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Friday, January 7, 2022

SIDNEY POITIER, WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR BLACK ACTORS IN FILM, DIES AT 94 by Robert Shuman

(William Grimes's article appeared in The New York Times, 1/7/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Sidney Poitier's Academy Award for the 1963 film "Lilies of the Field" made him the first Black perfor…

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

PETER BOGDANOVICH, NEW HOLLYWOOD AUTEUR OF 'PAPER MOON,' 'LAST PICTURE SHOW,' DEAD AT 82 by Robert Shuman

(Jon Blistein's article appeared in Rolling Stone, 1/6;  Photo: American director and screenwriter Peter Bogdanovich, UK, 20th February 1973. He directed the film 'Paper Moon' that year. …

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

LOSING IT ALL, ON BROADWAY by Robert Shuman

(Sheelah Kolhatkar's article appeared in the New Yorker, 1/3 and 1/10; illustration of Joshua Boone by João Fazenda.) The cast of "Skeleton Crew," Dominique Morisseau's play about Black a…

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Monday, January 3, 2022

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (130) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: A work of art born on the stage lives only for a moment, and no matter how beautiful it may be it cannot be commanded to stay with us. (MLIA)

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Sunday, January 2, 2022

ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSICALS, "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS," HEADS TO BROADWAY! by Robert Shuman

(via The  Culture  News Agency, www.theculturenews.com ) France's The Ten Commandments, (Les Dix Commandements) announces its upcoming U.S premiere"and  releases its first single…

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Saturday, January 1, 2022

FRITZ LANG (BBC RADIO, IN OUR TIME) by Robert Shuman

Listen Released On: 30 Dec 2021 Available for over a year Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian-born film director Fritz Lang (1890-1976), who was one of the most celebrated film-make…

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Friday, December 31, 2021

'THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH' FROM JOEL COEN by Robert Shuman

(Odie Henderson's article appeared on Roger Ebert.com 12/23; via Pam Green; photo: Roger Ebert.com) My high school senior year English teacher, Mr. Kilinski would be proud that I remember…

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

LET'S PLAY BEAT THE BARD (44) by Robert Shuman

Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

BROADWAY'S 'THE MUSIC MAN' HALTS SHOWS AFTER HUGH JACKMAN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 by Robert Shuman

(from Breitbart; Photo:  Phil Walter/Getty Images.) Dec. 28 (UPI) " Actor Hugh Jackman announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, as his Broadway show, The Music Man, cancele…

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Saturday, December 25, 2021

'THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN' AND 'WAITRESS' GO DARK ON BROADWAY AMID OMICRON by Robert Shuman

(Jesse O'Neill's article appeared in the New York Post, 12/24;  via Drudge Report; Photo: "Thoughts of a Colored Man" will not resume after its performing shows last week.John Nacion/NurP…

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

THREE SHORT COMEDIES BY SEÁN O'CASEY: SCATHING, WILDLY ENTERTAINING COMMENTARIES ON THE NEW IRISH STATE by Robert Shuman

(Ciara L. Murphy's article appeared in the Irish Times, 12/20.) Under Garry Hynes' direction, Druid bring a wide and eccentric range of characters to life THREE SHORT COMEDIES BY SEÁN O'C…

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Monday, December 20, 2021

'THE MUSIC MAN' ONCE HAD A DISABLED CHARACTER. THEN HE WAS ERASED. by Robert Shuman

(Amanda Morris's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/15/21; via Pam Green; Photo:  Michael Phelan as Winthrop Paroo and Rebecca Luker as Marian Paroo in a 2000 revival of "The Musi…

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Saturday, December 18, 2021

RADIO CITY ROCKETTES CHRISTMAS SHOWS CANCELED DUE TO COVID OUTBREAK"'HAMILTON' CANCELED by Robert Shuman

(Luke Funk's article appeared on Fox5 New York.) NEW YORK " The Radio City Rockettes are canceling their entire 2021 season due to COVID-19 cases. "We regret that we are unable to cont…

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Friday, December 17, 2021

'HANGING ON BY OUR FINGERTIPS': THEATRES FEAR OMICRON'S IMPACT ON FESTIVE SEASON by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian 12/16;  via Pam Green; Photo: The Book of Dust " La Belle Sauvage, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is the Christmas show at the Bridge theat…

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE OF TINA " THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL CANCELED DUE TO POSITIVE COVID TESTS RESULTS IN THE COMPANY by Robert Shuman

(Chloe Rabinowitz's article appeared in the NY Post, 12/16.) Performances are scheduled to resume on Friday, December 17. Tonight's performance of TINA " THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (Thurs…

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YOU IMMEDIATELY TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO CANCEL THEIR TICKETS' " WHAT'S IT LIKE TO STAR IN A FLOP? by Robert Shuman

