Tuesday, January 31, 2023
(Susannah Clapp’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/29; via Pam Green; Photo:A tragedy in which ‘bludgeoning comes naturally’: Michael Akinsulire, centre, in the title role, and comp…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:48PMSaturday, January 28, 2023
(Tim Jonze’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/27; via Pam Green; ‘I was incredibly grateful to receive [the OBE] in 2009,’ wrote Alan Cumming. Photograph: Kristina Bumphrey/REX/Shu…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:28PMThursday, January 26, 2023
(Olivia Salazar-Winpear’s, Jennifer Ben Brahim’s, Marion Chaval’s, and Magali Faure’s report appeared on France 24, 1/26.) A century and a half after her birth, Colette remains an ic…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:35PMTuesday, January 24, 2023
(Silke Wünsch’s article appeared in DW, 1/23/23; Photo: Singer Nena in the 1980sImage: United Archives/kpa/picture alliance.) Despite the recording company’s initial doubts about the so…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:58PMFriday, January 20, 2023
(Kath Kenny’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; photo: Betty Can Jump was raw and amateurish – but at the time it was so powerful it left women in tears. Photograph: Betty Can Jum…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:25PMThursday, January 19, 2023
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: An actor of our type is obliged to work so much more than others, both on his inner equipment, which creates the life of the part, and also o…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:58PMTuesday, January 17, 2023
Get to know the real Cary Grant for his 119th birthday, in Nancy Nelson’s acclaimed biography (he was born January 18, 1904). Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:05AMSunday, January 15, 2023
(David Smith’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/14; via Pam Green; Photo: KPOP, Almost Famous, Ohio State Murders. Composite: Getty; Handout.) A slew of well-reviewed productions have…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:19PMFriday, January 13, 2023
VACLAV HAVEL’S ‘AUDIENCE’ February 2–19, 2023 Thursday–Saturday at 7PM Sunday at 2PM Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 East 4th Street, 2nd floor New York, NY 10003 Tickets: Adults: $30 …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:32PMThursday, January 12, 2023
(via Michael Jorgensen, jorgensenpr.com) “(Tennessee) Williams would probably love Matt de Rogatis’ Brick.”
– The New York Times
“Brilliant…intense…funny!”
– WCBS…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:02PMWednesday, January 11, 2023
(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/11/23; Photo: Channelling Bette Davis … Patricia Hodge in Watch on the Rhine. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Donmar Warehouse, London Patr…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:18PMTuesday, January 10, 2023
Monday, January 9, 2023
(Helen Pitt’s article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 1/10/23; Photo: Swiss-French circus performer, violinist and actor James Theirree in Sydney.CREDIT:JAMES BRICKWOOD.) When perfo…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:29PMSunday, January 8, 2023
(Vanessa Thorpe’s interview appeared in the Observer, 1/8; via Pam Green; Photo: ‘A workaday farce’: (from left) Felicity Kendal, Alexander Hanson and Tracy-Ann Oberman in Noises …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:17PMFriday, January 6, 2023
(Michael Cronin’s articl appeared in the Irish Times, 12/20; Photo: Lady Gregory; the Irish Times.) Molière became a mainstay of the early Abbey stage, but not all critics were impressed …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:55PMWednesday, January 4, 2023
(Olivia Salazar-Winspear’s, Marion Chaval’s, Sonia Paricelli’s and Gerome Vassilacos’s article appeared on France 24, 1/3.) We take a tour of the spectacular shows illuminating the d…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:08PMTuesday, January 3, 2023
(Benjamin Lee’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/1/23; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Franco Zeffirelli directing Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Romeo and Juliet. Photograph: REX S…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:37PMMonday, January 2, 2023
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In order to express a most delicate and largely subconscious life it is necessary to have control of an unusually responsive, excellently pre…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:39PMSunday, January 1, 2023
(Dalya Alberge’s article appeared in the Guardian 12/31; via Pam Green; Photo: The gatehouse at Nottingham Castle. The site has been forced to close, despite a three-year, multimillion…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:56PMTuesday, December 27, 2022
(The Guardian readers’ article appeared 12/19 in that media; via Pam Green; Photo: ‘It managed to surpass my expectations’ … Davina De Campo in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Photograph…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:05PMMonday, December 26, 2022
(Laura Snapes’s article appeared in the Guardian, 12/24; Photo: ‘A desperate cry’ … (L-R) Diana Burkot, Taso Pletner, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova of Pussy Riot performing in …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:34AMSaturday, December 24, 2022
(David Belcher’s article appeared in The New York Times, 12/23; Photo: Members of the cast of “The Threepenny Opera” at the Volksoper in Vienna. The production’s cross-gender casting…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:17PMFriday, December 23, 2022
(PJ Cresswell’s article appeared in TimeOut, 12/22; Photo: Croatian National Theatre.) New backing and expertise to transform the experience for audiences at this venerable Zagreb landmark…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:12PMThursday, December 22, 2022
Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orson Welles’ film, released in 1941, which is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, films yet made. Welles pla…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:04PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
(Steve Dow’s article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 12/20; Photo: Ivo van Hove’s four-hour Dutch-language play A Little Life is based on Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling 2015 nov…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:54PMMonday, December 19, 2022
(via Michelle Farabaugh, Adrian Bryan-Brown) BEST THEATER OF 2022 The New York Times THE BEST PLAY OF 2022 Los Angeles Times LEOPOLDSTADT Extends Broadway Engagement Through July 2, 2023 …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:53PMSunday, December 18, 2022
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Our aim (as actors) is not only to create the life of a human spirit, but also to ‘express it in a beautiful, artistic form.’ An actor is…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:11PMSaturday, December 17, 2022
(David Jays’ article appeared 12/12 in the Guardian; Photo: ‘Action, activism and engaging with the world’ … Lillian Hellman in 1945. Photograph: AP.) As Hellman’s 1941 play is re…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:33PMFriday, December 16, 2022
(Boyan Tonchev’s and Will Tizard’s report is from Radio Free Europe, 12/16.) (The report is by Boyan Tonchev and Will Tizard, from Radio Free Europe, 12/16.) Musico is a glowing, ver…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:28PMWednesday, December 14, 2022
(from France 24, 12/13.) The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned in its own country. Its artists now live in exile making powerful, political work like their latest play “Dogs of Europe…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:18PMMonday, December 12, 2022
(Clare Brennan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 12/12; via Pam Green; Photo: Eleanor Fransch, ‘sassy’ in the role of Alice. Photograph: Andrew Billington.) New Vic, Newcastle-unde…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:47PM 
