William Shakespeare News

PHANTOM PROJECTS THEATRE GROUP ANNOUNCES 2011-12 SEASON AT LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Cabaret performer Jamie deRoy hosts two nights of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, today & Wednesday, October 5th (7PM) at the intimate cabaret hot-spot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~ btw. 5th & 6th Avenues).

Asolo Repertory Theatre presents an FSU/Asolo Conservatory production of the New Stages project HAMLET REDUX, a 60 minute adaptation from the play by William Shakespeare. As a second successful touring season begins, New Stages will reach out to schools, organizations and creative venues across the state. New this year: Two companies will tour, creating more opportunities for performances and dialogue within our communities. This new adaptation by Stephanie Fleischmann and Dmitry Troyanovsky and directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky, embarks on a one month-plus tour on October 4th; special Opening Night public performances in the Cook Theatre will be on October 6th at 6 pm & 8:30 pm.

Gary Griffin is directing Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's first production of the 2011-12 season, FOLLIES. The production will play today through November 6. For additional information, visit: www.chicagoshakes.com.

With the musical hit Beehive: The '60s Musical Sensation bringing down the house nightly through October 15, the Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville, has opened its 29th season of classics, musicals, regional premieres and world premieres.

Westport Country Playhouse has released a video, taped in rehearsal, offering a look at the upcoming comic masterpiece, 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will,' by William Shakespeare, on stage October 11 through November 5. The video provides insight on the comedy from Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director and director of the production, as well as from actors.

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Edward Hall, artistic director of Propeller theatre company, has announced dates for a tour of the company's pocket-sized production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, entitled Pocket Comedy.

Suffolk University and Boston Playwrights' Theatre present Robert Brustein's Mortal Terror, directed by Daniela Varon, closing October 2 at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington Street, Boston.

New Village Arts is thrilled to introduce one of the most exciting new American playwrights to San Diego audiences. Will Eno's THOM PAIN (based on nothing) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and one of the most exciting new plays to come out of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and New York City.

Charismatic and contemptible, Richard III pursues his lust for power no matter who stands in his way. Melora Marshall and Chad Jason Scheppner alternate as the thrilling schemer audiences love to hate in William Shakespeare's Richard III, closing October 2 at the outdoor Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) begins a partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), CPS Shakespeare!, in which an ensemble of 35 students and teachers from ten CPS high schools will stage an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

Today The Georgetown Neighborhood Library is hosting a Banned Book Week Event from 2:00-3:00pm on the Library Terrace, at 3260 R St. N.W. Washington, DC 20007.

Producing Artistic Director Edward Stern announced his 20th - and final - season at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. The Playhouse' s 52nd season includes two world premieres and three regional premiere productions, as well as the return of one of the most popular musicals in its history.

According to Baz Bamigoye for Daily Mial, Trevor Nunn will direct a production of KISS ME KATE at Chichester Festival Theatre next year, which will likely make a West End transfer soon after. To read the full article, click here.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today a partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), CPS Shakespeare!, in which an ensemble of 35 students and teachers from ten CPS high schools will stage an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

Cabaret performer Jamie deRoy will host two nights of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, on Tuesday, October 4th & Wednesday, October 5th (7PM) at the intimate cabaret hot-spot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~ btw. 5th & 6th Avenues).

Leviathan Lab, an Asian American professional creative studio invested in advancing the careers of Asian American artists, presents its inaugural production, Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT at the Arclight Theater at 152 West 71st Street, Level 1 between Broadway and Columbus Avenues in Manhattan, November 3 - 19 (Thursday - Saturday, 8PM; Sundays, 2PM; Wednesday, 11.16 at 8PM).

In its 50th anniversary season, Pioneer Theatre Company will present William Shakespeare's The Tempest - in the year of the play's 400th anniversary. The classic, whimsical tale of magic, love and revenge plays October 21 through November 5, 2011.