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Feb
4
Tue
Twelfth Night, Abrons Arts Center
Feb 4 @ 7:00 am – Feb 23 @ 8:00 am

Abrons Arts Center

February 4, 2014 – February 23, 2014

Directed by Charles McMahon

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Hailed as a “wild rumpus of a show” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pig Iron Theatre Company’s raucous, spirited Twelfth Night breathes new life into the Bard’s classic.
With equal measures of absurdity and heart, the company fuses their distinctive physical performance style with Shakespeare’s text, creating an exhilarating version replete with practical jokes, gender confusion, and mistaken identity. This exuberant, unpredictable, award-winning production is definitely not your grandparent’s Shakespeare.

Feb
6
Thu
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Lantern Theater
Feb 6 @ 12:15 am – Mar 16 @ 1:15 am

Lantern Theater

February 6 – March 16, 2014

Directed by Charles McMahon

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Idealism, envy, and power politics collide as the Roman Republic reaches a crisis. Caesar’s political genius, military prowess, and overwhelming popular appeal make him the most powerful leader the Republic has ever known. But his popularity breeds suspicion among his rivals and some fear Caesar’s power will corrode the freedom of the State. Shakespeare’s vision of Rome is both epic and intimate, from powerful speeches in grand public squares to whispered conspiracies in back rooms and dark hallways. There in the shadows, unlikely alliances set up a chain of events that bring down the great Caesar and thrust Rome into a disastrous civil war. Tony Award nominee Forrest McClendon leads an all-Philadelphia cast in Shakespeare’s timeless political thriller, brought to you by “the city’s top presenter of Shakespeare’s work.” (TheaterMania.com)

 

Feb
8
Sat
The Winter’s Tale, The Old Globe
Feb 8 @ 12:30 am – Mar 16 @ 1:30 am

The Old Globe

February 8 – March 16, 2014

Directed by Barry Edelstein

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NPR calls Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein “one of the country’s leading Shakespeareans.” Now Edelstein’s work takes center stage in his Old Globe directorial debut with Shakespeare’s most enchanting masterpiece, featuring a powerful musical score written expressly for the production by acclaimed classical composer Michael Torke. The Winter’s Talesweeps breathtakingly from tragedy to comedy and along the way visits kings and queens, dancing shepherds, a most extraordinary statue, and one notoriously hungry bear, before it reaches its stunning, magical conclusion.

May
28
Wed
The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ
May 28 @ 7:45 pm – Sep 15 @ 8:45 pm

The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

Begins May 28

Directed by Bonnie J. Monte

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Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte directs The Tempest for the first time since 1991, her inaugural production at The Shakespeare Theatre. Prestigious company veteran Sherman Howard, an actor Ms. Monte describes as “a force of nature in himself,” will portray Prospero, the powerful magician who rules over his enchanted island home.

 

Oct
15
Wed
Henry VIII, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ
Oct 15 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 31 @ 9:00 pm

The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

Begins October 15

Directed by Paul Mullins

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Longtime company director Paul Mullins returns to direct Shakespeare’s final play, the rarely produced historical epic about the young King Henry and the first two of his six wives.

Dec
4
Thu
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ
Dec 4 2014 @ 8:00 pm – Feb 15 2015 @ 9:00 pm

The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

Begins December 4

Directed by Scott Wentworth

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The 2014 season concludes with the of Shakespeare’s delightful comedy Much Ado About Nothing, which has not been seen at the Theatre in over a decadeRenowned actor and director Scott Wentworth sets the play post-World War II, à la “White Christmas,” and will appear on stage alongside his wife, Marion Adler (last seen in Our Town).