Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of First Folio Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMby BWW News Desk - July 9, 2016First 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! Photo Flash: BPA's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Begins Tonightby BWW News Desk - July 8, 2016Join 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! Austin Shakespeare & Austin Chamber Music Center Team for One Night HENRY VIIIby Frank Benge - July 7, 2016Austin 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 IIIby Ellen Dostal - July 7, 2016How 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. Michigan Shakespeare Festival Launches 'Season Of Rebellion' Tonightby BWW News Desk - July 7, 2016The 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 Vby Ellen Dostal - July 5, 2016Kingsmen 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-Tellingby Gil Kaan - July 5, 2016Four 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 Canyonby Ellen Dostal - July 5, 2016Not 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. Michigan Shakespeare Festival Sets 'Season Of Rebellion'by BWW News Desk - July 1, 2016The 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 Julyby BWW News Desk - July 1, 2016It'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 Parkby BWW News Desk - July 1, 2016This 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! BWW Interview: Christopher Hoag's Cinematic Approach to Writing Music for Shakespeareby Ellen Dostal - June 30, 2016For 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 NOTHINGby BWW News Desk - June 29, 2016MUCH 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 NOTHINGby BWW News Desk - June 28, 2016Join 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 & Derngateby BWW News Desk - June 28, 2016Royal & 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!
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