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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

PUTIN ON TRIAL: THE PLAY ‘THE HAGUE’ OPENS AT BULGARIA’S NATIONAL THEATER by Robert Shuman

(By Boyan Tonchev and Ilian Ruzhin, from Radio Free Europe,  Bulgarian Service, 9/26; Photo: The Washington Post. ) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his entourage face a war crimes trib…

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

‘THE SEVENTH SEAL’ AND INGMAR BERGMAN (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4–IN OUR TIME–DISCUSSION PROGRAM) by Robert Shuman

Listen at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qmkx In Our Time In the 1000th edition of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the most celebrated film of the Swedish dire…

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Saturday, September 23, 2023

***** THE WHITE FACTORY REVIEW – HOLOCAUST DRAMA RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT TODAY’S TYRANTS by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson’s review appeared in the Guardian, 9/21/2023; Photo: The Guardian.) Marylebone theatre, London Set in a Polish ghetto, Dmitry Glukhovsky’s superb play explores the terrible …

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

‘I MAKE THE COCKTAILS, THEN JUMP ON STAGE AND DO MIND READING’: THE PEOPLE RUNNING BRITAIN’S TINIEST THEATRES by Robert Shuman

(Kate Wyver’s article appeared in the Guardian, 9/9/23; Photo: The Guardian.) From the magician who stops his show to serve at the bar to the actor who drives entire plays around in his ca…

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

***** ‘THAT FACE’ REVIEW – STUNNING REVIVAL WILL TEAR RIGHT THROUGH YOU by Robert Shuman

(Miriam Gillinson’s article appeared in the Guardian 9/15.  Photo: Sensitivity and restraint … Kasper Hilton-Hille and Ruby Stokes in That Face. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Orange Tree …

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

‘SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION’ PHENOMENON PROVEN BY MATHEMATICIANS TO BE TRUE! by Robert Shuman

(from StudyFinds, 9/5; via Drudge eport) RAMAT-GAN, Israel — Kevin Bacon, this study is for you! In an exciting breakthrough, researchers from multiple countries have unraveled the myster…

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Sunday, August 27, 2023

WHY THE GOETHE MEDAL COULD SPARK POLITICAL CONTROVERSY by Robert Shuman

(Stefan Dege’s article appeared in DW, 8/26; Photo: Honored for promoting cultural exchange with Germany: Taiwanese dramaturge and theater festival curator Yi-Wei KengImage: Willie Schuman…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:48AM
Friday, August 25, 2023

‘THE LAST OF THE SOVIETS’ REVIEW – NEWSREADERS NAVIGATE BRUTAL TRUTHS AND PROPAGANDA by Robert Shuman

(Mark Fisher’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/14/2023; Photo: Dark and surreal … Inga Mikshina-Zotova and Roman Mikshin-Zotov in The Last of the Soviets. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:47PM
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (154) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To reproduce feelings you must be able to identify them out of your own experience. But as mechanical actors do not experience feelings they …

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Sunday, August 20, 2023

ART UNDER ATTACK: HOW RUSSIA DESTROYS UKRAINE’S CULTURAL HERITAGE by Robert Shuman

(Natalia Chekotum’s and Liza Pyrozhkova’s vidieo appeared in the Kyiv Independent, 8/8; Photo: Kyiv Independent.) Launched in February last year, Russia’s war against Ukraine has taken…

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Saturday, August 19, 2023

‘ENDGAME’ REVIEW – PROM 43, MUSIC BRINGS COMPASSION TO BECKETT’S AUSTERE DRAMA by Robert Shuman

(Tim Ashley’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/19; Dramatic pressure … Endgame. Photograph: Sisi Burn.) Royal Albert Hall, London For its UK premiere, György Kurtág’s opera faced…

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

‘SHAKESPEARE’S LADIES AT TEA’ AND ‘SHAKESPEARE’S DEATHS’, FROM FIRST FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY—AT  THE 2023 LITTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (R by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Who is this Shakespeare who needs to be banned in Florida public schools, who dared to write a play called Romeo and Juliet?  Was he decadent?  Was he warped?  Has he really…

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Sunday, August 13, 2023

PROM 36 A SPACE ODYSSEY: LPO/GARDNER REVIEW – “UNSETTLING AND AWESOME” by Robert Shuman

  PROM 36 A SPACE ODYSSEY: LPO/GARDNER REVIEW Listen (Tim Ashley’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/13. ) Royal Albert Hall, London Intense and finely focused performances of the Liget…

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Friday, August 11, 2023

CONCERNS OVER SEX CONTENT LEADS FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO PULL SHAKESPEARE by Robert Shuman

(Jeffrey S. Solochek’s article appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, 8/8; via the Drudge Report.) The big story: After Florida adopted its Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking standards i…

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

SHAKESPEARE’S ‘LADIES AT TEA’ AND ‘SHAKESPEARE’S DEATHS’ TO PLAY 2023 LITTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AT UNDER ST. MARKS, 8/3-8/20 by Robert Shuman

