By Sheri Barrett for BroadwayWorld.com, 30 March 2015 What happens when two of the world’s most extraordinary theater companies, the England’s Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Scotland, make the decision to work together on a sequel to Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, one of his darkest and most powerful works? It’s no less than a magical combination of talent that makes an […]
By Olivia Clement for Playbill.com, 30 March 2015 The Public Theater has announced that its Mobile Shakespeare Unit will bring a free touring production of Macbeth to audiences who have limited or no access to the arts by visiting prisons, homeless shelters and other community venues in the five boroughs of New York City. The tour, scheduled for April 24 through May 14, […]
By Mark E. Leib for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, 11 March 2015 The Tampa Shakespeare Festival has arrived, and it’s off to a good, if imperfect, start. There’s some excellent acting (along with the so-so sort), fine costume design (but evening lighting is a problem), and so much wonderful Shakespearean English, you don’t really mind the occasional competition from airplanes, powerboats, and […]
Published in Banner Graphic, 10 March 2015 DePauw University Theatre will continue its 2014-15 season with an invitation for audiences to visit a zombie-infested Shakespearean world in “Living Dead in Denmark.” The play, written by Qui Nguyen and directed by Andrew Hayes, professor of communication and theatre, opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12 in Moore Theatre of DePauw’s Green Center […]
By Sarah Barr for News & Observer (North Carolina), 2 February 2015 In Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers, Juliet asks the night, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Juliet’s question is often misunderstood to mean she is searching for Romeo rather than cursing the fact that her love is from an enemy family. Playing off that common misinterpretation, organizers of […]
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