Thursday, April 24, 2025

MOLIÈRE (IN OUR TIME DISCUSSION PROGRAM ON BBC RADIO 4—LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

Listen on BBC Radio 4   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great figures in world literature. The French playwright Molière (1622-1673) began as an actor, aiming to be a tragedian…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:04PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS (TNC, MAY 23-25) by Robert Shuman

Ashley Liang Dance Company performs in Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 2023. Photo by Joe Bly. (via Jonathan Slaff.) OVER 200 ACTS SET FOR TNC’S 30th LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE A…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:18PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

***** ‘GHOSTS’ REVIEW – GASPS AND LAUGHTER GREET THIS MODERN REVAMP OF IBSEN’S SHOCKER by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the Guardian 4/17. Either hiding or have hidden … Victoria Smurfit as Helena and Rhashan Stone as Anderson in Ghosts. Photograph: Helen Murray) Lyric …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:22PM
Friday, April 11, 2025

SSCC THEATRE COMPANY TO PRESENT ‘VOICES OF THE EARTH’ by Robert Shuman

(from the Record Herald April 10) SSCC Theatre Company–in Hillsboro, Ohio–is set to present “Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Carson and Beyond,” playing Tuesday, April …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:37PM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

2025 IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY by Robert Shuman

(via Emily Owens PR) New York City’s premiere festival of Italian theater is back–taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, May 5-19 at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU (24 W …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:22PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

“FOUR EVANGELISTS WALK INTO A FOG” BY DOUGLAS LACKEY AT TNC (5/1-5/18) by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff) THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Crystal Field, Director – 155 First Ave., NYC 10003 – (212) 254-1109 www.theaterforthenewcity.net – for immediate release Theater for the…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:37AM
Saturday, April 5, 2025

A BOMBSHELL NEW STUDY SUGGESTS SHAKESPEARE MAY NOT HAVE WRITTEN 15 OF HIS FAMOUS PLAYS by Robert Shuman

(Michael Natale’s article appeared in Popular Mechanics, AOL, 4/4.) This story is a collaboration with Biography.com William Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most famous writers in hu…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:54AM
Friday, April 4, 2025

“AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS,” WRITTEN BY AND STARRING ELIZABETH McGOVERN WILL MAKE ITS NEW YORK DEBUT THIS SUMMER by Robert Shuman

(via News from the Press; Photo: Elizabeth McGovern as Ava Gardner in AVA: The Secret Conversations. © Jeff Lorch.) AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS WRITTEN BY AND STARRING ELIZABETH McGOVER…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:56PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

“ARISTOTLE/ALEXANDER,” WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX LYRAS  (IN L.A.–NOW PLAYING to MAY 4) by Robert Shuman

Aristotle/Alexander In 342 BC, in the northern wilds of Ancient Greece, the greatest scientific mind to grace the ancient world collides with the most formidable conqueror history will ever …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:07AM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

‘SOMEHOW, THEY MANAGED TO SURVIVE’: WEIMAR CABARET STAR BERNIE DIETER ON HER FAMILY’S EXTRAORDINARY PAST by Robert Shuman

(Tim Byrne’s interview appeared in the Guardian 4/1/2025; Photo: ‘All these stories and no one had told me’ … Bernie Dieter, the alter ego of Jen Byrne, Australian-German Weimar caba…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:27AM
Monday, March 31, 2025

TOP 10 EUROPEAN CITIES QUIETLY RESTORING FORGOTTEN LANDMARKS (BERLIN) by Robert Shuman

(From msn; story by Peter Leborah M.Sc. Politics; Photo: ©pixabay.) Berlin, Germany : Reviving the Berliner Ensemble  In the heart of Berlin, the historic Berliner Ensemble is undergoing a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:22PM
Saturday, March 29, 2025

“THAT’S (NOT) ALL SHE WROTE” (AT TNC, 4/25-4/27) by Robert Shuman

(Via Jonathan Slaff) Theater for the New City to present “That’s (Not) All She Wrote… because after 50, she’s got A LOT to say” –a rare window into the mind of women playwrights …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:44AM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

ROBERT ICKE’S MODERN-DAY OEDIPUS TRIUMPHS AT CRITICS’ CIRCLE THEATRE AWARDS by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/17. Photo: From left: Jordan Scowen (Eteocles), Mark Strong (Oedipus), and Lesley Manville (Jocasta) in Oedipus. Photograph: Manuel Har…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:44PM
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

WHAT IS WORLD THEATRE DAY? by Robert Shuman

(Published on London Theatre Direct, March 24, 2025.) Every year on the 27th March, theatre lovers around the world take a bow for World Theatre Day – a global celebration of the magic, ma…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:35PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

APPRECIATION: PLAYWRIGHT ATHOL FUGARD PROVED THE PEN COULD BE MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD by Robert Shuman

(Charles McNulty’s article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 3/10/ 2025. Photo: Playwright Athol Fugard in 1996; Photo: (Keith Beaty / Toronto Star via Getty Images.) W.H. Auden, meditati…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:50PM
Saturday, March 22, 2025

THOMAS MIDDLETON, SHAKESPEARE COLLABORATOR/JACOBEAN PLAYWRIGHT (DISCUSSION PROGRAM ON BBC RADIO 4—LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

THOMAS MIDDLETON, JACOBEAN PLAYWRIGHT Listen on BBC RADIO 4  In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most energetic, varied and innovative playwrights of his time. Thomas Mid…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:58PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