(Via Emily Owens, Emily Owens PR–rehearsal photo from Ladies at Tea.)       First Flight Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s Ladies at Tea or I Thought You’d Never Asp Written by…

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Monday, August 7, 2023

DARK NOON REVIEW – EXTRAORDINARY OUTSIDER VISION OF AMERICAN HISTORY by Robert Shuman

(Mark Fisher’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/7/2023. Only the merciless survive … Dark Noon. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod) Pleasance @ EICC, Edinburgh South African actors replay the …

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

REIMAGINING ‘MADAME BUTTERFLY,’ WITH ASIAN CREATORS AT THE HELM by Robert Shuman

(Javier C. Hernandez’s article appeared in The New York Times and Japan Times, 7/27. Photo: Cincinnati Opera’s new production of “Madame Butterfly,” directed by Matthew Ozawa, frames…

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Sunday, July 30, 2023

***** DRUIDO’CASEY REVIEW – SEÁN O’CASEY’S DUBLIN TRILOGY IN A DAY IS A REVELATION by Robert Shuman

(Clare Brennan’s article appeared in The Observer, 7/30; Photo: ‘Ophelia-like’ Sophie Lenglinger as Nora, with Liam Heslin as Jack, in The Plough and the Stars. Photograph: Ros Kavana…

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Friday, July 28, 2023

FRANCE 24 TALKS TO THE FRENCH THEATRE DIRECTOR ORGANISING THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPIC CEREMONIES by Robert Shuman

(Marion Chaval’s, Magali Faure’s, and Eve Jackson’s article appeared on France24, 7/26.) Just over 100 years ago, painters, sculptors, writers and musicians battled for gold, silver an…

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS I got a show to do, remember, baby?  Oh baby, I got a show to do. (Dreamgirls) I’m all right, right now (from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle) I love my e…

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

***** GRENFELL: IN THE WORDS OF SURVIVORS REVIEW – A MASTERPIECE OF FORENSIC FURY by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/20; Photo: Gripping … Sarah Slimani in Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors at Dorfman theatre, London. Photograph: Myah Jeffers.) Dorf…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:27PM
Monday, July 24, 2023

LOST PLAYS OF GERTRUDE ROBINS, BERNARD SHAW RIVAL, TO BE REVIVED A CENTURY ON by Robert Shuman

(Dalya Alberge’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/23; Photo: Gertrude Robins, pictured in 1911: she depicted women’s often limited choices between second-rate marriages and independen…

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Sunday, July 23, 2023

REVIEW: DANCING WITH DICTATORS IN DAVID BYRNE’S ‘HERE LIES LOVE’ by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green’s article appeared in The New York Times, 7/20; Photo: Jose Llana, left, and Arielle Jacobs as Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in “Here Lies Love” at the Broadway Theater in M…

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Friday, July 21, 2023

LITTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, NY: ‘LADY CAPULET’ (BAREFOOT SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ) by Robert Shuman

(Via Emily Owens PR) Barefoot Shakespeare Company PRESENTS LADY  CAPULET    Written by Melissa Bell Directed by Emily Gallagher   Presented as part of the 2023 Little Shakespeare Festiva…

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

THE PLAY’S THE THING – BUT ITS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE THEATRE TOO by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article  appeared in the Guardian, 7/18.Photo: ‘The power to draw the audience together’ … the Swan Theatre at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photograph: Tris…

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (153) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: It is important to know what you are feeling on the stage, because it often happens that even the most experienced actors work out at home an…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:14PM
Monday, July 17, 2023

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND BRITISH VOICES TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT 77TH AVIGNON THEATRE FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(via France24, 7/14/2023) We bring you a special edition from the 77th international theatre festival in the southern French city of Avignon, where change is in the air under its new Portug…

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Sunday, July 16, 2023

NEW YORK THEATER BEHIND TRUMP ASSASSINATION STAGING OF ‘JULIUS CAESAR’ LAYING OFF 19 PERCENT OF STAFF by Robert Shuman

(David Ng’s article appeared on Breitbart, 7/15.) New York’s prestigious Public Theater — which staged the assassination of President Donald Trump in its infamous 2017 production of Sh…

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Saturday, July 15, 2023

RICHARD II IN A HOT TUB, MUCH ADO DONE ANEW: CANADA’S STRATFORD FESTIVAL PUTS SHOCKS INTO SHAKESPEARE by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/4; Photo: Divine … Stephen Jackman-Torkoff as Richard II. Photograph: David Hou.) A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Bene…

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Friday, July 14, 2023

HOW THOMAS LANIER WILLIAMS BECAME TENNESSEE by Robert Shuman

(Casey Cep’s article appeared in the New Yorker, 7/10,17/23; Photograph by Vandamm Studio © Billy Rose Theatre Division / NYPL for Performing Arts.) A collection of previously unpublished…

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

DATE RAPE DRUG PLAY SHOCKS TOP FRENCH FESTIVAL by Robert Shuman

(Rana Moussaoui’s article appeared on Barron’s, 7/12; via Drudge Report; Pictures by Clement Mahoudeau.) Brazilian performer Carolina Bianchi was herself raped after being drugged on a n…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:51PM

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