By Rebecca Rego Barry for the Guardian, 14 March 2016 An auction in Los Angeles on 22 March reveals a side of the rugged American film star Charlton Heston that his fans and detractors might have missed. Heston, who died in 2008, won an Academy Award for his part in the epic Ben-Hur (1959) and later served five terms as president of the […]
By AFP for hindustantimes.com, 6 April 2015 Mixing traditional theatre with modern technology, a new Syrian version of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is offering a unique twist on the classic love story. Romeo is a young Syrian refugee in Jordan, and his beloved is trapped in the region of Homs — their only means of communication through Skype and other online […]
The Great Society Written by Robert Schenkkan Directed by Bill Rauch The Oregon Shakespeare Festival And The Seattle Repertory Theater Part Two of two plays about the Lyndon B Johnson presidency, 1963-1968. Reviewed by Steve Rowland for Shakespeare Central Taken together, The Great Society and its prequel, All the Way, are an important new work of art. Robert […]
Ira Glass wrote the following Tweet after seeing “King Lear” at “Shakespeare in the Park” in New York City’s Central Park, the other night, starring John Lithgow, Jessica Hecht and Annette Benning. Directed by Daniel Sullivan. Dramaturg Jim Shapiro. “John Lithgow as Lear tonight: amazing. Shakespeare: not good. No stakes, not relatable. I think I’m realizing: Shakespeare sucks.” Is he […]
Ben Brantley, Aug 5, 2014, NY Times, Review And it started out as such a lovely evening. For the first few minutes of Daniel Sullivan’s fast-moving if stiff-jointed production of “King Lear,” which opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park on Tuesday night, it’s possible to imagine that tragedy is not waiting in the wings. The mood is unusually festive, […]
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