL THRILLER by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 10/16; From left: Jordan Scowen (Eteocles), Mark Strong (Oedipus), and Lesley Manville (Jocasta) in Oedipus. Photograph: Manuel Harlan. Wes…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:40AM
Friday, October 11, 2024

REST IN PEACE, PAMELA S. GREEN (AUGUST 3, 1958 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2024) by Robert Shuman

Pamela S. Green Obituary Pamela, was born on August 3,1958 to Alfred G. Green and Marilyn G. Green in Chicago, Ill. After a brief illness, Pam passed peacefully at the age of 66 on September…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:58PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

HOW THE EXCAVATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S CURTAIN THEATRE HAS CHANGED STAGE HISTORY by Robert Shuman

(Esther Addley’s article appeared in the Guardian, 10/7; photo: Guardian.) Recovery of stage foundations, which will be part of new London museum, has changed understanding of theatre deve…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:04PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

MEGHAN COVINGTON’S DON’T-MISS ‘PEEK-A-BOO’ by Robert Shuman

PEEK-A-BOO (An immersive Hudson Valley haunt) Welcome, guys and gals, to the 1920s in Tarrytown, NY. You are invited to the Peek-a-boo flats, a paltry little club nestled on the banks of th…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:36PM
Monday, September 2, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024

BETTE BOURNE, SEPT. 22, 1939 TO AUG. 23, 2024 by Robert Shuman

(by Mark L. Hannay; via Jonathan Slaff.) English “Radical Drag” Actor and Gay Rights Activist, Beloved by Downtown New York Theater Audiences, Dies at Age 84 Bette Bourne, the founder an…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:17PM
Monday, August 19, 2024

TNC STREET THEATER, 8/17, AT ST. MARKS: “THE SOCIALIZATION OF A SOCIAL WORKER,” BY CRYSTAL FIELD (PHOTOS) by Robert Shuman

“The Socialization of a Social Worker,” by Crystal Field, starting 8/3 through 9/15. FULL SCHEDULE Sat, 8/3 @ 2:00 PM – MANHATTAN: Outside Theater for the New City at E. 10th St. &…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:09PM
Saturday, August 10, 2024

‘TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE’–OUR PRESS RELEASE, CAST, AND FLYER by Robert Shuman

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am very happy to be writing to you about Theater for the New City’s world premiere of my very own work, “Tongs and Bones Shakespeare: Tempestuous Amusement…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:10AM
Sunday, August 4, 2024

‘TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE’–MEET THE CAST (AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY: 9/1 at 8pm, WED., 9/4 at 6:30pm, FRI., 9/6 at 6:30pm, SUN., 9/8 at 8p by Robert Shuman

(Credit for art: Fight Over the Breeches; Gift of Louis E. Shecter, 1972, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.)

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:04AM
Thursday, August 1, 2024

DREAM UP FESTIVAL, 2024: 17 PLAYS, REAL INSPIRATION (THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 8/25-9/15) by Robert Shuman

Stage Voice’s Bob Shuman will have a play running at TNC’S DREAM UP FESTIVAL, but don’t settle for just one, there are 16 more shows to choose from.  “Tongs and Bones Shakespeare: T…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:19PM
Sunday, July 28, 2024

CRYSTAL FIELD AND TNC STREET THEATER 2024 by Robert Shuman

The legendary Crystal Field will be touring New York City boroughs with “The Socialization of a Social Worker,” starting 8/3 through 9/15.  Her unmissable street theater, a yearly stapl…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:55AM
Monday, July 22, 2024

PHOTOS: ‘LITTLE WOMEN’ AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, HO-HO-KUS, N.J. by Robert Shuman

(From the production, Saturday & Sunday, July 20th & 21st, 2024; credit: Frank Farrell.) QR Code for Little Women program:

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:53PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

RICHARD EYRE:  THE PLAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: ‘COMEDIANS GOT ME THE JOB RUNNING THE NATIONAL THEATRE’ by Robert Shuman

(Eyre’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/17; as told to Lindesay Irvine. Photo: Jimmy Jewel, Dave Hill and Jonathan Pryce in Comedians at the National Theatre in 1975. Photograph: Dona…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:05PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

CARYL CHURCHILL: ‘LOVE AND INFORMATION’ (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO DRAMA ON 3) by Robert Shuman

Love and Information Listen  Drama on 3 The first audio production of Caryl Churchill’s insightful drama about human relationships in the post-information age. Love and Information is a v…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:51PM
Sunday, July 14, 2024

‘LITTLE WOMEN’ AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, HO-HO-KUS, N.J.: THE PLAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JULY 20TH & 21ST, 2024 7PM by Robert Shuman

