By Misha Berson for the Seattle Times, 8 May 2015 In a wordless prologue added to Seattle Shakespeare Company’s new production of “Othello,” the radiant couple Othello and Desdemona join in a private ritual. They kneel, dip their hands in water, and light a candle to kindle their new marriage. In John Langs’ powerful staging at Cornish Playhouse, that ritual candle […]
By Chloe Allmand for Union-Bulletin, 15 April 2015 “A sword sliced the air.” Though the line sounds like it could easily be from a work by William Shakespeare, it actually comes from the rap song “She” by Tyler, The Creator. To Ron Williams, Shakespeare Walla Walla executive director, identifying lines as the work of either Shakespeare or of rappers is […]
Seattle Pi, Posted on January 13, 2015 In Acting Shakespeare, by James DeVita, January 8-11 at ACT’s Central Heating Lab Measure for Measure, Seattle Shakespeare Company, through February 1, Seattle Center By Alice Kaderlan Seeing Seattle Shakespeare Company’s “Measure for Measure” back to back with James DeVita’s one-man show “In Acting Shakespeare” was a revelation. DeVita has dedicated his acting life to […]
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