Tag: William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet has a special place in our popular culture. BBC’s 60 second Shakespeare has a hilarious front page, “Double Teen Death Horror”;...

A fierce and elegant collection of dance works, Dancing Ophelia is mostly but not exclusively inspired by Shakespeare, framed by the long tradition of...

Castaways Repertory Theatre’s presentation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will leave you believing in the premise of love at first sight, if ever you’ve...

The well-known tragic Hamlet, has left many performers and audience's opinions open to interpretation. It was Ashlin Halfnight's adaptation that led to this specific...

Few things are as "Capital Fringe" as an irreverent take on the Bard, and King's Players have got themselves a hell of an irreverent take in their outrageous farce MacWHAT?! Fittingly...

This is a rare opportunity to see the avant-garde Theatre of Self-Loathing, bringing the best of Eastern European theatre to the DC audience. Eddie...

Read a description of The Winter’s Tale, and you may think William Shakespeare imbibed a little too much while writing it. The absurdity of...

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair,” and Anne is Nan and Nan is Anne, but only on the west coast. This is Hollywood...

There was never a dull moment in Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix directed by Justin Poole. This version of William Shakespeare’s well-known comedy, filled...

WE HAPPY FEW PRODUCTIONS Presents: THE WINTER’S TALE By William Shakespeare A Part of the 10​th ​Annual Capital Fringe Festival, July 9​​-August 2, 2015. I am a feather for...

When William Shakespeare’s plays first made their appearances at the Globe Theatre, men played all of the roles. No one questioned a male Juliet...

If Hamlet as a character is historically—and enduringly—shrouded in fog, the scene that greets us as we enter Lumina Studio Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s...

Taffety Punk has given us a passionate Hamlet, whose loneliness, wit, and audacity make him utterly unsuited to the corrupt and deceptive society in...

It doesn't sound like much of an epitaph for a Broadway season, but Something Rotten is indeed the title of the last show to...

In sooth I know no other way to write my thoughts of seeing friends both here and past bestride the open boards of a holy cockpit to...

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF) opens its production of Merchant of Venice tonight. Fitting BSF's philosophy of recreating the staging conditions of Shakespeare's day, this historic production...

The sounds of lutes. A rainbow of lights. A copy of The Yale Shakespeare positioned conspicuously on a leather chair. A skull sitting on...

Just a couple of blocks north of the now bustling H-Steet corridor in Northeast Washington, tucked away on Florida Avenue, you’ll find one of...

The Mundo Perfeito (Perfect World) has arrived in DC's America. As part of the Iberian Suite. At The Kennedy Center. Presenting a full evening of...

Synetic Theater’s terrific “silent” production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing had me wondering about the many technical design element decisions made long before...