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Review: Anthony and Cleopatra: Public Theater, NY Times

Review: Anthony and Cleopatra: Public Theater, NY Times

Ben Brantly, NY Times March 5, 2014   You know that Caribbean vacation you’ve been dreaming about  in these last draggy days of winter? Well, you may want to rethink such fantasies after you see the Tarell Alvin McCraney’s squishy, misbegotten “Anthony and Cleopatra,” which resets Shakespeare’s tragedy on the island of Hispaniola during the reign of the French. True, as […]

March 6, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews
Review: Measure for Measure: New Victory Theater, NY Times

Review: Measure for Measure: New Victory Theater, NY Times

Ben Brantly, NY Times March 2, 2014   “Measure for Measure” Full of Dual Nature and Hard Choices So many doors, each opening on to what God only knows. What do you think is behind, say, this one, with the grill? A treat or a trick? A lady or a tiger? Mercy or morality? The last coupling of opposites come from […]

March 4, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews
New Book Edited by Jim Shapiro — “Shakespeare in America”

New Book Edited by Jim Shapiro — “Shakespeare in America”

Shakespeare In America Edited and Introduction by James Shapiro Foreward by Bill Clinton Jim Shapiro is one of the Shakespeare world’s most intelligent, accessible, trusted and therefore, important authors.  He is the author of “1599: One Year in the Life of Shakespeare” and “Contested Will” a superb dissection of the ‘authorship’ question.  He now has edited a group of stories, […]

March 4, 2014 · 0 comments · Popular Culture, Reviews
Review: Othello:  Austin Shakespeare, Broadway World

Review: Othello: Austin Shakespeare, Broadway World

Jeff Davis, Broadway World March 1, 2014   When Austin Shakespeare announced that their 2013-2014 season would feature a production of Othello, my immediate response was “Why?” After all, Austin’s City Theatre produced the show just last season, and it was, as I mentioned in my review, “the highlight of the City Theatre’s season.” Staging the same play in the same city just […]

March 2, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews
Review: Being Shakespeare: Simon Callow, The Upcoming

Review: Being Shakespeare: Simon Callow, The Upcoming

Alice Barker, The Upcoming March 2, 2014   Shakespeare with a difference.  How could one possibly do Shakespeare with a difference?  Many have done Shakespeare with a modern twist and often done so with so-called funny anecdotes and modernisation of his work.  But this was a celebration of the life of the greatest writer to have ever lived. […continued]     […]

March 2, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews