Tag: William Shakespeare

It’s one thing to hate a beloved Shakespearean work; it’s a major faux pas to say so out loud. Paul Rudnick wrote the book...

As the guerilla war in Dunsinane intensifies, Siward, the English commander sent to Scotland to bring peace to the warring clans, admits to burning...

The touring Aquila Theatre production of Shakespeare's The Tempest opened winningly. An older man we come to know as Prospero, is sitting alone at...

On horror's head horrors accumulate. (Othello Act 3, Scene 3) So why did Othello do what he did? Why did he take the life of...

First performed in 1594, William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is one of his earliest and most farcical of his comedic works. With adaptations...

Bringing "the greatest works to the greatest number," the nationally recognized Aquila Theatre, will bring its touring stage production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest to...

In Part Three of a series of interviews with the cast and director of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Tempest, meet Director Ethan McSweeny. Michael: I...

In Part Three of a series of interviews with the cast of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Tempest, meet Rachel Mewbron. Michael: Introduce yourself to our...

In Part Two of a series of interviews with the cast of Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Tempest, meet Clifton Duncan. Michael: Introduce yourself to our readers,...

This is part 7 in a series of interviews with the cast of 1st Stage's One Man, Two Guvnors.' Meet Bess Kaye. Alex: How did...

No need to throw tomatoes – even though you’re allowed - at this Shakespearian troupe that has a great passion for William Shakespeare’s craft....

La Perdida, a re-imagining of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, occurring in Mexico during the celebration of The Day of the Dead, opened last evening...

There is a cheerful insouciance to the Brave Spirits Theatre production of that war-horse of Shakespeare comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Chalk it up...

Folger Theatre launches its 2014-15 season with a strikingly imaginative production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, a play whose contradictions and cruelties mirror...

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them." William Shakespeare probably never imagined a cowboy reciting one of...

"One of the most enduring features of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the sense that both the characters and the audience take a...

Enduring works of live theater continue to be performed; even in this fast-changing digital age, with disruption to so much long-held, accepted wisdom. Classic...

Monday morning’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s (CSC) new digs in downtown Baltimore was unique. No phony large scissors but rather...

Playing in repertory with Mozart's The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo at Shakespeare Theatre Company is the season opener of their STC: Presentation Series...

William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is a play I’d never seen or read or even known a thing about. So the experience of discovering...