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Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of First Folio Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by BWW News Desk - July 9, 2016

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM as part of its annual outdoor Shakespeare Under the Stars series, opening tonight, July 9, 2016 at 8:15 p.m., and running through August 14, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET
by Keith Waits - July 11, 2016

Kentucky Shakespeare: A Daring Romeo and Juliet

Coronado Playhouse to Continue Free Classics with Shakespeare's HAMLET
by BWW News Desk - July 8, 2016

Coronado Playhouse, celebrating their 70th year, continues their 20th Annual Free Classics tradition with the Shakespeare classic, Hamlet.

Photo Flash: BPA's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 8, 2016

Join BPA in July for The Bard at Bloedel: BPA's 4th annual summertime Shakespeare performance at The Bloedel Reserve. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will run tonight, July 8, through July 24, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in costume below!

BWW Review: A HENRY V for the Masses at Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival
by Jeffrey Scott - July 7, 2016

For its 20th Anniversary Season, Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival starts out with a bang with this production of war, loss, love, social classes, and uniquely filled with humor.

Austin Shakespeare & Austin Chamber Music Center Team for One Night HENRY VIII
by Frank Benge - July 7, 2016

Austin Shakespeare, central Texas' classical theater company, will collaborate with ACMC for the first time to create a music-filled production of Shakespeare's Henry VIII at 7:30 pm on Saturday, July 16th at the University of Texas' beautiful Bates Recital Hall. Part of the 20th Anniversary Austin Chamber Music Festival, this one night only event will feature professional actors in Tudor period costume performing alongside a piano quintet.

BWW Review: Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, The Experience - RICHARD III
by Ellen Dostal - July 7, 2016

How many different ways are there to say how much Angelenos love the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival? Thousands. Ask anyone who's ever parked themselves on a blanket or lawn chair with their family and friends and you'll get as many different answers as there are people in the audience.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Sets Dates for Free Shakespeare in the Park Tour
by BWW News Desk - July 6, 2016

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is proud to announce the dates of the 2016 FREE Shakespeare in the Park Tour!

Michigan Shakespeare Festival Launches 'Season Of Rebellion' Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 7, 2016

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, brings a Season Of Rebellion to the Great Lakes region with As You Like It, Richard II, and the Civil War drama The Killer Angels, a play by Karen Tarjan based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Battle of Gettysburg.

BWW Review: Imagination Reigns in Kingsmen Shakespeare Company's HENRY V
by Ellen Dostal - July 5, 2016

Kingsmen Shakespeare Company's production of HENRY V takes its cue from one of Shakespeare's most well-known speeches, 'O for a Muse of fire ,' the prologue to this play. In it, Shakespeare invites the audience to use its imagination in viewing what is about to transpire, to picture the battle scenes that will take place and the great kings who will lead their armies across the vast countryside, all represented on this humble stage.

BWW Review: HAMLET - A Successful Contemporized & Humanized Re-Telling
by Gil Kaan - July 5, 2016

Four Clowns' founder and former artistic director Jeremy Aluma has deftly infused his Four Clowns magic directing his contemporary version of the classic HAMLET just finishing its run at the Lyceum Theater. Eschewing Shakespeare's couplets and metrics, this normal-speak HAMLET could be in any time period where fedora-ed men wear three-piece suits and ties while women can wear baggy pastel-colored pants and a beret.

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET Through the Lens of the Middle East by Way of Topanga Canyon
by Ellen Dostal - July 5, 2016

Not even a wall can keep these lovers apart. This particular wall happens to be in modern-day East Jerusalem and as Theatricum Botanicum's production of ROMEO AND JULIET commences, chaos ignites at a checkpoint that divides Israel and Palestine. It is a city that has seen struggle for thousands of years and for one Muslim boy named Romeo and one Jewish girl named Juliet, not even their innocence can change the course of this story.

BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - A Sideshow Take On The Bard
by Lynn Beaver - July 5, 2016

Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, currently playing at City Theatre takes the Bard to a 1920's circus sideshow.

BWW Review: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) (revised) by STNJ is a Gem
by Marina Kennedy - July 1, 2016

Put The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) Outdoor Stage on your summer entertainment schedule. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) is now being performed through July 31st and this show is a real gem.

Michigan Shakespeare Festival Sets 'Season Of Rebellion'
by BWW News Desk - July 1, 2016

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, brings a Season Of Rebellion to the Great Lakes region with As You Like It, Richard II, and the Civil War drama The Killer Angels, a play by Karen Tarjan based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Battle of Gettysburg.

THE LOST FOLIO to Play Cowen Park This July
by BWW News Desk - July 1, 2016

It's the time of the year to head outside for a THREE FREE PERFORMANCES of The Lost Folio at Cowen Park - just two blocks north of the Jet City Improv Theater!

Photo Flash: First Look at Independent Shakespeare Co.'s RICHARD III at Griffith Park
by BWW News Desk - July 1, 2016

This summer INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. presents an electrified interpretation of Shakespeare's indelible anti-hero, RICHARD III, featuring David Melville as Richard and directed by Independent Shakespeare Co.'s Artistic Director, Melissa Chalsma. RICHARD III opened last night, June 30, at THE GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL and will perform through Sunday, July 24 at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival Young Company to Stage PERICLES This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 30, 2016

The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival is proud to present ShakeScenes, free performances of Shakespeare's "greatest hits," on Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 at 2:00 p.m. at Notre Dame's historic Washington Hall.

Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival to Present Free 'ShakeScenes' This July
by BWW News Desk - June 30, 2016

The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival is proud to present ShakeScenes, free performances of Shakespeare's "greatest hits," on Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 at 2:00 p.m. at Notre Dame's historic Washington Hall.

BWW Interview: Christopher Hoag's Cinematic Approach to Writing Music for Shakespeare
by Ellen Dostal - June 30, 2016

For the past seven years, composer Christopher Hoag has conjured up battle scenes, storms, romance, and adventure with his music for Kingsmen Shakespeare Company's annual summer festival. If you've seen one of their productions, you know how beautifully his rich orchestral scores enhance Shakespeare's text on their outdoor festival stage. He's back again this year writing music for two shows: the currently running Henry V, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, opening July 15. Here he talks about the process of bringing the world of Shakespeare's plays to life with music.

Photo Flash: First Look at Iris Theatre's Promenade Production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2016

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is a delightful celebration of the overwhelming power of love. Hero loves Claudio, and nothing, not even the scheming slander of a resentful Prince will stop them from being together. Beatrice hates Benedick, and Benedick despises Beatrice, but the more they bicker and fight, the deeper they will fall in love. This is a laugh-out-loud comedy for all ages. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Iris Theatre's production below!

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at BPA's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2016

Join BPA in July for The Bard at Bloedel: BPA's 4th annual summertime Shakespeare performance at The Bloedel Reserve. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will run July 8 - 24, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in costume below!

Photo Flash: First Look at THE TEMPEST at Royal & Derngate
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2016

Royal & Derngate's fourth tribute to William Shakespeare is his last masterpiece THE TEMPEST, in a vibrant new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Oscar and BAFTA winning Ida; Her Naked Skin, National Theatre). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Selfridges to Open The reFASHIONed Theatre with The Faction's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2016

Prepare to witness a performance like no other as The reFASHIONed Theatre opens at Selfridges with MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING presented by critically-acclaimed theatre company, The Faction.

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST to Bring Love and Lust to Theater at Monmouth
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2016

Shakespeare's Battle of the Sexes comedy, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, opens at Theater at Monmouth Friday, July 8th at 7:30 p.m.


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