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BWW Reviews: Shakespeare Comes to Portland in Post5's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by Krista Garver - June 4, 2015

If Shakespeare came to Portland, what would he think? Post5 Theatre's new adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is an entertaining mashup of classic Shakespeare and modern-day Portland.

TN Shakespeare Co. & U of M Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Now thru 6/21
by BWW News Desk - June 4, 2015

Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC), the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, in partnership with the University of Memphis' Department of Theatre & Dance presents a magical, family-friendly, Louisiana bayou-inspired production of A Midsummer Night's Dream on the U of M's Mainstage from tonight, June 4-21.

BWW Reviews: ROMEO & JULIET: LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD Soars at Rockwell!
by Aimee Curameng - June 3, 2015

It's difficult for any production to take on Shakespeare, especially such a beloved classic as Romeo & Juliet, but 'Love Is A Battlefield' is more than up to the challenge.

Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of TWELFTH NIGHT at The Old Globe
by BWW News Desk - June 2, 2015

The Old Globe presents William Shakespeare's delightful and romantic Twelfth Night. Rebecca Taichman, whose production of the time-traveling Time and the Conways fascinated audiences last April, is back to direct the first show of the 2015 Summer Shakespeare Festival. The Old Globe engagement will begin performances on June 21 and run through July 26, 2015, with opening night on Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 p.m., in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!

Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Stages THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at Elizabethan Playhouse Reconstruction Today
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2015

The Grand Haven-based Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, Michigan's only year-round, touring Shakespeare Company, will bring two productions to the Rose Playhouse, a recreation of an outdoor Elizabethan playhouse at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan, in the summer of 2015. The company will perform The Comedy of Errors today, May 30 and Hamlet on August 29. Both performances will take place at 2:00 p.m.

Chris Kayser Leads CORIOLANUS at New American Shakespeare Tavern, Now thru 6/14
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2015

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents CORIOLANUS, running tonight, May 29-June 14, 2015. Directed by Drew Reeves, with Chris Kayser as Cominius.

BWW Reviews: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
by Chris Gibson - May 28, 2015

One of the joys of late Spring is taking in the latest offering by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis each year in Forest Park. There's just something truly special about sitting under the stars and watching the immortal bard's words come to life on stage. This year the play of choice is the tragedy ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, which has the distinction of having more scenes than any other play he penned. It's also chock full of wonderful, poetic language, takes place in an exotic location (ancient Egypt), and makes a convincing argument for staying out of the affairs of the Middle East. This production is distinguished by some particularly excellent performances, as well as some wonderful stagecraft, but it may be a bit too verbose, and lacking in action, for its own good.

Photo Flash: Meet the Stars of THE WINTER'S TALE at MCCC's Kelsey Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2015

Mercer County Community College's (MCCC's) Kelsey Theatre is proud to welcome back the Mercer County-based theater company Shakespeare '70 for “Summer Shakespeare” in June. Now in its 46th year at Kelsey, the popular company presents Shakespeare's “The Winter's Tale,” a comedic favorite thick with love, jealousy, hidden identities, new beginnings -- and a famously ravenous bear! BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars below!

Transcendent Ensemble Theatre Co.'s HAMLET Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2015

TETC continues the transmutation of classic cannons in this immersive new interpretation of Shakespeare's HAMLET. Set in 1968 after the Summer of Love, this ensemble of seven actors bring the text to life in a whole new way exploring the anarchy and chaos of the American 60s. It's a rebellion against the system! Claudius, the new king, promises peace. Hamlet, hates the 'establishment' and wants to avenge his father's death. Revenge, sex, murder, greed! Something is rotten! Come hang with the hippies and watch it all unfold!

Daniel Kucan to Star in Shakepeare's MACBETH at Art of Acting Studio Next Month
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2015

The Harold Clurman Lab Theater, the professional wing of the Art of Acting Studio Los Angeles, is proud to announce its next production, William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Macbeth will open on June 19th, 2015, and will star Emmy Winner Daniel Kucan in the title role. Macbeth will be directed by Ovation - nominated actor and designer, Michael Keith Allen.

Fiasco's MEASURE FOR MEASURE and SHINING CITY Round Out Long Wharf's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2015

Long Wharf Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, announces the final two titles of its 2015-16 season.

Cal Shakes Opens 41st Season with TWELFTH NIGHT Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2015

California Shakespeare Theater opens its 2015 season with Shakespeare's comic masterpiece, Twelfth Night, directed by Christopher Liam Moore. Twelfth Night plays at the Bruns Amphitheater from tonight, May 27 through June 21.

Theater 2020 Stages THE REAL MERRY HOUSEWIVES OF WINDSOR, CT., Now thru 6/14
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2015

Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights' professional theater company is pleased to announce a modern reality flavor setting of William Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' starring David Fuller, and running 12 performances in Brooklyn Heights, tonight, May 22nd through Sunday, June 14th, 2015. Press is invited beginning Saturday, May 23rd.

