By Judith Newmark for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 March 2015 This weekend, a factoid in the American arts world gets an update. Six theater companies in the United States have presented all the plays that William Shakespeare wrote. But with the production that just opened — “Blood Reigns: The War of the Roses Trilogy,” an original adaptation that combines “Henry […]
By Jim Levulis for WAMC, 17 March 2015 It has been a tumultuous few weeks for Shakespeare & Company. In early March, executive director Rick Dildine abruptly resigned to return to Shakespeare Festival St. Louis as artistic and executive director. That was just six months after he came to Lenox. Days later, three members of the company’s board of trustees, including a chairperson and […]
By David N. Dunkle for PennLive.com, 14 March 2015 In “Women Playing Hamlet,” a present-day actor named Jessica is having an identity crisis, brought on by her casting as Hamlet in a new production of the 400-year-old Shakespearean tragedy at Gamut Classic Theatre. Is she up to it? Should she be — or is it better not to be — the […]
By Manish Sabu for India West, 12 March 2015 Naatak, one of America’s biggest Indian American theater companies, is opening its 20th season with “To Sam Purush Na Mo Sam Naari,” a Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy classic “The Taming of the Shrew.” Naatak’s 48th production opens Mar. 14 at the Tabard Theater in San Jose, Calif. This hilarious comedy has […]
By Clarence Fanto for The Berkshire Eagle, 12 March 2015 A week after Executive Director and President Rick Dildine startled Shakespeare & Company by resigning six months into his job, the theater troupe is coping with new turmoil at the top. Sarah Hancock, chairwoman of the board of trustees, resigned from the leadership post during what she described as an “unofficial, […]
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