Indie film Billy Shakespeare melds theater and film together in the re-imagining of what the greatest playwright might be like in modern-day Hollywood. Billy Shakespeare asks, What if William Shakespeare (Jason D. Johnson) never existed… until now? Our modern-day bard is caught in a love triangle of confused sexuality, cross dressing, mistaken identity, and bedroom trysts. Does Shakespeare love his lusty best […]
Esther Zuckerman, The Wire May 14, 2014 Today we got our first glance at Michael Fassbender’s Macbeth, in the form of a poster out of Cannes. Of course, Fassbender is not only the latest star to play the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, but also the latest member of the X-Men to play the part. As others have realized—and McKellen himself […]
BWW News Desk, Broadway World May 11, 2014 The City Shakespeare Company invites the public to a staged reading of their feature film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth on May 22, 2014. The film will shoot September in Boulder, Colorado and is already funded and partially cast. For the last year, The City Shakespeare Company (City Shakes) has been quietly and […]
Kenneth Turan, LA Times May 8, 2014 As much as theater and film have in common, and that’s a lot, their core differences can be formidable. A film is the same every time you see it, while “the thrill of theater” says Sam Mendes, who has worked in both arenas, “is that fact that it’s alive, happening once only in […]
Film.co.uk May 4, 2014 Shakespeare’s Globe, in partnership with Arts Alliance Media, will bring three of its 2013 ‘Season of Plenty’ theatre performances to cinemas around the world this summer. Following a blockbusting cinema season last year, including Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew and West End and Broadway smash hit Twelfth Night, Globe On Screen 2014 will […]
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