All stories by Robert Shuman on BroadwayStars

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

CHITA RIVERA, ILLUSTRIOUS BROADWAY STAR, DIES AGED 91 by Robert Shuman

The actor, dancer and singer starred in musicals including West Side Story and Chicago (Chris Wiegan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/30; Photo: Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd annua…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:58PM

LEN CARIOU IN SEA DOG’S POIGNANT “TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE” (March 1-23) by Robert Shuman

(via DARR Publicity; Photo: Jeremy Varner) Broadway legend Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd himself, joins Sea Dog Theater‘s Artistic Director Chris Domig (their friendship echoes Morrie & Mit…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:20PM
Monday, January 29, 2024

‘DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES’ REVIEW – 60s MARITAL DRAMA BECOMES BROADWAY MUSICAL WINNER by Robert Shuman

(Lauren Mechling’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/29; Photo:  Brian d’Arcy James/Photograph: Joan Marcus.) Studio 54, New York Song-heavy adaptation of the bruising 1962 Blake Edw…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:40PM
Sunday, January 28, 2024

THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, ON STAGE VOICES: 1/21/2024 – 1/28/2024 by Robert Shuman

The past week’s international stage highlights, brought to you via the world’s foremost journalism.  Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and m…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:01PM
Saturday, January 27, 2024

NOW ON BROADWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 – SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 (NEW SHOWS ROUNDUP) by Robert Shuman

(Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and materials for this article.) ON BROADWAY: Days of Wine and Roses: About: A tragic exploration of alcoholi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:17AM
Friday, January 26, 2024

KRAPP’S LAST TAPE REVIEW – STEPHEN REA IS HAUNTINGLY GOOD IN BECKETT’S MASTERPIECE by Robert Shuman

(Helen Meany’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/19; Photo: ‘Minute flickers of emotion’ … Stephen Rea in Krapp’s Last Tape, directed by Vicky Featherstone, at Project Arts Centr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:29PM
Thursday, January 25, 2024

MoMA SUED BY ARTIST WHO PERFORMED NUDE IN MARINA ABRAMOVIC WORK by Robert Shuman

(from The New York Times, 1/24; via The Drudge Report; Photo: The New York Times.) A performance artist has sued the Museum of Modern Art, saying that officials neglected to take corrective …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:17AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

CURTAIN RISES ON A CHEKHOV MASTERPIECE (A DAY IN THEATRE) by Robert Shuman

On January 24, 1901, the Moscow Art Theatre unfurled its curtains to an enraptured audience, unveiling Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” in a theatrical crescendo. Directed by the maestr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:21AM
Sunday, January 21, 2024

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE IN WORLD’S FIRST PUPPET THEATER ADAPTATION OF “THE GOOD SOLDIER ŠVEJK� by Robert Shuman

Rocco George as Svejk. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Formative antiwar story is a hilariously subversive depiction of the idiocy of war and the men who wage it February 1 to 18, 2024 Theater for …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:56PM
Saturday, January 20, 2024

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (157) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage do not run for the sake of running, or suffer for the sake of suffering. Don’t act ‘in general,’ for the sake of action; a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:49PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

THE MANY FACES OF FALSTAFF: SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGICOMIC KNIGHT IS AS COMPLEX AS HAMLET by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/18; Photo: Fine performance … David Warner as Falstaff and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Prince Hal in Henry IV Part I in 2008. Photo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:17PM
Thursday, January 18, 2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARY GRANT by Robert Shuman

Read his amazing story . . .   Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Nancy Nelson’s Evenings with Cary Grant, which uses the icon’s own words—and is enhanced …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:34PM
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

RUSSIA’S QUEER ARTISTS FIGHT GROWING PERSECUTION by Robert Shuman

(Stuart Braun’s article appeared on DW, 1/16/24.) Russia under Vladimir Putin is again demonizing LGBTQ persons, calling them “extremists.” But Russia’s queer artists are finding way…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:36PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

‘VILLAGE OF VALE’ MUSICAL RELEASES FIRST SINGLE by Robert Shuman

(via Jane Dubin) Hi friends, I have shared many projects over the years. But I have a special place in my heart for my current work, the original musical, The Village of Vale. We are curren…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:54PM
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

HE SINGS A CAPPELLA. THEN HE DESTROYS QUARTERBACKS. by Robert Shuman

(Andrew Beaton’s article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, 1/10/2024; Photo: The Wall Street Journal) Before Kobie Turner emerged as standout defensive tackle for the Los  Angeles Rams…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:58PM
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

