Veronica Horwell, The Guardian March 20, 2014 The candles at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse couldn’t be more simple and elegant. Most of them are long, slender and slightly tapered, like the fingers of fashionable gloves in Jacobean portraits. Their wicks have been dipped and dipped again in molten Yorkshire beeswax at Ted Thompson’s Moorlands chandlery in Alston, Cumbria, but if British […]
Debbie Moose, The Dallas Morning News March 14, 2014 STAUNTON, Va. — In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, a theater is doing things the way Shakespeare did — and it’s not how most people have ever seen Shakespeare. No lighting effects, no opulent sets requiring time to change, no opening-night stuffiness. The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., returns to the way […]
Shari Miller, Daily Mail March 10, 2014 To tour or not to tour – that may well be the question the Globe Theatre will have to ponder after the company sparked a furious response from human rights groups by announcing it will stage a production of Hamlet in North Korea. The irony was not lost on critics, who were quick […]
Bill Nutt, Daily Record (Parsippany, NJ) March 10, 2014 Brian D. Crowe is a little embarrassed to admit it, but when he compares Shakespeare to “Toy Story 3,” he is being complimentary. Crowe is one of the directors of “Shakespeare LIVE! at the Kirby,” which presents abridged versions of Shakespeare plays. Each 60-to-75-minute production is designed for audiences of all […]
Nicola Merrifield, The Stage March 6, 2014 Michael Grandage has warned that the West End will “close” unless producers provide cheaper tickets and better access for young people to London’s major theatres. The director claimed that if younger people were not encouraged to see Theatreland shows, there would be no audience to replace the older patrons he said were […]
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