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Cleopatra reveals how this capable sovereign survived a murderous and incestuous dynasty, securing her future by seducing one of Rome's greatest leaders, and how her fall from grace and ultimate death meant history would never forget her legacy. The series draws on dramatic reconstructions and evidence from key experts to tell the real story behind Egypt's most well-known, enigmatic ruler.

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BY Experience to Bring Stratford Festival Selections to Cinemas in 2015
by Tyler Peterson - December 10, 2014

BY Experience has partnered with the renowned Stratford Festival to present Stratford Festival HD, a stage to screen event series bringing the best of Shakespeare from North America's leading classical theatre company to cinema audiences around the world. Tickets for the first three productions of ...


BY Experience to Bring Stratford Festival Selections to Cinemas in 2015
by Tyler Peterson - December 10, 2014

BY Experience has partnered with the renowned Stratford Festival to present Stratford Festival HD, a stage to screen event series bringing the best of Shakespeare from North America's leading classical theatre company to cinema audiences around the world. Tickets for the first three productions of ...


Stratford Festival Will Film ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, KING LEAR, and KING JOHN
by Tyler Peterson - September 16, 2014

The Stratford Festival will be creating films of three of this season's Shakespeare productions for international release and broadcast....


Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Opens 5/22
by Tyler Peterson - May 11, 2015

Dinner under the stars, a second Green Show stage, a teacher recognition night, and an enhanced Family Arts Activities area highlight the festivities surrounding this year's Shakespeare Festival St. Louis mainstage production of Antony and Cleopatra, May 22 through June 14, in Shakespeare Glen in Fo...


Guitar Legend Steve Hillage to Issue Unreleased Concert Recording 'Live in Madison Square Garden 1977'
by Tess Reynolds - September 11, 2015

Steve Hillage is one of the most idiosyncratic and instantly recognisable guitarists in the world. Associated with the Canterbury scene, he has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his critically acclaimed solo recordings, along with prog legends Gong, Steve has been a member...


Charles Busch's CLEOPATRA Begins Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2016

The new comedy Charles Busch's CLEOPATRA, directed by Busch's longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Tribute Artist, Judith of Bethulia, The Divine Sister), begins performances tonight, March 25, 2016 at Theater for the New City....


TG Sheppard to Release New Album 'Legendary Friends & Country Duets'
by Tyler Peterson - September 08, 2015

Since leaving home in 1961 to pursue a career in music, TG Sheppard has done it all. He scored a job as a promotions executive for RCA Records, where he became friends with Elvis Presley who believed in his talent so much that he gave him his first tour bus, topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs ch...


Shakespeare Uncovered Preview: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA with Kim Cattrall
by Ellen Dostal - February 09, 2015

Next on Shakespeare Uncovered, Kim Cattrall goes back 2000 years to explore the epic love story between a Roman General and an Egyptian Queen, two of the most powerful people in the world. She says theirs was an almost sadistic love affair and although she has played Cleopatra twice, she still has q...


Tony Sheldon, Jennifer Cody & More Will Join Charles Busch in CLEOPATRA
by Nicole Rosky - February 19, 2016

Complete casting is announced for Charles Busch's return to Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director) in his new comedy Charles Busch's CLEOPATRA, directed by Busch's longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Tribute Artist, Judith of Bethulia, The Divine Sister)....


BWW Previews: Kentucky Shakespeare Brings RSC and Stratford to Screen with 'Shakespeare on Film' Series
by Todd Zeigler - December 29, 2014

Fresh off a season of company-wide renewal and world-class theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare is bringing even more world-class productions to Louisville theaters. One slight difference: the theaters will be of the motion picture variety....


Photo Flash: A First Look at Danielle Wade and Company in Ross Petty's CINDERELLA
by Alan Henry - August 11, 2014

BroadwayWorld has exclusive photo coverage from a publicity shoot for the cast of Cinderella below. Danielle Wade will make her panto debut in CINDERELLA - THE GAGS TO RICHES at the Elgin Theatre (part of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, the last active double decker performance venue in the wo...


THE LAST DAYS OF CLEOPATRA Begins 8/20 at Urban Stages
by Tyler Peterson - August 06, 2014

Georganne Aldrich Heller will present Laoisa Sexton's raw, visceral and provocative new play, THE LAST DAYS OF CLEOPATRA, a pitch black comedy set in Dublin, August 20th through September 7th at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street in Manhattan. The official opening is on Saturday, August 23rd at 8PM...


The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival Presents ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA in the Fascist 1930s, Now Through 8/3
by Courtnie Mele - July 20, 2014

Shakespeare's classic historical tragedy will be performed at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from July 18 through August 3 in scenic Kingsmen Park at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. The festival grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking and pre-show entertainment begins at 6:2...


Ross Petty Productions Presents CINDERELLA
by Tyler Peterson - September 04, 2014

Get ready to have a ball with CINDERELLA, The Gags To Riches Family Musical, a shoe-in for this holiday season's favourite treat! Ross Petty, creator of Toronto's most celebrated theatrical holiday extravaganza, presents his 19th annual production of exquisitely silly entertainment for the young an...


Shakespeare Uncovered Preview: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA with Kim Cattrall
by Ellen Dostal - February 09, 2015

Next on Shakespeare Uncovered, Kim Cattrall goes back 2000 years to explore the epic love story between a Roman General and an Egyptian Queen, two of the most powerful people in the world. She says theirs was an almost sadistic love affair and although she has played Cleopatra twice, she still has q...


Kentucky Shakespeare to Present SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE Film Series This Spring
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015

Kentucky Shakespeare and Baxter Avenue Theatres are pleased to bring five films of live Shakespeare stage productions from the Stratford Festival of Ontario, Canada and the Royal Shakespeare Company of Stratford-upon-Avon England with their "Shakespeare on Stage Film Series". The theatrical producti...


The Lost Album From Early '70s Prog-Fusion Band, The Flock, Released for the First Time
by Courtnie Mele - July 02, 2014

Nearly lost to the sands of time, a recently discovered set of vintage '70s recordings from Chicago-based jazz-rock ensemble The Flock will finally be released as Heaven Bound - The Lost Album on July 22 through Cleopatra Records imprint Purple Pyramid! These never-before-released recordings feature...


Cleopatra Records to Release Mary Sarah 'BRIDGES' Feat. Dolly Parton & More, 7/8
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2014

On her new album Bridges - being released on July 8th thru Cleopatra Records - 18-year-old singer and songwriter Mary Sarah duets with some of country music's biggest names on 12 captivating songs....


THIRTEEN's Secrets of the Dead Searches for Cleopatra's Lost Tomb, 5/17
by Caryn Robbins - April 22, 2016

Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra's Lost Tomb, premiering nationally Tuesday, May 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), follows Kathleen Martinez, a criminal lawyer from the Dominican Republic turned maverick archaeologist, as she embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of Cleopatra's final resti...


Cleopatra Records Releases Mary Sarah 'BRIDGES' Today, Feat. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Oak Ridge Boys & More
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2014

On her new album Bridges - being released today, July 8th thru Cleopatra Records - 18-year-old singer and songwriter Mary Sarah duets with some of country music's biggest names on 12 captivating songs....


THIRTEEN's SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED Returns to PBS 1/30
by Caryn Robbins - December 11, 2014

Shakespeare Uncovered continues with a second season on PBS, beginning Friday, January 30 at 9 p.m. (check local listings) and continuing the following two successive Fridays....


Thirteen to Celebrate Shakespeare's Legacy with Month-Long Multi-Platform Programming
by Caryn Robbins - March 29, 2016

Shakespeare's Curse, a new documentary about William Shakespeare's final resting place, joins encore presentations of the six installments of Season Two of Shakespeare Uncovered(consecutive Fridays beginning April 8)...


Shakespeare Uncovered Preview: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA with Kim Cattrall
by Ellen Dostal - February 09, 2015

Next on Shakespeare Uncovered, Kim Cattrall goes back 2000 years to explore the epic love story between a Roman General and an Egyptian Queen, two of the most powerful people in the world. She says theirs was an almost sadistic love affair and although she has played Cleopatra twice, she still has q...


BWW Reviews: Hollywood Meets Fascist Italy in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
by Ellen Dostal - July 30, 2014

It's all about the love story in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and this one has at its core the epic romance of the ages - Mark Antony and the notorious Queen of the Nile - two dramatic individuals consumed with passion of whom much has been written. It's a perfect choice for Kingsmen Shakespea...


BWW Reviews: Stratford Festival's 'ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA'
by Lauren Gienow - August 16, 2014

William Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA opened on Thursday night at Stratford Festival's Tom Patterson Theatre. Last performed at the festival in 2003, this production stars Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh as the famed Roman General and Queen of Egypt, respectively. Directed by Gary Griffin...






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