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Friday, September 10, 2021

REVIEW: 'COME FROM AWAY' LOSES NONE OF ITS FOLKSY CHARM ON SCREEN by Robert Shuman

(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the Lost Angeles Times, 9/9; Petrina Bromley, from left, Emily Walton, Jenn Colella, Sharon Wheatley, Astrid Van Wieren and Q. Smith in the musical …

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

***** 'FROZEN' REVIEW " STUNNING MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA CREATES ITS OWN MAGIC by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/8/2021; Photo: Dazzling coups de theatre … Samantha Barks as Elsa in Frozen. Photograph: JohanPersson.) Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Lond…

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

CHICAGO: THEATER AND OPERA FOR FALL 2021: WITH OUR TOP 10, A CAUTIOUS RETURN TO DRAMA by Robert Shuman

(Chris Jones's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune Theater Loop, 9/8; Photo: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood star in the Tracy Letts play "Bug" at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosil…

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (127) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: I have told you how we were educated in our childhood and youth. Compare our life with the life of the present generation of youth brought up…

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Monday, September 6, 2021

ICONIC FRENCH NEW WAVE ACTOR JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO DIES AGED 88 by Robert Shuman

(from France24, 6/9; via the Drudge Report; Photo: French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo poses at the 23rd Lumières awards ceremony in Paris on February 5, 2018. © Francois Mori, AP.) Actor…

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Sunday, September 5, 2021

COLUMN: ACTORS, GET VACCINATED OR GET OFF THE PUBLIC STAGE by Robert Shuman

(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 8/19; "Hamilton's" Javier Muñoz, shown in 2016, had a thoughtful response to a performer's Instagram post concerning vaccinat…

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Saturday, September 4, 2021

IRELAND: LAETHANTA SONA/ 'HAPPY DAYS': A DARING, BOLD VISION, BRILLIANTLY REALISED by Robert Shuman

(Éilis Ní Anluain's article appeared in the Irish Times, Sep 3, 2021; Photo: Bríd Ní Neachtain in Happy Days: the play's theme, the need for everyone's voice to be heard, takes …

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Friday, September 3, 2021

10 ICONIC FEMALE CHARACTERS IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE YOU NEED TO KNOW by Robert Shuman

(Valeria Paikova's article appeared in Russia Beyond, 9/3.) Actress Tatiana Drubich as Anna Karenina Sergei Soloviev/Solivs, 2008 These unconventional heroines stand out from the crowd, insp…

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

NEW ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION POLICY SHOWS HOW MUCH SOCIETY FAILS BAY AREA ACTORS by Robert Shuman

(Lily Janiak's article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, 8/31.) Open Access came after a year of what many describe as the union's slow or insufficient adaptation to the pandemic. In …

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

SOPHOCLES GONE WILD! by Robert Shuman

(Henry Alford's article appeared in the New Yorker, 9/6.) For a nude production of "Antigonick," a translation of the Greek play "Antigone," performers for Torn Out Theatre dodged the …

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

TOM STOPPARD ADMITS BEING AT ODDS WITH 'LIVELY' LEFTWING UK THEATRE SCENE by Robert Shuman

(Lucy Campbell's article appeared in he Guardian, 8/31; Photo:  The playwright seen in the Imagine episode Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life, in which he is interviewed by Alan Yentob. Phot…

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Monday, August 30, 2021

LUCILLE FLETCHER: 'SORRY, WRONG NUMBER'"DIRECTED BY GARRY HYNES, A DRUID AND RTÉ RADIO DRAMA ON ONE CO-PRODUCTION (LISTEN NOW) by Robert Shuman

Sorry, Wrong Number LISTEN BACK A Druid and RTÉ Radio Drama On One co-production Written by Lucille Fletcher 'I'm calling to report a murder.' Described by Orson Welles as 'the greatest …

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

CAN GREEK TRAGEDY HELP FRONTLINE WORKERS PROCESS TRAUMA? by Robert Shuman

(Alastair Curtis's article appeared on Frieze, 8/21; Photo: Frances McDormand, Frankie Faison, and Marjolaine Goldsmith in Theater of War Frontline, Mount Sinai, 2020. Courtesy: Theater of W…

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Saturday, August 28, 2021

BROADWAY THEATERS ATTACK VIRUS: 'THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DOABLE' by Robert Shuman

(Mark Kennedy's article appeared in the News-Herald, 8/28; Photo: FILE " Theater's line 45th Street in New York on May 13, 2020. As Broadway reopens this fall, proof of full vaccination are …

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Friday, August 27, 2021

THE AFGHAN FEMALE ARTISTS ESCAPING TO FRANCE by Robert Shuman

(Eve Jackson's article appeared on France24, 8/27.) When the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan on August 16, Kabul-based artist and curator Rada Akbar felt she had no other option…

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

JAPAN: FAMILY DRAMA HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR KEITO OKAMOTO by Robert Shuman

(Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in the Japa Times, 8/26; Strong bonds: Keito Okamoto (right) says his admiration for his father, Kenichi (left), drew him to the role of Nicolas in Florian …

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

LET'S PLAY BEAT THE BARD (42) by Robert Shuman

  Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved. (Sorry about the lighting!)

