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Saturday, February 10, 2024

NOW ON BROADWAY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 " SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024 (NEW SHOWS ROUNDUP) by Robert Shuman

(Bard (Gemini), the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…

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Friday, February 9, 2024

THE RUB: THEATRE CONFRONTED, FEBRUARY 2nd " FEBRUARY 9th, 2024 by Robert Shuman

A look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wit…

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (159) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: The false acting of passions, or of types, or the mere use of conventional gestures,"these are frequent faults in our profession. But you mus…

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

'I HOPE IT WILL SEND A MESSAGE': MUSICAL RENT TO BE REIMAGINED WITH DEAF ACTORS by Robert Shuman

(Caroline Butterwick's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/7; Photo: Jonathan Larson, the creator of Rent, who died in 1996. Photograph: AP. ) Using an ensemble cast of deaf and hearing a…

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BROADWAY DEBUT: 'THE THREEPENNY OPERA' PREMIERES (A DAY IN THEATRE) by Robert Shuman

On February 7, 1933, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's groundbreaking musical The Threepenny Opera graced the stages of New York City's Adelphi Theatre. Despite its brief initial run of only 1…

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

MONOLOGUE FROM BOB SHUMAN'S 'TEMPEST' PREQUEL by Robert Shuman

If you enjoyed Sycorax: the Untold Story, you might like playing her in a class, audition, or even a full production (or know someone who would). Whether you're an actor seeking a powerful S…

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VENETIAN MASKS AT CARNIVAL " DUO FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO " VIOLIN CELLO by Robert Shuman

(via You Tube; Photo: Craftsmanship magazine) The sparkling music of the violin and cello accompanies the vision of the wonderful masks present at the famous CARNIVAL of Venice.

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Monday, February 5, 2024

SPEAK FOR THEM: ARTISTS THEY CAME FOR (FEBRUARY 5, 2024) by Robert Shuman

In the past two weeks, the world witnessed continued attacks on artistic expression and free speech. From playwrights censored for challenging authority to musicians harassed for their songs…

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

EXILED CHINESE ARTIST AI WEIWEI: 'CENSORSHIP IN WEST EXACTLY THE SAME AS MAO'S CHINA' by Robert Shuman

(from Sky News) The 66-year-old dissident told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that "society becomes so timid, to really avoid any kind of questioning or argument.  "Today I…

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THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, ON STAGE VOICES: 2/4 " 1/10, 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 mat…

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Saturday, February 3, 2024

MORE MUSIC FROM NEW MUSICAL 'THE VILLAGE OF VALE' by Robert Shuman

(via Jane Dubin) Hi all, I was so moved by your responses to Rooted One to All, the first single released from Village of Vale, the new musical I am producing. Another song from the sh…

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NOW ON BROADWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29TH " SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2024 (NEW SHOWS ROUNDUP) by Robert Shuman

(Bard, the large language model from Google AI, provided information, insights, and materials for this article.) ON BROADWAY: White Rose: The Musical About: An uplifting musical telling the …

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Friday, February 2, 2024

NEW SHOW DAZZLES AT BERLIN'S FRIEDRICHSTADT-PALAST by Robert Shuman

(Christine Lebert's article appeared on DW, 2/2. Photo: DW.) "Falling in Love" is the title of the new show at Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast, Europe's biggest revue theater. The glamorous l…

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THE RUB: THEATRE CONFRONTED, JANUARY 27TH " FEBRUARY 2ND, 2024 by Robert Shuman

A look at current issues, challenges, and controversies spilling beyond the proscenium. The following three stories, discussed by prominent stage journalists, provided tension and debate wit…

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

***** 'TILL THE STARS COME DOWN' REVIEW " YOUR INVITATION TO THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/1/2024; Photo: Heady … Black as Hazel with Derek Riddell as John. Photograph: Manuel Harlan.) Dorfman theatre, London Beth Steel's new…

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CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (158) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: On the stage there cannot be, under any circumstances, action which is directed immediately at the arousing of a feeling for its own sake.Â…

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Bi-2 SINGER ARRIVES IN ISRAEL AS BANDMATES FIGHT DEPORTATION TO RUSSIA by Robert Shuman

(Ray Furlong's report appeared on Radio Free Europe, 1/31; Photo:  Bi-2 production shot.) A Russian singer arrived in Israel while his bandmates remained in detention in Thailand on Janua…

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SHAKESPEARE'S SWAN SONG: A BARD'S FAREWELL (A DAY IN THEATRE) by Robert Shuman

On January 31, 1606, the renowned Globe Theatre in London witnessed the final performance of William Shakespeare's King Henry VIII. The play, co-authored with John Fletcher, marked the Bard'…

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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 annual …

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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 & Mitch…

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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…

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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 mat…

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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 alcoho…

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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 Centre, Dubli…

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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 …

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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 maestro Kons…

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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 Å VEJKâ 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 …

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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; always …

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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…

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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 wi…

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