By Stuart Miller for The New York Times, 5 April 2015 Billy Magnussen climbed slowly and silently up an outdoor stairway in northern Manhattan on a blustery afternoon. He stopped briefly to wave to the woman draped in a shawl awaiting him two landings above. But once he reached her, he returned to the bottom of the John T. Brush […]
By Jack Smart for Backstage.com, 1 April 2015 If you find yourself wandering by the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park midday on April 24, you’ll hear the words of a famous 451-year-old writer. The fifth annual Shakespeare’s Birthday Sonnet Slam will feature all of the playwright’s sonnets, performed in chronological order by actors and Bard enthusiasts of all ages. The event, which is […]
By Nadia Arandjelovic for The Royal Gazette (Bermuda), 16 February 2014 It’s no easy feat to turn Shakespeare’s works into rap. Devon Glover is known as the Sonnet Man. The Brooklyn, New York, native has made a name for himself taking The Bard’s sonnets and breaking them down into spoken word and rap. He has been able to inspire thousands of […]
By Dalya Alberge for The Guardian, 31 January 2015 Some of the finest, most quoted verses in the English language were dedicated to him, and for centuries literary scholars have tried to establish his identity. Now fresh research suggests that the mysterious Mr WH, to whom Shakespeare’s sonnets were dedicated, was not, as had been thought, a contemporary English nobleman, but […]
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