Review by Paul Worts, London Film Critic June, 2014 Billy Shakespeare: Bard to the Future Written and directed by self-confessed Shakespeare ‘groupie’ Deborah Voorhees, Billy Shakespeare is a modern-day love letter to the immortal bard delivered in an envelope of sideswiping parody at Hollywood. Placing William Shakespeare in modern-day L.A., the film explores the artistic conflicts that inevitably […]
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 […]
Alexandra Petri, The Washington Post June 16, 2014 Hillary Clinton wants answers on Shakespeare. Speaking to the New York Times book review on the subject of what literary figures she’d want to have at dinner (“You’re hosting a literary dinner party. Which three writers are invited?”), she said, “I’d choose to have one guest for a long dinner: William Shakespeare. I’m […]
Lori Dorn, Laughing Squid June 11, 2014 The very talented impressionist Jim Meskimen performs Hamlet’s Soliloquy in a remarkable range of celebrity voices, including Colin Firth, Robert DeNiro, Bela Lugosi, Jeff Goldblum, Sir Ian McKellan,Morgan Freeman, Peter Falk, Bill Cosby and several others, in this video directed by Ben Shelton.
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 […]
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