EXILED EXPRESSION: A RUSSIAN STREET ARTIST’S DEFIANT POLITICAL ACTIVISM FROM ABROAD by Robert Shuman

(Neil Bowdler’s report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 1/9.) A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:07PM
Monday, January 8, 2024

THE PLAYWRIGHT HAS A FEW MORE CHANGES (BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS) by Robert Shuman

(Julian Lucas’s article appeared in the New Yorker, 1/9; Jacobs-Jenkins, whose drama “Appropriate” is now on Broadway, has a gift for matching ugly feelings with sophisticated forms.Ph…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:58PM
Saturday, January 6, 2024

SEEKING MICHAEL HASTINGS, THE MISSING MAN OF BRITISH THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guarian, 1/5;  Photo: Michael Hastings, aged 18, working at his mother’s council flat in Brixton, London, in February 1957. Photograph: We…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:04PM
Friday, January 5, 2024

GLYNIS JOHNS, WHO PLAYED IN SONDHEIM AND MRS BANKS IN MARY POPPINS, DIES AGED 100 by Robert Shuman

(Maya Yang’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/4; Photo: Glynis Johns in A Little Night Music.) British actor and star of 1964 film died at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natu…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:54AM
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (156) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage you must always be enacting something; action, motion, is the basis of the art, followed by the actor. On the stage it is necess…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:52PM
Monday, January 1, 2024

AT CARNEGIE HALL: HANDEL’S MESSIAH BY THE ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

(Edward Kiszus’s article appeared on Opening Night Online, 12/19/2023; Photo: Handel’s Messiah performed by the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall.. Photo by Edward Kliszus.) …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:11PM
Sunday, December 31, 2023

BBC RADIO 4, “IN OUR TIME” ON ‘TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL’ (DISCUSSION PROGRAM, LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

Twelfth Night, or What You Will Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare’s great comedies, which plays in the space between marriage, love and desire. By conve…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:32PM
Saturday, December 30, 2023

UKRAINE WARTIME MEMOIR AND PLAY NAVIGATES LOSS AND PRESERVING MEMORY OF FALLEN SOLDIERS (VIDEO) by Robert Shuman

(Kate Tsurkan’s article appeared in the Lyiv Independent, 12/30; Photo:  LVIV, UKRAINE – NOVEMBER 1: Graves of Ukrainian soldiers during the memorial day at the Lychakiv military cemete…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:46PM
Monday, December 25, 2023

BLACKLISTED LYRICIST YIP HARBURG: THE MAN WHO PUT THE RAINBOW IN THE WIZARD OF OZ by Robert Shuman

(from Democracy Now!, Dec 25, 2023 Latest Shows .) Support our work: https://democracynow.org/give His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:52AM
Saturday, December 16, 2023

***** ‘MACBETH’ REVIEW – DAVID TENNANT THRILLS IN THIS HIGH-CONCEPT PRODUCTION by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardin, 12/15; Photo: Coolly creepy … David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Donmar Warehouse, London The staging is …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:02PM
Friday, December 15, 2023

ISRAEL RAIDS FREEDOM THEATRE IN JENIN REFUGEE CAMP; DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT AFTER BEING JAILED & BEATEN by Robert Shuman

(Report from Democracy Now!; Photo: Middle East Institute.) The Israeli military this week raided the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, a renowned cultural institution whose mission is to fight for …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:07PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

LES KURBAS, THE MAN WHO FORMED UKRAINIAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Andriy Bondar’s article appeared in the Kiv Post, 12/3; Photo:  Les Kurbas, c. 1908.) The seeds sown by Les Kurbas on the Ukrainian stage sprouted in the following generations of artists…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:22PM
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

‘PACIFIC OVERTURES’ REVIEW – SMALL SONDHEIM IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 12/5; Photo: Sparkling with knowing humour … Pacific Overtures at Menier Chocolate Factory. Photograph: The Stage.)  Menier Chocolate Fa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:38PM
Sunday, December 3, 2023

CARY GRANT: THE MAN WE THOUGHT WE KNEW by Robert Shuman

Cary Grant was considered one of the world’s best-known movie stars, but it turns out there was plenty that audiences did not know about the debonair actor. In fact, he was born in England…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:15PM
Friday, December 1, 2023

‘IS MY PLAY STILL RELEVANT? I DON’T CARE!’ TOM STOPPARD ON HIS GAZA QUANDARY AND REVIVING ROCK ’N’ ROLL by Robert Shuman

(Claire Armitstead’s article appeared in the Guardian, 11/29 Photo:  Power couple … Stoppard and Vaclav Havel attending Rock ’n’ Roll at the Royal Court in 2006. Photograph: David M…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:14PM

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