Visit The Hermitage Directions to The Hermitage 335 North Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423 From Rt. 17: Take the Hollywood Avenue exit. Bear left after exiting, following signs for Th…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:34PM
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

ANNA DEAVERE SMITH/ ‘THIS GHOST OF SLAVERY’: A SOLO READING by Robert Shuman

(Premiered Jul 8, 2024; Illustration: The Atlantic) Anna Deavere Smith Listen Award-winning actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith explores performance as a way of knowing in …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:13PM
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

HOMEGROWN SHAKESPEARE: ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ (RIVER’S EDGE THEATRE CO) by Robert Shuman

HOMEGROWN SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Directed by Jessica Irons Shakespeare never looked so sustainable! Earth conscious actors are assigned their roles 30 days before the perfo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:01PM
Monday, July 8, 2024

RUSSIA AIMING TO DESTROY UKRAINE’S CULTURAL IDENTITY by Robert Shuman

(Jason Jay Smart’s article appeared in the Kyiv Post, 7/7.) Incredibly, due to years of Russian occupation, many Ukrainian soldiers do not recognize some of the “classic” Ukrainian son…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:36PM
Saturday, July 6, 2024

O, CANADA! THE BARD IS RIBBED AND REVERED AT ONTARIO’S STRATFORD FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/28; Photo: God, I hate Shakespeare … Mark Uhre as Nick Bottom in Something Rotten! Photograph: Ann Baggley.) The side-splitting Some…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:58PM
Friday, July 5, 2024

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORLD’S BIGGEST THEATRE FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(Eve Jackson’s, Olivia Salazar-Winspear’s, Marion Cheval’s, Natacha Milleret’s , Solène Clausse’s, and Magali Faure’s report appeared on France24, 7/4/2024.) Culture reporter Ol…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:06PM
Thursday, July 4, 2024

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 7/2/2024 by Robert Shuman

On 7/2/2024, Director Frank Farrell and playwright Bob Shuman went for a 1:00pm meeting with Dream Up Festival director, Michael Scott-Price, at Theater for the New City (TNC) to have a walk…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:40PM
Monday, July 1, 2024

ISMAIL KADARE, GIANT OF ALBANIAN LITERATURE, DIES AGED 88 by Robert Shuman

(Richard Lea’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/1;  Photo: Ismail Kadare, pictured in 2005. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian.) His allegorical stories, informed by life under st…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:05PM
Thursday, June 27, 2024

DOUBLE BILL DEBUTS: DOGTEAM THEATRE OPENS WITH FORNÉS AND COLLIER (7/9-8/4) by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) Dogteam Theatre Project launches its inaugural Off-Broadway season with two world premieres. “La Viuda,” by Cuban American pioneer María Irene Fornés,…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:27PM
Monday, June 24, 2024

NEW YORK THEATER VETERAN STAGES STRINDBERG’S “MISS JULIE” IN ROARING TWENTIES SETTING by Robert Shuman

Don’t miss a fresh take on classic drama, June 27 to July 7, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM. Theater for the New City is presenting August Strindberg Rep‘…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:40PM
Sunday, June 23, 2024

‘TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE’ BY BOB SHUMAN:  TALKING WITH . . . by Robert Shuman

In May, when director Frank Farrell began working with playwright Bob Shuman on staging Tongs and Bones Shakespeare–coming to Theater for the New City, as part of the Dream Up Festival (at…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PM
Friday, June 21, 2024

‘THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR’ OFFERS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT SHAKESPEARE WAS NOT ITS AUTHOR by Robert Shuman

(Jacobi’s and Anderson’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/13; Photo/ illustrations: Relentless in his self-satire … Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Photograph: Alamy.) Derek J…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:03PM
Monday, June 17, 2024

IAN MCKELLEN HOSPITALIZED AFTER FALLING OFF STAGE DURING WEST END PERFORMANCE by Robert Shuman

(Ethan Shanfeld’s article appeared in Variety, 6/17. Photo:  Ian McKellen plays John Falstaff in Player Kings. Photograph: Manuel Harlanthe Guardian.) Ian McKellen was hospitalized aft…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:06PM

TONY AWARD WINNERS 2024: THE FULL LIST by Robert Shuman

(Rachel Sherman’s article appeared in The New York Times, 6/17. Photo: Mashable SEA.) The Tony Awards were held on Sunday at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City. Male…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:06AM
Sunday, June 16, 2024

FIELDING’S ‘TOM JONES’ (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4–IN OUR TIME–DISCUSSION PROGRAM) by Robert Shuman

Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss “The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling” (1749) by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), one of the most influential of the early English novels a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:17PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic