Paul Robeson

Review: SPAMALOT at Starlight Theatre
by Alan Portner - Aug 5, 2026

The current national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot opened at Starlight Theatre on Tuesday evening August 4, for a weeklong residency.  This is my first exposure to this joyful send-up of all things musical theatre, motion pictures, vaudeville, and puppetry.  Can you say” inspired silliness?”  There are more joke lines embedded in Spamalot” than you can plausibly keep up with.

JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich to Open at Princeton's Chimera Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 3, 2026

Chimera Productions will stage the psychological thriller JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich at Princeton's Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, starring Ann Gambourg and Jeffrey Alan Davis.

THE VILLAGE TRIP Festival to Return with Theater, Comedy, Music Walking Tours
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2026

The Village Trip Festival will present ten days of music, theater, comedy, and walking tours across Greenwich Village, the East Village, and the Lower East Side, honoring figures like Woody Guthrie, Paul Robeson, and Dorothy Day.

ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN Enters Final Two Weeks of Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2026

The Off-Broadway production of Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama, Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been, will play its final performance at New York City Center Stage I.

END CREDITS by Steve McQueen to Make New York Premiere at The Shed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2026

The Shed will present the New York live premiere of Steve McQueen's End Credits, a one-hour performance featuring actors reading declassified FBI surveillance files compiled on Paul Robeson and his wife over nearly 40 years.

Photos/Video: ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN Starring Norbert Leo Butz, Bob Odenkirk, T.R. Knight, Molly Ringwald and More
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2026

The third rotating guest cast of ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN is now appearing at New York City Center Stage I. Check out photos and video of the new cast.

Photos: Jane Fonda Visits ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
by Bruce Glikas - Jul 16, 2026

See photos of the legendary Jane Fonda visiting the cast of Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been on Broadway. The production is now in performances at New York City Center Stage I.

Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald and More to Begin Performances in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 9, 2026

The third cycle of guest stars for Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama, Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, directed by Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro, will begin performances, including Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald and more.

Review: World Premiere E=MC² EINSTEIN THE MUSICAL Often Trades Depth for Silly Songs
by Shari Barrett - Jul 9, 2026

I want to praise the quality of the large cast for their dedication to bringing so many authentic characters to life onstage while changing costumes, accents and physicality often in the blink of an eye. But with so much interesting history to be explored about a man who was often quoted, and misquoted, in the press, I was hoping to learn more about the iconic physicist as a profoundly complex human being, exile, husband, philosopher and thinker, and not watch him be represented singing silly songs.

Photos: ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN Welcomes Scott Adsit, Ben Rappaport & Thomas Sadoski
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 29, 2026

Check out new production photos of Scott Adsit, Ben Rappaport, and Thomas Sadoski in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, Eric Bentley's 1972 docudrama, now playing at New York City Center Stage I through July 12.

WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS... To Be Presented By The Robey Theatre Company
by Marissa Faith Curley - Jun 28, 2026

The Robey Theatre Company will present a free play reading of WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS..., written by Reginald Edmund and directed by Ben Guillory, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Keith David Leading RICK AND MORTY Spin-off PRESIDENT CURTIS
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 25, 2026

Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor Keith David is continuing his term as President Andre Curtis in a new spin-off of Rick and Morty. Check out the trailer now.

Photos: Ali Louis Bourzgui, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and More at the Actors' Equity Foundation Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2026

The Actors’ Equity Foundation hosted its 2026 awards for theatre artists for both performances and humanitarian work in the theatre industry. See photos from the event!

Dates Set For Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald, and More in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
by Stephi Wild - Jun 22, 2026

Dates have been set for Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald, T.R. Knight, Norbert Leo Butz, and Harry Lennix as guest stars in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN. Learn more here!

Video: Watch the 2026 Actors' Equity Foundation Awards- Live at 6pm ET
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 22, 2026

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Review: Jonathan Larson's RENT at the Carrollwood Players
by Peter Nason - Jun 7, 2026

Director David Valdez guides a wonderful production of this famous but flawed musical.

QUEEN NATION to Cap Princeton Pride Day at Morven Museum & Garden
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 5, 2026

The Princeton Festival will present Queen Nation, a Freddie Mercury tribute band, at Morven Museum & Garden as the finale of Princeton's Pride celebration, which includes a morning parade and after-party at the YMCA.

Photos: Brooks Ashmanskas, Andrew McCarthy, and More in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2026

Performances have begun for the limited 15-week engagement of Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro at New York City Center Stage I. Check out photos here!

Review: OTHELLO at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Roger Catlin - Jun 1, 2026

The Shakespeare Theatre Company has had a rich history of stars lured to its stage — not just to sell tickets through big names. The actors nearly always deliver — and the company attracts them because of the quality and rigor it retains.

Classic American Tales To Host Two Solo Events This Spring
by Marissa Faith Curley - May 24, 2026

Derrick McQueen returns to Cape May to perform Paul Robeson through His Words and Music at The Cape May Public Library. Written by Gayle Stahlhuth, it is an interweaving of two dozen songs that were sung by New Jersey native, Paul Robeson.