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Saturday, June 8, 2019

IN THIS 'DEATH OF A SALESMAN,' WILLY LOMAN IS BLACK by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; via Pam Green.) LONDON " This city's season-long love affair with Arthur Miller reaches an intriguing if emotionally muted conclusi…

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Thursday, June 6, 2019

HOW KELLI O'HARA GETS READY FOR BROADWAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT by Robert Shuman

(Taffy Bodesser-Akner's article appeared in The New York Times, 5/30; photos by Brenda Ann Kenneally; via Pam Green.) THE TONY-WINNING ACTRESS TAKES US INSIDE HER DRESSING ROOM AND SHARES HE…

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

2019 DRAMA DESK WINNERS by Robert Shuman

(via  Scott Klein/Logan Metzler at Keith Sherman & Associates)                                                 …

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Saturday, June 1, 2019

SEAN O'CASEY:  'THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS' AT IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman The Plough and the Stars (1926), by Sean O'Casey, is an inflammatory play, which insulted the families of those who died in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and started a riot at the …

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Friday, May 31, 2019

QUENTIN TARANTINO: HOW SPAGHETTI WESTERNS SHAPED MODERN CINEMA by Robert Shuman

(Tarantino's article appeared in the Spectator, 3/30.) The movie that made me consider filmmaking, the movie that showed me how a director does what he does, how a director can control a mov…

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

2,000-YEAR-OLD MARBLE HEAD OF GOD DIONYSUS DISCOVERED UNDER ROME by Robert Shuman

Photo © EPA-EFE/MUNICIPALITY OF ROME (Nick Squires's article appeared in the Telegraph, 5/28.) The head of a deity emerges during excavations under Rome Town Hall Archeologists in R…

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

AT 11, I SAT IN SEAT D8. NOW I'M ONSTAGE IN 'BEETLEJUICE.' by Robert Shuman

(Rob McClure's article appeared in The New York Time, 5/6; via Pam Green.) When did "sentimental" become a bad word? I've always felt the opposite. I became an actor because I enjoy being mo…

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

FULL LIST OF THE 2019 TONY AWARD NOMINEES by Robert Shuman

(from The New York Times, 4/30; via Pam Green.) The Tony Award nominees were announced Tuesday. Below is a list of all the nominees. This morning's announcement held a few surprises, includi…

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Sunday, May 5, 2019

SEAN O'CASEY:  "THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN" AT IRISH REP"NOW THROUGH JUNE 22 (REVIEW FROM NEW YORK by Robert Shuman

                By Bob Shuman In the splendid revival of The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), now running at Irish Repertory Theatre until June 22, Sean O'Casey describes h…

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

HOW THESE BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS ARE CHALLENGING AMERICAN THEATER by Robert Shuman

(Michael Paulson's and Nicole Herrington's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/25; via Pam Green.) Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on i…

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Monday, April 29, 2019

SHAKESPEARE: 'THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN' (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 3"LINK BELOW) by Robert Shuman

  Listen This and the Two Gentlemen of Verona are the least performed of the Shakespeare cannon and I wanted to see the progression between the first and the last. It is for this reason t…

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

ALIEN THE PLAY FULL SHOW NORTH BERGEN NJ HIGH SCHOOL 4K by Robert Shuman

ButtonSmasher Published on Apr 27, 2019 Alien The Play Full Show North Bergen NJ High School 4K including introduction and thank you from Sigourney Weaver #AlienThePlay #Alien #AlienDay #Sig…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

'TOOTSIE': THEATER REVIEW by Robert Shuman

(David Rooney's article appeared on The Hollywood Reporter, 4/23; via the Drudge Report.) Santino Fontana steps into Dustin Hoffman's Spanx in this contemporary musical update of the classic…

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

GEORGIA ENGEL, GENTLE-VOICED 'MARYTYLER MOORE' ACTRESS, IS DEAD AT 70 by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger's article appeared in The New York Times, 4/15; via Pam Green.) Georgia Engel, whose distinctive voice and pinpoint comic timing made her a memorable part of "The Mary Tyler…

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Monday, April 22, 2019

ON 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' WITH MELVYN BRAGG by Robert Shuman

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Listen  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's most popular works, written c1595 in the last years of Elizabeth I. It is a comedy of love and desir…