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

'WE ARE COUNTING ON MIRACLES': L.A.'S SMALL THEATERS WORRY ABOUT HANGING ON by Robert Shuman

(Jessica Gel's article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 8/24; Photo: Johnny Clark, artistic director of VS. Theatre Company, left, and Circle X Theatre Co.'s Tim Wright on the stage of the…

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Monday, August 23, 2021

JOSEPHINE BAKER BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN GIVEN PARIS BURIAL HONOR by Robert Shuman

(from the Associated Press, 8/23.) PARIS (AP) " The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer wh…

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Sunday, August 22, 2021

JULIET STEVENSON: 'MY AGENT SAID: GO TO HOLLYWOOD. I THOUGHT: I JUST CAN'T DO THIS SH*T' by Robert Shuman

(Donald Clarke's article appeared in the Irish Times, 8/21. Photo: Juliet Stevenson: 'The union was a big part of our lives. It seems absurd for a bunch of actors to be talking about the rev…

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Saturday, August 21, 2021

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (126) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To the accompaniment of a pianist's improvisations, the pupils lived for hours in rhythm, explaining in their actions how they felt the music…

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Friday, August 20, 2021

CHUCK CLOSE, ARTIST KNOWN FOR MONUMENTAL GRID PORTRAITS, DIES AT 81 by Robert Shuman

(from France 24, 8/20; Text: News Wires; Photo: In this December 3, 2008 photo, people examine a self-portrait by the artist Chuck Close at Art Basel Miami Beach in Florida. © Joe Raed…

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

***** 'CINDERELLA' FROM ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (REVIEW) " NOT SO MUCH A BALL AS A BLAST by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegan's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/18;  Photo:  Rebecca Trehearn as the Queen, with Sam Robinson (Dorian), Vinny Coyle (Arthur) and Giovanni Spano (Gawain) in Cinderel…

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

BROADWAY ACTOR LAURA OSNES SAYS SHE QUIT SHOW OVER VACCINE REQUIREMENT by Robert Shuman

(Elisha Fieldstadt's article appeared on ABC news, 8/18; Photo: Actress Laura Osnes at Universal Studios Hollywood on November 21, 2019 in Universal City, Calif.Paul Archuleta / Getty Images…

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

COALITION OF CHICAGO THEATERS, CSO AND LYRIC OPERA WILL REQUIRE VACCINATIONS AND OTHER COVID PRECAUTIONS THIS FALL by Robert Shuman

(Doug George's article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 8/17; Photo: Seats sit empty at Broadway in Chicago's dormant James M. Nederlander Theatre in June 2020 in Chicago. The theater will r…

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Monday, August 16, 2021

TO UNDERSTAND AFGHANISTAN TODAY, REMEMBER THE WAR ON TERROR THEN"IN 'ACTS OF WAR' by Robert Shuman

"Acts of War: Iraq and Afghanistan in Seven Plays" A book edited by Karen Malpede, Michael Messina and Bob Shuman The plays included in this collection are: Guantanamo: "Honor Bound to Defen…

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Sunday, August 15, 2021

CANADA: CURTAINS REOPEN ON SHAW AND STRATFORD FESTIVALS WITH OUTDOOR PRODUCTIONS OF 'THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE' AND 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' by Robert Shuman

(Karen Finker's article appeared in The Toronto Star, 7/24, 26; Photo: Toronto Star.) If you're wondering where all the pink petunias in Ontario are, head to Stratford. The city's flowerpots…

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Saturday, August 14, 2021

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (125) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In a series of variegated exercises I tried to develop in my pupils not the outward rhythm of movement and action, but the inner rhythm of th…

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Friday, August 13, 2021

BERLIN: THE PLEASURES OF REVENGE: 'MICHAEL KOHLHAAS' AT SCHAUBÜHNE by Robert Shuman

(Sandra Sarala's article appeared on ExBerliner, 7/15; Photo from Exberliner.) Michael Kohlhaas is relentless. Just as the character " based on a version of 16th-century merchant Hans Kohlha…

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

FALL THEATRE PREVIEW (FROM THE NEW YORKER) by Robert Shuman

(Michael Schulman's article appeared in The New Yorker, 8/16; Illustration by Zhenya Oliinyk.) Last spring's doomed Broadway season is revived, along with plays by Lynn Nottage, Alice Childr…

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

8 SCENIC COUNTRY HOUSES OF FAMOUS RUSSIAN WRITERS (PHOTOS) by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 8/11; Photo:  Spasskoye-Lutovinovo/Legion Media.) Russians love to spend time in nature's lap and escape from the stuf…

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