Stefanie Cohen, The Wall Street Journal June 18, 2014 For Hamish Linklater, playing Benedick in Shakespeare in the Park’s “Much Ado About Nothing” feels less like being an actor and more like being an athlete. “It feels like suiting up for the Yankees,” the tall, dark-haired Mr. Linklater said of pulling on his knee-high leather boots. “It feels like I’m […]
Marina Watts, The Daily Beast June 11, 2014 Inside the comedy webseries ‘Complete Works.’ Just because some people think iambic pentameter is a nightmare doesn’t mean that Shakespeare is all bad. Just watch the Hulu series Complete Works, which premiered on the Bard’s 450th birthday in April. The comedy miniseries produced, directed by, and starring Joe Sofranko is inspired by the National […]
Mark Rylance Tony Acceptance Speech The brilliant actor Mark Rylance won a Tony last night for his performance as Olivia in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, directed by Dominic Dromgoole. In his speech he paid tribute to the actor Sam Wanamaker, reminding us that he was blacklisted in the 50’s by Joseph McCarthy and forced to move to London. And that he […]
Georgia Snow, The Stage June 8, 2014 Deaf actor Nadia Nadarajah is fluent in eight languages – five sign languages and three written. She performs regularly with Deafinitely Theatre company, with whom she is currently playing the roles of Hippolyta and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream When did you start acting? I started in school, where I learnt via the oral method. But […]
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph June 6, 2014 Do you have 10am Monday August 11 pencilled in your diary, pasted into your e-planner or scribbled on a Post-It note and stuck somewhere prominent? Well, you should do – if, that is, you want to have a hope in hell of getting to see Benedict Cumberbatch tread the boards at the Barbican in […]
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