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 undergoi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:22pm on March 31, 2025[SHARE]

"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 over 50. W…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:44am on March 29, 2025[SHARE]

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 Harla…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:44pm on March 27, 2025[SHARE]

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, madn…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:35pm on March 26, 2025[SHARE]

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, meditating…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:50pm on March 25, 2025[SHARE]

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 M…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:58pm on March 22, 2025[SHARE]

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 below:…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:27pm on March 21, 2025[SHARE]

'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 on March 20, 2025[SHARE]

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 1:25pm on March 8, 2025[SHARE]

***** 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 theatre, Ca…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:05pm on March 3, 2025[SHARE]

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 1:49pm on March 1, 2025[SHARE]

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 on February 27, 2025[SHARE]

'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 6:54pm on January 28, 2025[SHARE]

'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 3:13pm on January 11, 2025[SHARE]

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 4:14pm on January 9, 2025[SHARE]

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 rewa…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 1:03pm on January 8, 2025[SHARE]

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…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 4:02pm on January 6, 2025[SHARE]

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 per…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 3:34pm on January 6, 2025[SHARE]

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 2:36pm on January 4, 2025[SHARE]

RENOWNED CZECH FILM AND THEATER DIRECTOR VIKTOR TAUÅ : 'SNOWFLAKES'"BEST CZECH NEW PLAY OF 2024 by Robert Shuman

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

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:25pm on January 3, 2025[SHARE]

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 4:07pm on January 1, 2025[SHARE]

THE MUSIC THAT INSPIRED SAMUEL BECKETT: "INTENSITY BEYOND ANYTHING I HAVE EVER HEARD" by Robert Shuman

(Matthew Ingate's article appeared 12/31 on Far Out; Photo Getty Images.) Like his contemporary writer Ernest Hemingway and then later Cormac McCarthy to come, the Irish novelist and playwri…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 7:15pm on December 31, 2024[SHARE]

50TH ANNUAL THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS' DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY (1/10-1/19) by Robert Shuman

(Via Jonathan Slaff) Theater for the New City (TNC) is to present the 50th annual Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Dance Concert and Pow-Wow, to be held January 10 to 19. Performances ar…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:58pm on December 30, 2024[SHARE]

THE JOY OF OLD ENGLISH by Robert Shuman

(Graham Elliott's article  is taken from the December-January 2025 issue of The Critic.) We meet Professor Higgins in Pygmalion (1912) eavesdropping on the impending subject of his …

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:07am on December 29, 2024[SHARE]

PLUTARCH'S 'PARALLEL LIVES'"AND CHARACTERS WHO FASCINATED SHAKESPEARE (BBC RADIO 4) by Robert Shuman

From BBC4 "In Our Time") Listen at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00260s5   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek biographer Plutarch (c46 AD-c120 AD) and especially his work 'Par…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 2:45pm on December 21, 2024[SHARE]