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Friday, April 19, 2019

'THE CRADLE WILL ROCK' AT CSC AND 'FAUST 2.0' FROM MABOU MINES (REVIEWS FROM NEW YORK) by Robert Shuman

By Bob Shuman Theatre watchers may contemplate how two plays, both once directed by Orson Welles for the Depression's Federal Theatre, have devilishly reappeared, not during a time of low un…

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Sunday, April 14, 2019

BIBI ANDERSSON, SWEDISH ACTRESS AND MUSE OF INGMAR BERGMAN, DIES AT 83 by Robert Shuman

(Harrison Smith's article appeared in the Washington Post, 4/14.) Bibi Andersson, a Swedish actress whose portrayals of chaste schoolgirls, beguiling young women and tortured wives made her …

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CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: 'A GERMAN LIFE' REVIEW " MAGGIE SMITH SHINES AS GOEBBELS' SECRETARY by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billlington's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/12.) Absent from the stage for 12 years, Maggie Smith returns in triumph. But this is no barnstorming performance. She plays,…

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

LET'S GO: 'THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN' AT IRISH REP by Robert Shuman

THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN The Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage by Sean O'Casey directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Visit Irish Rep  With Una Clancy, Terry Donnelly, Rory Duffy, Meg Hennessy…

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Monday, April 8, 2019

INGMAR BERGMAN, NOVELIST by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Mendelsohn's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 4/18.) The Best Intentions by Ingmar Bergman, translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate Arcade, 298 pp., $16.99 (paper) …

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Sunday, April 7, 2019

***** WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME REVIEW " A FIVE-STAR BROADWAY TRIUMPH by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/31; via Pam Green.) Shattering, galvanizing and very funny, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me close reads an old text in…

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Thursday, April 4, 2019

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI by Robert Shuman

TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI WITH KINOSHITA-KABUKI (Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in Japan Times, 3/12.) For many people, the mention of kabuki brings to mind images of ex…

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

THE IRISH TIMES IRISH THEATRE AWARDS: AND THE 2019 WINNERS ARE . . . by Robert Shuman

(Published 3/31.) Cillian Murphy and Sarah Morris win main acting awards BEST PRODUCTION Richard III "A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare's play, in association with the Abbey Th…

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Monday, April 1, 2019

TOM STOPPARD: 'ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD' (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4) by Robert Shuman

Listen Mathew Baynton, Andrew Buchan and Toby Jones star in an energetic new production of the play that made Tom Stoppard's reputation overnight in 1967. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Ha…

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Sunday, March 31, 2019

A MAGNIFICENT ROAD TO RUIN IN 'THE LEHMAN TRILOGY' by Robert Shuman

(Ben Brantley's article appeared in The New York Time, 3/28; via Pam Green.) In the beginning, there is nothing. And in the end, there is " nothing, once again. Such is the way of all flesh,…

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

HE'S THE STAR OF 'TOOTSIE' ON BROADWAY. WEARING HEELS IS THE EASY PART. by Robert Shuman

(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/20; via Pam Green.) The actor Santino Fontana had his legs waxed for the first time last year. His chest, too. He mastered, mostly…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

HIGH SCHOOL 'ALIEN' PRODUCTION WINS INTERNET RAVES by Robert Shuman

(Dave Itzkoff's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/25.) There are those perennial stage works that are perfectly suited to be performed in high schools across the country every year: …

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Friday, March 15, 2019

SHAKEPEARE RECIPES: DID THE BARD EAT THAT? by Robert Shuman

(Marissa Nicosia's article appeared on Folger.edu; via Pam Green.)   Citrus and sugar: Making marmalade with Hannah Woolley As our First Chefs recipe series continues, Marissa Nicos…

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

ACTORS SHUT DOWN PARTS OF THEIR BRAINS TO TAKE ON ROLES, SCANS REVEAL by Robert Shuman

(Josh Gabbatiss's article appeared in the Independent, 3/12.) 'I got the idea that maybe acting was a bit similar to possession… when you're acting you're kind of being taken over by ch…

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

'MOCKINGBIRD' PLAY PUBLISHER DEMANDS $500,000 FROM HARPER LEE ESTATE by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Alter's and Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/8; via Pam Green.) The set for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Kavinoky Theater at D'Youville College in Buf…

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Friday, March 8, 2019

RUSSIA'S ANNA KARENINA MUSICAL TO BE SHOWN IN U.S. AND UK CINEMAS by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 3 /4.) People living in America and the UK will be able to watch Russia's best-selling musical, Anna Karenina, staged by …

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