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New Film- Billy Shakespeare

New Film- Billy Shakespeare

  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 […]

June 21, 2014 · 0 comments · Film
Let Professor X and Magneto Teach You How to Play Macbeth

Let Professor X and Magneto Teach You How to Play Macbeth

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 […]

May 17, 2014 · 0 comments · Actors, Film, Popular Culture
The City Shakespeare Company Transitions into Film with Adaptation of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, 5/22

The City Shakespeare Company Transitions into Film with Adaptation of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, 5/22

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 […]

May 14, 2014 · 0 comments · Film, Theaters
LA Times Documentary Review- Now: In the Wings and on a World Stage

LA Times Documentary Review- Now: In the Wings and on a World Stage

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 […]

May 11, 2014 · 0 comments · Film, Popular Culture, Reviews
Globe On Screen to return with three Shakespeare classics

Globe On Screen to return with three Shakespeare classics

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 […]

May 5, 2014 · 0 comments · Film, Theaters