By Rachel Beecher for DC Metro Theatre Arts, 16 September 2015 Kill Will at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre has combat, drama, more combat, comedy, and a little more combat. Written by Barter Theater Associate Artistic Director Derek Davidson and directed by Philadelphia local Kevin McGuire, this show is quick compilation of Shakespeare’s fight scenes from all genres, such as Macbeth, As You Like It, […]
By Catherine Reese Newton for The Salt Lake Tribune, published 5 September 2015, updated 8 September 2015 The Utah Shakespeare Festival bade farewell Saturday night to the Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theatre, its home for 44 years. In a simple, elegant ceremony repeated on the final three nights of the summer season, festival actors stood on the Adams stage with electric candles […]
University of Tasmania article, 28 April 2015 Taking crucial scenes from five of Shakespeare’s most brutal plays and sewing them into one cohesive storyline, CROWNS focuses on the tragedy that is the human condition and its lust for power. Greed and ambition are the major themes of this piece, set in an abstracted industrial zone, with all the characters weaving a complex tale […]
By BWW News Desk for broadwayworld.com, 9 March 2015 Nine highly-talented directors from across the country are already knee-deep in costume designs, scenery sketches, and play scripts as they prepare to create the transformative stories of their plays for the 54th season of the Utah Shakespeare Festival June 25 to October 31. As a tribute to the venerable and much-loved […]
Associated Press published at SFGate, 17 February 2015 NEW YORK — Playing the mad title role in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” was never supposed to be easy. That’s just what Colm Feore wanted. The classical actor chose to make his Lear “absolutely hateful” and “corrosive” for the Stratford Festival in Canada this past summer. He turned 56 in the role, and his Lear, recorded on […]
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