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William Shakespeare

  1. theater review
    King Lear at the Fountain of YouthKenneth Branagh’s production is fleet and facile.
  2. bts
    A Star-Crossed Romeo + Juliet Photo DumpTommy Dorfman shares an exclusive backstage photo diary from her Broadway debut.
  3. theater review
    Kissing by the Book: Connor and Zegler in Romeo & JulietA production that’s all shimmer with little grasp of Shakespeare’s words. (Plus: The silly joys of Drag: The Musical.)
  4. the industry
    Romeo and Juliet Was a TragedyIn 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.
  5. coming soon(ish)
    Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington Will Play Othello (Not the Game)In a production directed by Broadway’s busiest bee, Kenny Leon.
  6. theater review
    Fiasco’s Smooth-Sailing PericlesAn affable, legible take that intermittently sings.
  7. theater review
    Too Too Solid: Eddie Izzard’s HamletThe British comedian, so deft on a standup stage, has a go at Shakespeare—and tightens up.
  8. theater review
    A Tempest in the Park That’s (Mostly) No Thoughts, Just VibesIn tone and temperament, this production owes much more to Disney than it does to Shakespeare.
  9. theater review
    A Hamlet in the Park That Puzzles the WillKenny Leon’s production gestures at a lot without capturing any one thing.
  10. theater review
    A Richard III Made Not So GloriousThe production works against the best qualities of its star, Danai Gurira.
  11. theater review
    A Hamlet That May Have Been Nobler in the West EndRobert Icke’s production lost something on its way across the Atlantic.
  12. theater review
    Something Distanced This Way Comes: Craig and Negga in MacbethCelebrity squares off against experiment, from Birnam Wood to Dunsinane.
  13. gold rush
    A Brief History of the Oscars’ Love-Hate Relationship With ShakespeareUntil Spielberg’s West Side Story, no Shakespeare adaptation had broken into Best Picture for 53 years.
  14. theater review
    Jane Anger Puts Shakespeare in His Place, HilariouslyMichael Urie stars in a comedy of (male) errors.
  15. theater review
    A Frustrating Merchant of Venice With a Shylock to RememberThe quality of John Douglas Thompson is not strained.
  16. theater review
    This Sceptered Dial: Richard II on the RadioShakespeare in the Park in your headphones.
  17. theater review
    Ruth Negga’s Hamlet Is a Sweet Prince—But It’s Not a Good NightAlas.
  18. theater review
    A Timon of Athens for the Age of Peter Thiel“We know what the wealthy do when they feel cheated and insulted.”
  19. theater reviews
    John Doyle’s Blankie Macbeth and Zawe Ashton’s Memorable for all the women…John Doyle’s severity, now with security blankets.
  20. hidden treasures
    Someone Just Found John Milton’s Copy of Shakespeare, Which Is Absolutely NutsThis is a big f*cking deal.
  21. casting call
    Say Hello to His Little Blank Verse: Al Pacino Is Finally Playing King LearLet’s descend into madness together.
  22. theater review
    Theater Review: Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet Sets a Gun on Shakespeare’s MantelSetting a gun on Shakepeare’s mantel.
  23. theater review
    Theater Review: It’s Always Sunny in This Twelfth NightIn the park, not a cloud in the sky.
  24. theater review
    Theater Review: In the Park, an Othello in Which Love Conquers LittleRuben Santiago-Hudson’s production for the Public is finely wrought though not wildly inventive.
  25. Theater Review: An Enticing Twelfth Night for Beginners and Pros AlikeGateway-drug Shakespeare, in the best sense.
  26. theater review
    Theater Review: ERS’s Measure for Measure Plays a Losing GameA technical gimmick that undermines the material instead of enhancing it.
  27. theater reviews
    Theater Review: An Ultra-Male, Female-Directed Clockwork OrangePlus two more productions that look at “otherness.”
  28. Theater Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream That Never Touches EarthAll the froth, none of the underlying dread.
  29. theater review
    A Hamlet Where Everyone’s Onstage, and Oscar Isaac Is Among UsAnd Oscar Isaac is among us all.
  30. sexy shakespeare
    Who Is the Sexiest Shakespeare? An InvestigationIs Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love the hottest Bard?
  31. theater review
    Theater Review: Harriet Walter Owns This All-Female TempestShe, at least, is the stuff dreams are made on.
  32. theater review
    Theater Review: A Pair of Reinvented OthellosUnmoored from tradition.
  33. Theater Review: The Public Works’ Diverse, Delicious Twelfth Night“For the audience, the source of the joy was mostly the joy of those participants.”
  34. theater reviews
    Theater Review: Can Troilus and Cressida Be Saved?Plus: Men on Boats, played by women not on boats.
  35. theater review
    Theater Review: The Taming of the ShrewPhyllida Lloyd gives it a try in Central Park.
  36. TNT Picks Up Young Shakespeare SeriesThe network has also ordered a pilot about a modern day civil war.
  37. theater review
    Theater Review: 13 Hours of Shakespeare’s Henrys, in Brooklyn“Something marvelous of each for everyone, and then sometimes too much.”
  38. theater
    Theater Review: Women in Prison in Henry IVGive the warden his due.
  39. theater
    Theater Review: Cymbeline in the Park, With Some StreamliningA strain of rareness.
  40. stoners
    Prithee, Did Thou Knowest That Shakespeare Smoked Weed?My kingdom for some dank-ass ganja.
  41. Theater Review: A Tempest Without Much StorminessIn the park.
  42. Theater Review: Shakespeare’s Sonnets Turns SourestRobert Wilson’s rear-avant-garde.
  43. theater
    Theater Review: Much Ado About NothingIn the Park, in the rain.
  44. theater
    Theater Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth“A swift, thrilling production.”
  45. Theater Review: Kissing the Hand of Frank Langella, in King LearIt snaps into focus whenever he’s onstage.
  46. Theater Review: Twelfth Night and Richard IIIRichard, as presented here, is a compelling curiosity; Twelfth Night is sublime.”
  47. Theater Review: A Midsummer Night’s DreamA reminder of why she was a MacArthur genius.
  48. stage dive
    Theater Review: A Singing, Summery Love’s Labour’s LostOn musicalizing an odd Shakespearean comedy.
  49. Joss Whedon’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Makes Shakespeare Cool Again Here’s the trailer for Much Ado About Nothing, director Joss Whedon’s adapatation of the Shakespeare comedy of the same name that he shot in […]
  50. casting couch
    Report: Anne Hathaway to Lead Modern Taming of the ShrewAs adapted by Shame writer Abi Morgan.
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