(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian 12/16; Photo: 'I miscalculated' … Ken Stott in The Prince's Play, which Richard Eyre put on at the National. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/…

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE: THE WORLD HAS FALLEN OUT OF LOVE FOR DEMOCRACY AND TURNED TO DICTATORSHIP by Robert Shuman

(from JAMnews, 12/14; Photo: Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta. Photo: "Novaya Gazeta") Russian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dmitry Muradov Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of…

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

THE FOREMOST CHALLENGE FACING WESTERN DEMOCRACIES by Robert Shuman

(Chilton Williamson Jr.'s article appeared in the Spectator, 12/1; Photo: Sobran's.) A few philosophers since ancient Greece have been wise, scarcely any humble. None at all, to my knowledge…

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

LINA WERTMÜLLER: A THRILLING LIVE-WIRE WHO DISPLAYED A COLOSSAL BLACK-COMIC DARING   by Robert Shuman

(Peter Bradshaw's article appeared in the Guardian, 12/9; Photo: Mordant and subversive … Lina Wertmüller. Photograph: Camilla Morandi/AGF/REX/Shutterstock.) Lina Wertmüller dies aged 93…

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

'IN OUR TIME'(BBC RADIO 4): 'THE DECADENT MOVEMENT' (LISTEN NOW) by Robert Shuman

'THE DECADENT MOVEMENT' Listen  In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British phase of a movement that spread across Europe in the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. Influenced …

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

PERFECT HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY by Robert Shuman

  Great reads for Christmas and the holidays 2021, represented by Marit Literary Agency: REAGAN'S COWBOYS: INSIDE THE 1984 REELECTION CAMPAIGN'S SECRET OPERATION AGAINST GERALDINE FERRARO…

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Monday, December 6, 2021

BELARUS FREE THEATRE:  'WE ARE IN LIMBO': BANNED BELARUS THEATRE TROUPE FORCED INTO EXILE by Robert Shuman

(Harriet Sherwood and Andrew Roth in Moscow"their article appeared in the Guardian, 12/6; Photo: Some of the 16 Belarus Free Theatre members currently in London rehearsing for a pro…

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BEST THEATER OF 2021 (NY) by Robert Shuman

(Jesse Green's, Maya Phillips's, Laura Collins-Hughes's, Scott Heller's, Alexis Soloski's, and Elisabeth Vincentelli's article appeared 12/3 in The New York Times; via Pam Green; Photo: From…

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Friday, December 3, 2021

MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS: THE PUBLIC THEATER'S UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL MABOU MINES & WEATHERVANE PRODUCTIONS "'MUD'/'DROWNING'(JAN 12-30) by Robert Shuman

FORNÉS  RETURNS TO MABOU MINES FOR UNDER THE RADAR   THE PUBLIC THEATER'S UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL MABOU MINES & WEATHERVANE PRODUCTIONS  PRESENT MUD/DROWNING WRITTEN BY …

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

FOR RUSSIAN COMEDIANS, POLITICAL SATIRE IS NO JOKE. IT CAN NOW LAND THEM IN JAIL. by Robert Shuman

(Robyn Dixon's and Mary Ilyushina's article appeared in The Washington Post, 12/2; via the Deudge Report.) MOSCOW " A Russian video comedy troupe in a small provincial city was doing just fi…

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

ANGELA LANSBURY REMEMBERS STEPHEN SONDHEIM by Robert Shuman

(Andrew Gans's article appeared on Playbill.com, 11/28; via Pam Green; Photo:  Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd Martha Swope.) The five-time Tony winner spoke exc…

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

'WEST SIDE STORY' FIRST REACTIONS: 'TOP-TIER SPIELBERG,' RACHEL ZEGLER'S STAR SHINES BRIGHT by Robert Shuman

(Ryan Lattanzio's and Chris Lindahl's article appeareded on IndieWire, 11/29; via Drudge Report; photo 20th Century Studios.) Steven Spielberg's musical has finally screened, and ecstatic…

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

WHAT STEPHEN SONDHEIM KNEW ABOUT ENDINGS by Robert Shuman

(Amy Weiss-Meyer's article appeared in The Atlantic 11/27; via Pam Green; photo:  Douglas Elbinger / Getty.) His work was strongest when it lingered in the pain of knowing that no ever…

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Friday, November 26, 2021

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, TITAN OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, IS DEAD AT 91 by Robert Shuman

(Bruce Weber's article appeared in The New York Times, 11/26; via Marit Shuman; photo: Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history's songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset…

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Saturday, November 20, 2021

'PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM … DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HIM': WHO WAS THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN? by Robert Shuman

(Charles Bramesco's article appeared in the Guardian, 11/18; via Pam Green; Photo:  Charlie Chaplin was 'chameleonic in the way he reflected back to people what they wanted'. Photograp…

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