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 […]
Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail May 6, 2014 ‘Enter several strange shapes, bringing in a banquet; they dance.” Shakespeare’s stage directions show that he wanted dancers in The Tempest, but he probably never imagined they would take over the whole show, as they do in Crystal Pite’s The Tempest Replica. There are plenty of full-length dances based on Shakespeare, most of […]
New Jersey Stage May 1, 2014 (MADISON, NJ) — The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s 52nd Season opens with The Tempest, Shakespeare’s final great work. Performances begin May 28th and continue through June 22nd at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave. (at Lancaster Road) in Madison. Individual tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by […]
Beti Webb Trauth, Eureka Times-Standard April 15, 2014 Although you may have seen many of the always fascinating plays at Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival, seldom-if- ever would you have experienced such absolutely stunning sights as those now dazzling audiences in their current, extraordinary production of “The Tempest.” Visionary veteran director, Tony Taccone, and his skilled technical staff have inventively […]
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