Laurence Olivier's HENRY V, Joss Whedon's 'MUCH ADO' and More Among The Old Globe's Summer 2015 Film Screenings
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2015

The Old Globe will throw open its doors for a 2015 Summer Season featuring Shakespeare on stage and in film, continuing its celebration of the Globe's 80th Anniversary and Balboa Park's Centennial. All of San Diego is invited to join us for a series of free Monday night films relating to Shakespeare through the eras to celebrate both the Balboa Park Centennial and the theatre's 80th Anniversary. Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Beth Accomando, author of the KPBS blog Cinema Junkie, will alternate introducing the films.

Rutina Wesley to Lead The Old Globe's TWELFTH NIGHT; Cast, Creatives Set!
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2015

The complete cast and creative team have been announced for The Old Globe production of William Shakespeare's delightful and romantic Twelfth Night. Rebecca Taichman, whose production of the time-traveling Time and the Conways fascinated audiences last April, is back to direct the first show of the 2015 Summer Shakespeare Festival. The Old Globe engagement will begin performances on June 21 and run through July 26, 2015, with opening night on Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 p.m., in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

Chris Kayser to Lead CORIOLANUS at New American Shakespeare Tavern, 5/29-6/14
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2015

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents CORIOLANUS, running May 29-June 14, 2015. Directed by Drew Reeves, with Chris Kayser as Cominius.

Kevin Cristaldi and More Round Out Cast of Masterworks Theater Company's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2015

?Masterworks Theater Company is proud to announce the complete cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream joining the previously announced cast of Nick Cearley (The Skivvies) as Puck, Becca Ballenger (Steel Magnolias) as Helena, Em Grosland (The Erlkings) as Flute, Sheria Irving (Broadway's Romeo And Juliet) as Hermia, Jenny Strassburg (Echoes of War) as Titania are Kevin Cristaldi (Next Fall), Andrew Ramcharan Guilarte (Fifth Planet From The Sun, Awake And Sing), Jan Leslie Harding (TV: 'The Boys That Brunch,' Broadway: The Green Bird), Emilio Paul Tirado (Web Series 'Black Arrow Fly!'), Jack Herholdt (National Tours: Peter Pan and A Christmas Carol), Lou Liberatore (Broadway: As Is, Burn This), Reynaldo Piniella (Honky), and Warren Jackson (National Tour: Macbeth).

Fiasco's TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Extends Through June 20 at TFANA
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2015

Jeffrey Horowitz, Theatre for a New Audience Founding Artistic Director, has extended once again Fiasco Theater's The Two Gentlemen of Verona due to box office demand.

BWW Reviews: A Young and Fresh Take on Shakespeare in Bridge Rep's JULIUS CAESAR
by Alex Lonati - May 18, 2015

A review of Bridge Rep's JULIUS CAESAR, presented in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Humber River Shakespeare to Tour FALSTAFF and THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR This Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2015

Humber River Shakespeare returns again this summer, with one of Shakespeare's earliest and well loved comedies.

Aaron Posner's DISTRICT MERCHANTS, Holly Twyford & Erin Weaver in 'MIDSUMMER' and More Set for Folger Theatre's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2015

Folger Theatre Artistic Producer Janet Alexander Griffin today announced the 2015/16 season. As the Folger embarks on a historic 2016 season commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with insightful exhibitions, lectures, and concerts, Folger Theatre will stage a full season of works by and newly adapted from the world's most esteemed playwright. 

BWW Reviews: Counter-Productions Stages Intense, Captivating RICHARD III
by Veronica Bruscini - May 9, 2015

Counter-Productions Theatre Company's excellent staging of William Shakespeare's RICHARD III is a performance not to be missed. CPTC's RICHARD comes to life in AS220's Black Box theater, a cozy, intimate space utilized brilliantly by the company.

Bay Street Theater to Present Outdoor Readings of TWELFTH NIGHT, 8/14-16
by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2015

The Bay Street Shakespeare Initiative and Hamptons Shakespeare Festival are pleased to announce a partnership to present outdoor readings of TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL, by William Shakespeare on August 14 and 15 at Mashashimuet Park.

Bridge Rep Tackles Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2015

In its two years on the Boston theatre scene, Bridge Repertory Theater has tackled a wide range of material, from its debut with Harold Pinter's The Lover, to its flirtation with musical theatre in LaChiusa's Hello Again, to its embracing of locally grown and new work with Obehi Janice's FUFU & OREOS. At the end of its second season, the innovative young company faces the final frontier: the classics.

Photo Flash: First Look at E.D.G.E Theatre's STAR WARS-Shakespeare Mash Up MACSITH
by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2015

E.D.G.E. Theatre presents the return of MacSith, now through May 24 at Pendulum Theater Space, 1803 W. Byron Ave. Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth and set it the Star Wars universe, MacSith is adapted by Orion Couling and Jared McDaris and directed by Couling. Opening night is tomorrow, May 8 at 8 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!


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