Romeo and Juliet
Theatre Director Louis Fantasia brings an unusual purity and integrity to his interpretation of Shakespeare's tale of the doomed lovers.
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Live!...at the Cockpit: Will at work With the lord Chamberlain's Men
The gang putting on Live!...at the Cockpit: Will at Work With the Lord Chamberlain's Men seems to have a passion for Shakespeare. Unfortunately, their piece displays little evidence of being ready for...
Argument Is Action
"American actors have this fantasy that the English have a secret about Shakespeare," says Di Trevis with a wry smile in her London office.
Hamlet
You'll want to brush up your Shakespeare before going to see Company East's fabulous 85-minute adaptation of Hamlet.
Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Porter (Volume 1)
Barbara Vann's venerable troupe simply takes three Shakespeare titles, slashes the text down to the bare essentials, and inserts what it deems to be appropriate Cole Porter songs.
Shogun Macbeth
The tale of bloody ambition fits comfortably in this feudal militaristic environment and at the same time is infused with intriguingly different cultural dimensions.
Shakespeare with Children: Six Scripts for Young Players
As difficult as its language is for young people to read and comprehend, the work of William Shakespeare is a consistent source of excitement for young actors.
The English Channel
It's 1593, and 29-year-old Will Shakespeare is a fledgling playwright, with only half a dozen stage works, including the three Henry VI plays and Titus Andronicus, behind him.
Thinking Shakespeare
A gaping disconnect exists between the sporadic successes that Shakespeare plays attain in North America and their more felicitous treatment in England.
When Shakespeare Rambles
Whoa, put down that club! I know Shakespeare doesn't ramble. Every word he puts on the page is to the point, and actors and directors ignore that at their peril.
As U2 Like It
What can you say when a team that clearly knows how to play the game — hell, practically invented the damn game--is amazingly, brilliantly on their game?
Bound in a Nutshell
A clever gimmick rapidly becomes tiresome in Gregory Sherman and Gregory Wolfe's Bound in a Nutshell, which uses text from Shakespeare's Hamlet to deliver an alternative take on the tragedy.
Rees Is the Word
Even if you've never seen Welsh-born actor Roger Rees on stage in London or New York or on tour in his solo show What You Will, you know him.
Macbeth: 2008
Situated in a breathtaking open-air space in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, the audience can't help but glance at the downtown Manhattan skyline or the two magnificent bridges that frame the space on...
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Flux Theatre Ensemble)
It would be pretty astounding at this point in time to dredge up new insights into Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, but the Flux Theatre Ensemble certainly has tried.
Honor
Honor, as a whole, only satisfies sporadically. It's a musical worthy of something just above honorable mention.
NEA Foots Bill for Shakespeare
The National Endowment for the Arts has given grants to 40 nonprofit, professional theatre companies to perform Shakespeare's plays to middle- and high school students.
Romeo and Juliet
The director's approach yields a good primer for those unfamiliar with the play, especially students; but it doesn't necessarily equate to good Shakespeare or, in the case of this staging, even to...
When Shakespeare Writes a Pause
Most actors know that Shakespeare usually wrote iambic pentameter, or five iambic feet per line. When he varies from that standard, he's trying to get your attention.