ONE OF NYC’S HOTTEST THEATER TICKETS ISN’T ON BROADWAY — IT’S AT THE PORT AUTHORITY by Robert Shuman

(Alyson Krueger’s article appeared in The New York Post, 3/20. Photo above: Next to the Dunkin Donuts at Port Authority sits a tiny jewel box theater. Olga Ginzburg for NY Post; Photo belo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:27PM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

‘CAFÉ RESISTANCE’ BY ROBERTO MONTICELLO (COMING TO TNC, 4/10-27) by Robert Shuman

(via Jonathan Slaff.)  THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Crystal Field, Director – 155 First Ave., NYC 10003 – (212) 254-1109 www.theaterforthenewcity.net – for immediate release   THEATER F…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:54AM
Saturday, March 8, 2025

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY’S DREAM UP FESTIVAL IS BACK (2025) by Robert Shuman

Dream Up Festival 2025 In 2010, the inaugural Dream Up Festival offered 25 shows consisting of 23 World Premieres and 2 American Premieres. The festival had reviewers from NY Times, NY Press…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:25PM
Monday, March 3, 2025

***** HOUSEMATES REVIEW – A DYNAMIC ROCK’N’ROLL RIFF ON A GLOBAL GAMECHANGER IN NEURODIVERGENT CARE by Robert Shuman

(Clare Brennan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 3/2/2025. ‘Their connection radiates from the stage’: Peter Mooney as Jim and Gareth John as Alan in Housemates, at the Sherman theat…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:05PM
Saturday, March 1, 2025

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING REVIEW – TOM HIDDLESTON AND HAYLEY ATWELL CRACKLE IN A PARTY OF PINK by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/19; Photo: Nifty dance moves … Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston in Much Ado About Nothing. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Theatre Royal Dr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:49PM
Thursday, February 27, 2025

OLIVER GOLDSMITH, PLAYWRIGHT, MORE, ON BBC RADIO 4 IN OUR TIME by Robert Shuman

Listen at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00282pq OLIVER GOLDSMITH In Our Time (Discussion Program) Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the renowned and versatile Irish writer Oliver Goldsmit…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:06AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

‘AFTER ENDGAME’ NY PREMIERE AT SOHO PLAYHOUSE + LA DATES by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs, DARR Publicity) SOHO PLAYHOUSE TO PRESENT NEW YORK PREMIERE OF AFTER ENDGAME, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY KEVIN JAMES DOYLE, AND DIRECTED BY TWO TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNER CORY CA…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:54PM
Saturday, January 11, 2025

‘IF YOU HEAR THE SIREN, GO TO THE SHELTER’: THE WRENCHING PLAY ABOUT THE BOMBING OF A THEATRE IN UKRAINE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/10/2024; Photo: The destroyed theatre in Mariupol in April 2022. Photograph: Pavel Klimov/Reuters.) In March 2022, the largest theatre i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:13PM
Thursday, January 9, 2025

RECORD-BREAKING ‘MACBETH’ COMES TO CINEMAS FROM FEBRUARY 5, 2025 by Robert Shuman

(via John Singh, J2 Communications.) After breaking box-office records on the West End, the five-star, “hypnotic,” “magical” production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH starring David…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:14PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL! THE JOINT JOYS OF IN-THE-ROUND THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(Caroline Butterwick’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/8/2025; Photograph: New Vic.) For audiences, it has a campfire vibe and immersive appeal. Performers and directors explain the re…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:03PM
Monday, January 6, 2025

AUDITIONS FOR RIVER’S EDGE THEATRE CO. (JAN 15, 2025: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM and JAN 19, 2025: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY) by Robert Shuman

(via Meghan Covington.) Hello actors! I would love to invite you to audition for River’s Edge Theatre Co’s 2025 season. We are holding auditions Jan 15, 2025: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM and J…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:02PM

ARTHUR MILLER’S ‘THE PRICE’ OFF-BROADWAY AT THEATRE AT ST. CLEMENTS – FEB 21-MAR 30, 20 by Robert Shuman

   (via Paul Siebold, Off Off PR) The Village Theater Group Presents  The Price  Written by Arthur Miller Directed by Noelle McGrath*  February 19-March 30, 2025 (40 performances) Mon…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:34PM
Saturday, January 4, 2025

SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF AN ELIZABETHAN CARD TRICK by Robert Shuman

(From the BBC, 1/1/2025; Photo: Colin Beveridge sat down with a pack of cards in a bid to solve the puzzle, BBC.) More than four centuries ago, a Shakespearean theatre owner in London noted …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:36PM
Friday, January 3, 2025

RENOWNED CZECH FILM AND THEATER DIRECTOR VIKTOR TAUŠ: ‘SNOWFLAKES’–BEST CZECH NEW PLAY OF 2024 by Robert Shuman

(Via Gary Springer, Springer Associates PR.)  Renowned Czech Film And Theater Director Viktor Tauš, Brings 30 Child Actors – Many Of Whom Were Raised In Orphanages And Foster Care In Th…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:25PM
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

JENNY LYN BADER: ‘MRS. STERN WANDERS THE PRUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY’–MUST CLOSE JANUARY 19 by Robert Shuman

(via David Gibbs/DARR Publicity) Berlin, 1933. With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime. A young Gestapo officer arrests a graduate student suspected of ille…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:07PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre