Bridge Group's Bloody, Reimagined RICHARD III to Launch Inaugural Seasonby BWW News Desk - October 17, 2016William Shakespeare's bloody epic Richard III will get a bold re-envisioning in NYC in November as The Bridge Production Group presents their inaugural full-scale production, running November 9-November 27 at the Fourth Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street). BWW Review: South Coast Rep Reimagines Shakespeare in DISTRICT MERCHANTSby Michael L. Quintos - October 17, 2016Coming off the heels of another politically-charged play ALL THE WAY that they presented last month, Orange County's Tony Award-winning regional theater South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa is following up that searing drama with a staging of a brand new production of playwright Aaron Posner's DISTRICT MERCHANTS, a clever, thoughtful, and occasionally humorous re-imagining of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. This time around, the play-a self-aware comedic drama set during America's post-Civil War Reconstruction era-continues performances through October 23, 2016. BWW Review: TITUS ANDRONICUS at Kentucky Shakespeareby Keith Waits - October 17, 2016If you're lucky, the stench of death will hang in the air. When you get out of your car and make your way past the glitzy dance club to the dingy warehouse outback, the stench helps set the scene. BWW Review: RICHARD III at STNJ is Powerful and Enthrallingby Marina Kennedy - October 14, 2016An enthralling production of William Shakespeare's 'Richard III' is onstage at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Directed by Paul Mullins and featuring a stellar cast, the show will be performed through Sunday, November 6th. Actors' Shakespeare Project to Bring THE TEMPEST to Brookline This Winterby BWW News Desk - October 13, 2016Actors' Shakespeare Project will bring magic and theatricality to the Bard's The Tempest, returning to Brookline's Willet Hall at United Parish, 210 Harvard Street, the venue for last season's The Winter's Tale, from December 1, 2016 through January 8, 2017 (Press performance Saturday December 3 at 8 PM). Photo Flash: First Look at Alley Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMby BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016Alley Theatre's Hubbard Theatre season opener, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the Alley's 22nd Shakespearean production, celebrating the new stage enhancements with an expansive set, live music and 43 detailed costumes outfitting a full 19-member cast. The production features members of the Resident Acting Company and runs now through November 5. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! NYTW's OTHELLO, Starring David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig, Adds Benefit Performanceby BWW News Desk - October 11, 2016New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) has announced an additional benefit performance of Othello, directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold (Fun Home), on Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 6:30 pm. Proceeds from the evening will go to benefit NYTW's education and engagement programming across the 2016/17 season, providing thousands of students, teens, artists, and local residents access to some of the most exciting new voices and leading theatre artists of our time. BWW Review: SKULLDUGGERY: The Musical Prequel to Hamlet, a Rowdy Good Timeby Ellen Dostal - October 11, 2016I love a good prequel, especially when a contemporary playwright decides to take on the back story of a hallowed play by the likes of William Shakespeare. I mean, come on. Daring to tread on that playing field takes some guts because you know before you begin that audiences are going to have high expectations of your work. They also know where you need to end your story in order for Shakespeare's to begin so getting there must be highly inventive and worthy of its foregone conclusion. BWW Review: MACBETH at Actors Theatre Of Louisvilleby Keith Waits - October 10, 2016Actors Theatre's current staging of Macbeth is loud, bloody, and glorious. It's far from a definitive take on one of the Bard's finest tragedies, and no doubt some purists will wince at the modern dress and liberties taken with the script-gone is 'double, double, toil and trouble' as well as the entire porter scene- but for this horror movie fan and Halloween junkie, it's hard to imagine a better production. BWW Review: THE TRAGEDY OF JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare)by Ellen Dostal - October 7, 2016The Blank Theatre opens its 26th season with a new work written and directed by founding artistic director Daniel Henning that explores one of the most controversial events in U.S. history - the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. THE TRAGEDY OF JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) is the result of several decades of research during which time Henning has come to be recognized as an authority on the subject. That, combined with his other great obsession - live theatre - meant it was only a matter of time before LA audiences would see a stage play based on his work. Theatre for a New Audience Moves Up THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERSby BWW News Desk - October 6, 2016Theatre for a New Audience has moved up the opening date for the New York premiere of The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place, to Wednesday, November 16, at 7:30pm, one day earlier than originally announced. BWW Review: King Charles III Rules at Playhouseby Caroline Sposto - October 6, 2016KING CHARLES III closed on Broadway earlier this year. And though it won an Olivier Award, I suspect this regional premiere will be a rare opportunity to see this show -- or at least a quality production of it. Done right, as it is by Playhouse on the Square, it's an absorbing and memorable evening of theatre. Anything less could spell disaster because bringing this plausible alternate world to life is quite a feat. Seven Stages Shakespeare Company to Present BEING SHAKESPEARE This Fallby BWW News Desk - October 5, 2016'All the world's a stage'. These famous lines penned by William Shakespeare help tell the story of who Shakespeare himself was in Jonathan Bate's play Being Shakespeare, opening on October 7 at West End Studio Theater in Portsmouth, NH. Presented by Seven Stages Shakespeare Company (7SSC) and Artists' Collaborative Theatre Of New England, this production is the American premiere of the new play by the esteemed Shakespearean scholar Jonathan Bate.
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